CE1CIC2: Information and Communication

Module code: CE1CIC2

Module provider: School of Construction Management and Engineering, School of Built Environment

Credits: 20

Level: Level 1 (Certificate)

When you'll be taught: Semester 1

Module convenor: Dr Ruth Dowsett, email: r.m.dowsett@reading.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s):

Co-requisite module(s):

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded:

Placement information: NA

Academic year: 2024/5

Available to visiting students: No

Talis reading list: No

Last updated: 19 September 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

This module is designed for students to learn the importance of information representation and communication in the construction of building projects, providing practical skills to support their studies whilst at the University of Reading. The module focuses on the principles, tools and methods to graphically represent and visually communicate project-related information, which can be applied in related building technology modules and in later practice.

Participants will develop and build professional skills and knowledge about how to effectively communicate in a graphical, written, or verbal form. Students will learn to source and evaluate relevant information, understand professional and ethical responsibility, and learn approaches to professional written and visual communication. Students will also learn about technologies and current approaches to digital and building information modelling through hands-on work with the relevant software applications.

The Module Lead at the University of Reading Malaysia is Dr Shamsulhadi Bandi (s.bandi@reading.edu.my).

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to: 

1. Represent a building or its components in two- and three dimensions using appropriate graphical techniques, scale, notation, dimensions; 
2. Apply knowledge in building systems to accurately represent technical information and organize the project information in a legible and professional manner; 
3. Develop a simple building information model; and 
4. Produce a distributable set of digitally coordinated project documentation. 

Module content

• Introduction to professional roles, responsibilities and communication; 
• Introduction to the elements of a technical drawing set: plans, sections, elevations, details, specification, axonometric and perspective views; 
• Graphical conventions and presentation standards: lines, layout, dimensions, scale, annotation, labelling, symbols; 
• Introduction to building information modelling (BIM) concepts and digital tools; 
• Introduction to digital information modelling and design using a standard BIM application. 

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

A blended approach to teaching and learning includes the presentation of materials with in-class exercises and hands-on work to encourage active engagement in learning. Tutorials focus on building individual skills to develop a technical drawing set of a construction information, and competence to find, evaluate and present relevant information in a professional manner. The lab sessions will require students to review instruction notes posted ahead of each session and be prepared to work with a common BIM software to develop a project information model. Feedback on skills development is individual and weekly, at the tutorials. 

For students studying at our campus in Malaysia: This module may be taught in a different semester and the breakdown of study hours may differ to those set out in the Study Hours table (please refer to the Module Handbook for the correct breakdown). In addition, you will be required to complete an additional 40 hours of study, taking the total number of study hours to 240 for this module. This is to comply with the Malaysian Quality Agency (MQA)

Study hours

At least 50 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

Students need to achieve an overall module mark of 40% to pass this module.

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

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

Assessments with numerical marks

• 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 three working days;
• the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
• where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

Assessments marked Pass/Fail

• where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/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.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

Feedback on the two set exercises will be provided on a weekly basis during tutorial sessions. These hands-on exercises offer students immediate feedback, which is of particular importance for those not familiar with technical drawing or BIM software packages. 

Reassessment

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