Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, Unit Catalogue 2008/09 |
AR50295 Design and information management |
| Credits: 6 |
| Level: Masters |
| Modular: no specific semester |
| Assessment: CW 100% |
| Requisites: |
| In taking this unit you cannot take AR50132 |
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Aims: To seek to:
* Review the design and construction process, the management of the process and the information needed to carry it out; * Examine the past and present roles of those involved in building design; * Explore opportunities for the future; * Understand the management of information and knowledge data in projects and the technologies which assist with such management. Learning Outcomes: After taking this unit the student should be able to: * Understand the process of designing and the particular characteristics of building design; * Discuss the influences on design decisions and the effects of planning and legislation; * Reconcile design with necessary construction processes; * Understand the need for systematic analysis and control of information; * Understand the different flow pattern of information during the construction period; * Appreciate some of the effects of IT on information flow throughout the processes of design and construction; * Prepare for the wider usage of e-business in the construction sector. Skills: Intellectual skills * To problem solve through an evolving case study - facilitated and assessed. * To understand and analysis taught material - taught. Professional/Practical skills * Ability to create a design and information plan for a defined construction project - taught and assessed. Transferable/Key skills * To synthesis and critically review taught material - facilitated and assessed. * To communicate ideas, analyses in writing - facilitated and assessed. Content: Design practice management, theory of design, activity of deisgn, design stages, process change, flow of design information, CAD and its implications, IT and its implications, integration of IT systems, managing IT systems. |