Building material|Construction technology|Construction planning and control

Aims:

This module extends your knowledge of construction technology, with a strong emphasis upon the use of difference material and structural systems in a...

Aims/objectives:

The structures and management issues experienced in construction projects are the focus of this module. Project management and organisational...

Aims/objectives:

The structures and management issues experienced in construction projects are the focus of this module. Project management and organisational literature is used to illustrate the issues, supplemented by case study material. The issues addressed are to do with:

The purpose and organisation of projects
	Information processing
	Relationships
These can be viewed conceptually as both the ‘technical’ and the ‘soft’ end of management. They are in essence about efficiency and effectiveness and seen as mutually constituted. Together they combine to provide a rounded approach to project management, yet there is tension between the two as the conceptual approaches are competing – technocratic versus behavioural. This is a creative tension, which you are invited to navigate and make sense of, providing evidence through your own learning and the module assessments.

The learning material therefore addresses both analytical experience and case study material.

Lecture Themes/Topics may include:

Project Characteristics
	Turning Enterprise Strategy into Project Strategy
	Planning
	Monitoring and Control
	Organisation and People
	Briefing and Forming the Project Coalition
	Project Leadership and Effective Project Organisations
	Managing the Construction Project

Climatology|Climate and Climate Change|Economics|Energy|Energy Policy|Energy Systems|Interdisciplinary Studies|Interdisciplinary Thinking|Physics|Sustainability|Technology

The Sustainable Energy module will discuss the drivers of energy services, the challenges associated with satisfying the rising energy demand, the trade-offs...