Course structure
Year 1 core modules
Construction Management and Contracts
Students will gain an understanding of construction management techniques relevant to the construction industry with regards to estimating, cost and time control, quality issues and health & safety. This module will also provide the students with a working knowledge of procurement arrangements and cost analysis as used in the construction industry.
The nature of contract law will be explored allowing the students to develop a knowledge and understanding of the common types of contract used in the construction industry. Guest speakers from industry are invited to help ensure current good practice is included in the delivery of the module.
Formal lectures will be supported by student seminars/project work and online quizzes as appropriate in order to provide formative feedback.
Design of Concrete Structures
This module develops your knowledge of engineering properties of concrete, analysis and design concepts and procedures used in structural design. You gain the analysis and design knowledge required to design common structural elements and building frames using reinforced concrete to the appropriate national and European structural design standards. You use case study examples to gain the skills and understanding to develop effective and economic designs. We emphasise manual analysis techniques to determine the values required for subsequent design procedures. Your designs of the structural elements will fully comply with the appropriate current standards. The module is assessed by a combination of an in-course assessment and exam.
Group Design
This module provides you with the opportunity to work in a team to solve a complex multi-disciplinary engineering design and implementation problem related to your chosen BEng Tech pathway. It gives you an understanding of your knowledge and limitations, and the importance of bringing in and working with people with a different knowledge base and skill set. Working in a team enables problems to be successfully resolved which would not have been possible within a single individual. This module develops a consolidated set of employability skills in project management, presentation of work, research and commercial awareness to support complex problem solving in a technical context and enhance the awareness of professional issues such as health, safety, environment and ethics in the workplace.
A problem-based learning approach is adopted and, where appropriate, supporting lectures and seminars are delivered to include technical knowledge or skills development.
Project (BEng Tech)
This module advances the development of your independent learning skills by allowing you to investigate an area of engineering for an extended period. You are given training in writing technical reports for knowledgeable readers and you produce a report or dissertation of the work covered. You also give an oral presentation, a poster presentation or both. The topic can be in the form of a research project or a design project. You develop key skills in research, knowledge application and creation through keynote lectures where appropriate and self-managed independent study. You are supported through regular tutorial sessions and project supervision meetings.
Water Engineering
The module considers elements of flood risk management, water resources management and natural and man-made infrastructure. It introduces natural watercourses and concepts of their response to rainfall events, including flooding and consideration of flood protection/mitigation methods. The module develops the concepts involved in the design and operation of elements of water supply and wastewater systems, from the estimation of water demand and the evaluation and use of water resources, to the collection and transport of foul and storm water and their eventual discharge to natural watercourses.
The module will also consider climate change and mitigation in relation to water.
Module content is delivered via lectures, seminars and practical sessions.
