Modern Practice in Construction Management

The module covers modern practice in construction management exploring construction activity, corporate strategy, the role of Government, economic exchange, stakeholder engagement, digital technologies, modern methods of working and ethical obligations and commitments.  Whilst the module is structured as having discrete labels it is envisaged that many of the topics will overlap, contradict conventional understanding and challenge mainstream interpretations.

• Making sense of construction as an industry; namely, its significance and reach, contribution to local and national socio-economic well-being and the role(s), interest, influence and policy of UK and devolved Government, including publication and impact of Government sponsored construction industry reports.
• Construction relational management issues including the economic exchange and supply of construction services and goods, alternative methods of construction procurement including sustainable procurement and collaborative working in a project driven environment.
• Construction commercial management of Corporation and Project.  Addresses issues such as corporate accounting, contractual forms of engagement (for example: NEC3), value analysis, risk minimization, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and project negotiation.
• Construction ethics: for example, issues related to corporate social responsibility (CSR), responsible procurement, construction project bank accounts (PBAs) and employment practices.
• Construction drivers for change including Design for manufacture and assembly (Dfma), off-site construction, Digital Technologies and Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Intelligent Building design.

At the end of this module the student will be able to:

• Make sense of construction as an industry, its contribution to local and national socio-economic well-being and the role, interest and influence of UK and devolved Government.
• Discuss the economic exchange of construction services & goods and alternative procurement strategies in a project-driven environment.
• Understand the commercial issues related to corporate management including construction company (Plc) reporting and accounting protocols and construction project management including value analysis, project risk, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and project negotiations.
• Evaluate ethical construction practice from multiple stakeholder viewpoints.
• Discuss drivers for change in construction management and technology including Design for manufacture and assembly (Dfma), off-site construction, Digital Technologies and Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Intelligent Building Design.

This is an SCQF Level 10 module and upon successful completion, participants will be awarded 20 credits.

 

Delivery

This module will run at Paisley campus over 12 weeks.

 

Course presenter

This module will be delivered by Dr Stuart Tennant.

 

Funding

This course may be available on a fully funded basis to some delegates.  Further details, including regarding eligibility, are available under Funding Support.

If you have any questions, please contact us at cpd@uws.ac.uk. 

 

NOTE: This is a university module and upon approval of your application, you will be invited to register and then supported to complete enrolment. To enrol on the university system, the first step involves security set-up using the Microsoft Authenticator app; you will need to ensure that you have a compatible smartphone.

Further information is available at the Student Information Portal.

To access this module via the CPD route, individuals should be ordinarily resident in Scotland.  If you do not meet this criteria, please enquire here.