Module Details

Module Code: BULD8029
Title: Post-Contract Management
Long Title: Post-Contract Management
NFQ Level: Advanced
Valid From: Semester 1 - 2022/23 ( September 2022 )
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits: 5
Field of Study: 5821 - Building Science
Module Delivered in: 2 programme(s)
Module Description: This module enables the quantity surveyor to assess life cycle costing and evaluate value for money and time management on construction projects.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Assess the benefits of BIM (Building Information Modelling) in the construction process.
LO2 Interpret advanced planning and time management techniques in the planning and control of construction projects.
LO3 Identify the cost drivers of site set-up and management.
LO4 Evaluate the factors that need to be considered when carrying out life-cycle costing in the construction industry.
LO5 Assess the tools and techniques available to manage cost and value throughout the development process.
LO6 Assess facilities management and the benefits of implementation in a large organisation.
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list.
No incompatible modules listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Requirements

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
No requirements listed
 
Indicative Content
Cost drivers of site set-up and management organisational structures
Understanding the cost drivers of site set-up for the quantity surveyor, site management and plant requirements, overhead and organisational structure, analysis of contractors' preliminaries.
The construction programme
Project programme appreciation, activity determination, time estimation techniques, key deliverables, interdependency, resource estimating and cash flow, updating, progress recording, as built programme, claims for extension of time, delay and disruption.
Building Information Modelling (BIM)
The benefits of BIM, interpretation of 3D design data, clash detection, implications of 4D scheduling on time management and 5D quantity extraction from the model.
Life Cycle Costing
Understand the principles that affect a building's life, identify the factors that affect the physical deterioration of buildings, consider the different forms of obsolescence that affect property, recognise the variability in the lives of building components, understand the relationship between inflation, interest rates and discount rates.
Facilities Management
Definition, history. What is FM ? Scope of FM, job responsibilities, size of FM marketplace.
Value Management
The origins and expectations of value management. Distinguish between value engineering and value management. Understand the methodology used in value management. Realise the importance of cost value reductions in eliminating unnecessary costs. Identify the different techniques that are used in value management studies and recognise the wider implications of securing value for money.
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Coursework20.00%
End of Module Formal Examination80.00%

Assessments

Coursework
Assessment Type Short Answer Questions % of Total Mark 20
Timing Week 8 Learning Outcomes 2,4
Assessment Description
Theory and Application.
End of Module Formal Examination
Assessment Type Formal Exam % of Total Mark 80
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4,5,6
Assessment Description
End-of-Semester Final Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will consist of a repeat examination. It is possible that there will also be a requirement to be reassessed in a coursework element.

The University reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact Theory on course topics and worked examples. Every Week 4.00 4
Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact Review of lecture notes and recommended material. Every Week 3.00 3
Total Hours 7.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 7.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 4.00
Workload: Part Time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) Non Contact Review of lecture notes and recommended material. Every Week 3.00 3
Lecture Contact Theory on course topics and worked examples. Every Week 4.00 4
Total Hours 7.00
Total Weekly Learner Workload 7.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 4.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Craig A. Langston. (2005), Life-cost approach to building evaluation, ELSEVIER/Butterworth Heinemann, Amsterdam, [ISBN: 9780750666305].
  • Harris F., McCaffer R. and Edum-Fotwe F.. (2013), Modern Construction Management, Seventh. Wiley Blackwell, [ISBN: 978-0470672174].
  • Brian Atkins and Adrian Brooks. (2015), Total Facilities Management, 4th. Wiley-Blackwell, [ISBN: 9781118655382].
  • Michael Dallas, Office of Government Commerce and Stephanie Clackworthy. (2010), Management of Value, Stationary Office UK, [ISBN: 9780113312764].
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Chatfield C. and Johnson T.. (2016), Microsoft Project 2016 Step by Step, Microsoft Press, p.473, [ISBN: 9780735698741].
  • Ian C. Baker. (2013), A Practical Guide to Facilities Management, Whittles Publishing, [ISBN: 9781849950961].
  • CIOB (Chartered Institiute of Building). (2018), Guide to Good Practice in the Management of Time in Complex Projects, CIOB, [ISBN: 9781119428398].
  • Project Management Institute. (2017), A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Project Management Institute, [ISBN: 978-628251845].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
Other Resources
 
Module Delivered in
Programme Code Programme Semester Delivery
CR_CCNMG_8 Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Construction Management 8 Elective
CR_CQTSU_8 Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Quantity Surveying 8 Elective