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AR50383: Construction project management

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2014/5
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
Further information on credits Credits: 6
Further information on unit levels Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Further information on teaching periods Period: Modular (no specific semester)
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • Coursework (CW 100%)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites:
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:
This unit aims to:
* Introduce the student to current best practice thinking in project management by considering the individual phases of a construction project lifecycle.
* Encourage the student to critic and question the effectiveness of current practice particularly on complex construction projects.
* Provide an opportunity to reflect and apply leading-edge research using a set of new systems methodologies for dealing with complex construction projects.

Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit students should be able to:
* Be able to apply PM theory & techniques and reflect on their effectiveness,
* Articulate why PM theory & practice needs a new direction,
* Describe what this new thinking might look like in the international construction context in which they operate in and how it might be applied.

Skills:
Intellectual skills
To understand and apply research methodology techniques - taught and assessed
Professional/Practical skills
To provide students with the ability to use project planning software - facilitated and assessed
To provide students with the ability to apply project management techniques and estimating - taught, facilitated and assessed
Transferable/key skills
To communicate ideas verbally and in writing - facilitated and assessed
To provide students with the ability to apply time management skills - facilitated.

Content:
Through the use of a case study, this lifecycle framework will be embellished to give an understanding of the key support processes typically encountered in construction projects. The lifecycle will be divided into: concept and definition, design and development, construction, commissioning and handover, operation and maintenance. A toolkit of PM techniques will be reviewed. These include: maintaining the business case, planning (programming), initiating (procurement), managing risk, controlling (earn value reporting), delivering (quality and people management) and closing (reviewing objectives and feedback mechanisms).
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

AR50383 is Optional on the following programmes:

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
Notes:
* This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2014/15 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2015/16 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2014/15.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.