(1) To develop a knowledge of how the industry operates
(2) To teach skills in the areas of scheduling, materials control, plant and labour management, technical writing and effective use of meetings
(3) Teach basic measurement skills
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner should be able to:
LO1
To describe how the industry and building sites operates, and to understand the planning and organisation of work teams and
time management
LO2
To prepare schedules, Gantt charts and plant costings and the process involved in management of labour plant and materials
LO3
To explain the importance of site safety along with its legal and economic background
LO4
To prepare properly structured and formatted simple technical reports
LO5
To understand and effectively in meetings and understand the role of their participants
LO6
To measure simple building work and understand the role of tender and contract document
Pre-requisite learning
Module Recommendations
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Incompatible Modules
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Co-requisite Modules
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Requirements
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Module Content & Assessment
Indicative Content
(1) The Construction Industry (4 hours lectures)
(a) Role of the industry in the economy
(b) Client / Design Team / Construction Team
(c) Organisations associated with the construction industry
(2) Tendering Arrangements (10 hours lectures)
(a) Open / Selective / Negotiated tendering
(b) Speculative development
(c) Other forms of contractor selection
(3) Site Layout and organisation (4 hours lectures)
(3) Site Layout and organisation (4 hours lectures)
(a) Contractor’s site layout and organisation
(b) Temporary services and temporary buildings
(4) Materials And Supplies (4 hours lectures)
(a) Documentation and procedures
(b) eCommerce and Internet materials management
(5) Human Resource Management (6 hours lectures)
(a) Conditions of employment
(b) Site organization charts
(c) Elementary Human Resource Management
(a) Technical writing
(b) Specification writing
(c) Small team management
(d) Managing meetings
(e) Time management
(10) Role of Tender (10 hours lectures)
(a) Role of Tender and Contract Documents
(b) Preliminaries, Preambles
(c) Provisional and Prime Cost Sum
(d) Purpose and Use of Standard Method of Measurement