ECTS: 10
Contemporary buildings require the participation of many different design professions, suppliers of materials and systems, construction companies working together to provide both better service and better product quality in the face of increasingly complex and demanding clients and society. Steering a project through this complex web of relationships and requirements has become a profession in its own right - Design and Construction Management.
This course covers the knowledge and application of project management techniques, general management skills in the context of project initiation, architectural design, tendering and construction. It covers both the systemic side of construction management and the social economic context. Working in small groups, students will study a wide range of readings on these subjects and create a summary representing the knowledge content of the course.
This knowledge will be contextualised through case-based exercises in which students will have to develop management responses to typical situations in the design and construction processes.
A combination of peer evaluation, reports and a final exam will ensure that each student receives individual recognition for their work.