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AR50471: Principles of construction project management

[Page last updated: 14 August 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
Credits: 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 200
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Academic Year
Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Case study report (CW 80% - Qualifying Mark: 50)
  • Case study presentation (CW 20% - Qualifying Mark: 50)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: Understand the complexities and uncertainties involved with managing projects in the construction industry.

Demonstrate the ability to engage and communicate effectively with stakeholders at different levels.

Work within the variety of constraints imposed on construction-related projects, and understand why there may not be a single solution that satisfies all desired outcomes.


Synopsis: Explore the complexities and uncertainties of managing multidisciplinary projects in the construction industry. You'll cover all stages of a project, from start (strategy, planning, cost and risk) to end-of-life (reuse and recycle). You'll develop management and technology skills to apply to a range of design and construction applications. You'll also learn how to communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders on projects where there's no `one-size-fits-all' solution.

Content: Principles of construction project management - an introduction.

Project Initiation: Setting the strategic context, stakeholders and project governance, developing a business case, client engagement.

Project design and construction: Project monitoring and control, Earn value and crash costing, project and cost management, project risk management, Environmental, health and safety project management.

In-operation project management: Facility project management, maintenance management.

End of life project management: Circular economy, business models for reuse and recycle.

Course availability:

AR50471 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following courses:

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering

AR50471 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering

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