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Presentation for Built Environment and Civil Engineering division 2014
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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