CE2CPR-Projects

Module Provider: School of Construction Management and Engineering, School of Built Environment
Number of credits: 20 [10 ECTS credits]
Level:5
Terms in which taught: Autumn / Spring term module
Pre-requisites: CE1CCT Construction Technology CE1CCS Construction Science
Non-modular pre-requisites:
Co-requisites: CE2CBT1 Building Technology CE2BES1 Building Environment Systems CE2CCE Construction Economics
Modules excluded:
Current from: 2023/4

Module Convenor: Prof Tabarak Ballal
Email: t.ballal@reading.ac.uk

Type of module:

Summary module description:

The module is designed to simulate project-based practice and develop students’ understanding of the different professional roles and practices through role-play. Students work in teams to propose sustainable design and construction solutions to Client Briefs. Each student will be required to take the role of a surveying or construction professional and will be required to carefully manage that role as part of a team.

Aims:

This module aims to stimulate students’ intellectual capacities and develop their critical thinking through an enquiry-based approach. Students engage in identifying, evaluating, synthesising and analysing clients’ briefs. Working in teams, assuming a defined professional role, students develop sustainable design, construction and technical proposals with associated financial schemes/costings. Proposals are developed to satisfy Clients’ requirements adhering to legal and environmental requirements. 

Assessable learning outcomes:

• The ability to identify and evaluate data used in the process of building design.


• Demonstrate knowledge of the sources of design information currently available.


• The ability to propose clear robust design, construction and technical proposals based on interpretation of a Client’s brief.


• The ability to present proposals in a variety of ways to Clients’ representatives. Demonstrate an understanding of the roles of surveying, construction and design professionals in the construction industry.


• Set the design, surveying, and construction processes within the context of constraints imposed by legal, financial and client requirements.


• Demonstrate knowledge of the design process in the particular with respect to drawing, computing and calculation.


• Demonstrate and apply knowledge and understanding of sustainable design and construction paying particular attention to the concept of circular economy.


• The ability to respond to challenges arising from teamwork and group dynamics.


• The ability to apply knowledge and skill of digital technologies in the production of design drawings.

Additional outcomes:

• Transferable skills including oral presentations, report submission, problem solving, team working and project administration.


• An underlying theme for each of the above projects is the understanding of the dynamics of teamwork and differences between teams and group interactions.

Outline content:

• Design and functional considerations of building envelopes


• Design and functional considerations of building structures


• Design and functional considerations of building services


• Design of building redevelopment for inclusivity and sustainability

Global context:

Some elements of this module are positioned within a global context where students are required to consider design, construction, technical, legal, financial and sustainable considerations for an international Client’s brief.

Brief description of teaching and learning methods:

A combination of lectures, workshops, and tutorials are adopted for this module. Students work in teams supported by academic leads.

Contact hours:

	Autumn	Spring	Summer
Lectures	10	10
Practicals classes and workshops	20	20
Guided independent study:	73	67
Total hours by term			0
Total hours for module	200

Summative Assessment Methods:

Method	Percentage
Project output other than dissertation	80
Oral assessment and presentation	20

Summative assessment- Examinations:
There are no examinations in this module

Summative assessment- Coursework and in-class tests:

Four equally weighted group assignments. Reports limited to 30 pages. Submission dates: Weeks 5 and 11 in Autumn and Spring Terms.

Video and  in-class group presentations. 

Formative assessment methods:

Formative feedback provided in workshops.

Penalties for late submission:

The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

• where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of five working days;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than five working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/cqsd-old-site-documents/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf
You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Assessment requirements for a pass:

40% overall

Reassessment arrangements:

Submission of alternative assignment(s) based on the originally failed project(s). The alternative assignment should be in the form of 3000 words each. 

Additional Costs (specified where applicable):

1. Required text books: 


2. Specialist equipment or materials: 


3. Specialist clothing, footwear or headgear: 


4. Printing and binding: 


5. Computers and devices with a particular specification: 


6. Travel, accommodation and subsistence: 

Last updated: 30 March 2023