Built Environment and Civil Engineering division 2014

Welcome

Dr Philip AshtonAssistant Head of SchoolHead of Built Environment and Civil Engineering Division

• Our courses

• Course structure / modules

• Optional work placement year

• Methods of assessment

• Employment

• Research activity and consultancy

About our courses

Dr Philip Ashton

• Project Management for Construction BSc(Hons)

• Construction Management BSc(Hons)

Noel Painting Architectural Technology BSc(Hons)

Della Madgwick Building Surveying BSc(Hons)

Dr Hamid Isfahany / Dr Pierfrancesco Cacciola / Dr Maria Diakoumi

• Civil Engineering BEng(Hons)/MEng

• Civil with Environmental Engineering BEng(Hons)

Our undergraduate courses and course leaders

Dr Ken Ip Sustainability in the Built Environment MSc

Dr Kassim Gidado

• Project Management for Construction MSc

• Construction Management MSc

• Facilities Management MSc

Dr Samer Bagaeen Town Planning MSc

Dr Enrique Martinez-Rueda Civil Engineering MSc

Dr Kevin Stone Highways Engineering MSc

Our postgraduate courses and course leaders

A leading professional university

Working with professional bodies

Course accreditation:Chartered Institute of Architectural TechnologistsChartered Institute of BuildingInstitution of Civil Engineers and the Institution of Structural Engineers Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Staff memberships include:Association of Building EngineersAssociation for Project ManagementBritish Institute of Facilities ManagementChartered Institution of Building Service Engineers

• Architectural Technology BSc(Hons): CIAT/CIOB

• Building Surveying BSc(Hons): RICS

• Civil Engineering BEng(Hons): JBM

• Construction Management BSc(Hons): CIOB

• Project Management for Construction BSc(Hons):

• CIOB/RICS

• Civil Engineering MEng(Hons): JBM

Course accreditation

Course structure and modules

• Building Technology and Design

• Construction Form and Behaviour

• Indoor Environment and Building Services 1

• IT and Graphical Design 1

• Mechanics of Structures 1

• Mechanics of Materials 1

• Structural Form and Behaviour

• Surveying Techniques (Land)

• Languages

Year 1 module examples

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Year 1 module examples

• Adaptation of Buildings

• Concrete Technology & Design

• Construction Methods & Technology

• Cost and Value Management

• Design of Structural Steel Members

• Property Law

• Design of Reinforced Concrete Members

• Geology for Civil Engineers

• Indoor Environment & Building Services 2

• Soil Mechanics

• Subject specific exclusive modules

Year 2 module examples

Optional work placement year

Visit to RG Group site

• 48 weeks paid employment in third year

• Location

• Employers

• Why do it?Final yearCareer understandingEmployability

Supported work experience

• Dissertation5 CIOB prizes

• Applied Hydraulics

• Building Pathology & Life Care

• Building Performance & Design Configuration

• Hydrogeology

• Geomechanics

• Mechanics of Structures

• Project Management

• Project Planning and Analysis

• Renewable Technologies & Design

• Risk Assessment & Management

• Interdisciplinary Team Project

• Subject Specific Exclusive Modules in Final Year

Year 3 module examples

Brighton Earthship

Design/ activity weeks: design it, make it, mix, pour and finish it

• Coursework assignments

• Group work / professional

• Design / activity weeks

• Presentations

• Viva

• Exams

Methods of assessment

Career-focused

Sponsored programme

• For students studying Built Environment and Civil Engineering ~ year 1 and 2

• Students work in more than one of these companies for two summers

• As part of the course, projects undertaken at the university will be supported by these companies

• Students remain linked to these companies with regular contact throughout the year

Excellence with Industry (EWI)

NHS trusts

Broadway Malyan

Buro4

Gleeson

Rethinking Construction

E.C. Harris

Davis Langdon

Capita Symonds

Halcrow

Gleeds Morgan Sindall

Atkins

Kier Group

HOP

Costain

United Utilities

MWH/UU

MACE

RG Group

Mouchel

Lend-Lease

Graduate employers

• Sustainability in the Built Environment

• Life-Cycle Analysis incl. Embodied Energy

• Thermal Storage ~ Phase Change Material

• Risk & Project Complexity in Construction

• Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

• Stability of Slopes

• Coastal Defence / Hydraulics

• Hazard Mitigation

• Private Finance Initiatives (PFI/PPP)

• Current Projects: Durabuild, Endohouse, Tec-cement, Carbon ‘footprinting’…

Research and development

Contact us

www.brighton.ac.uk/set

entec@brighton.ac.uk

01273 642288