MSc Construction Project Management 

The module aims to provide the student with a critical awareness of the processes behind successful procurement and contract management of a construction project.

It aims to develop their knowledge and understanding of the legal and contractual context within which construction projects operate and the project context’s which influence the procurement strategy.

The module will explain the fundamental concepts of procurement and contracting as well as examining the project procurement management knowledge area processes: plan procurements, conduct procurements, administer procurements, and close procurements. It also covers project outsourcing techniques and tools including soliciting, selecting, and managing subcontractors.

The module aims to develop students’ knowledge of leading contemporary project management concepts and practices and how these contribute to the successful delivery of construction projects, including the management of risk and construction logistics.

It will take a detailed look at construction, commissioning and handover stages of a project and aspects of stakeholder management within the same.
It will consider the role of construction project management in the global move towards a sustainable and low/zero carbon built environment.

This module will introduce the student to the fundamental theories and concepts for successful project management. It examines the theory behind project management and best practice in the built environment industries in a local and a global context.

It will consider how organisational strategic objectives drive projects and the role the project manager performs in the early stages of the project lifecycle, including the development and use of models to drive portfolio and project management.

Following this it will move the focus to the operational stage of the project and how the key project objectives are identified and managed towards a successful project completion.

The module aims for the student to develop a critical awareness of project planning and delivery principles alongside developing the skills necessary to deploy them to manage a construction project.

Through enquiry-based learning it will facilitate a project scenario to allow the students to deploy the tools necessary to successfully plan a project and monitor a project’s resources.

The module aims to develop a critical awareness of the background and drivers for sustainable development.

It will explore the development of the sustainability agenda, different approaches to sustainable development and the key trends in society that affect, and are affected by, the built environment.

It will consider how climate change, urbanisation and other factors are placing pressure on the built environment across the globe to deliver agile and appropriate responses to challenges such as accelerated climate change, extreme weather and societal change.

The module aims to develop a critical awareness of the people dimension of projects and will address the principles of project team development.

It will look at the role soft skills play in the successful delivery of a project and how a mastery of leadership and motivating your project team can help you build and maintain a successful and focussed project team.

It will address how to distinguish between different types of change projects and propose techniques in leading teams to achieve organisational change.

The aim of this module is to provide the student with knowledge and understanding of risk and uncertainty theories and an appreciation of the differences between risks found on different project types.

Responding to today’s highly complex project landscapes, the module looks at risk management in a contemporary way, including complex projects which involve an unusual degree of uncertainty and unpredictability.

The module will provide students with the opportunity to undertake an in-depth study of a subject which is of personal and subject interest in the field of the built environment.

Students may focus their research upon a topic or problem relevant to their current programme of study and based upon an academic subject of interest, their current work practice or recent work experience or placement. The submission will take the form of a dissertation.