DA6096 - Civil Engineering Management

Most of your learning on this degree apprenticeship module will be in your workplace. Your involvement in civil engineering tasks will enable you to put into context the theoretical material that you will study at University, thereby cementing your understanding. You will do this in conjunction with your workplace mentor, appropriate members of your team, and with the assistance of your University workplace coach.

The module will include a range of learning materials and opportunities, such as online presentations, notes, workshop/tutorial questions, video links and digital reading materials. All these resources will be arranged in a convenient learning journey, giving you a clear expectation of the content to be studied and tasks you will complete on a weekly basis.

During your normal working day, your industrial mentor will support your learning through the allocation of appropriate work tasks relevant to the theoretical content of the module, allowing you to contextualise and cement your knowledge. The University will monitor this educational process.

University academic staff will support you in formally-scheduled teaching. This arrangement will give you ample opportunity to ask questions to clarify and deepen your understanding of the module content, as well as to seek specific help, for example, with your preparation for assessment. At other times, you will have access to University academic staff via telephone, email, and the University’s virtual learning environment (VLE). These media will allow you to access and make full use of the support and guidance available to you.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)

Knowledge & Understanding (K&U):
K&U –
MLO1: Apply knowledge of engineering management principles, commercial context, project and change management, and relevant legal matters including intellectual property rights.

Intellectual/Professional skills & abilities (IPSA):
IPSA –
MLO2: Critically evaluate the role of quality management systems and continuous improvement in the context of complex problems.

Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):
PVA –
MLO3: Identify and analyse ethical concerns and make reasoned ethical choices informed by professional codes of conduct.

MLO4: Adopt an inclusive approach to engineering practice and recognise the responsibilities, benefits and importance of supporting equality, diversity and inclusion.

Summative assessment will be by coursework. It will be worth 100% of the module marks and will cover all the module learning outcomes. It will include discussion of individual apprentices’ workplace activities.

Formative assessment will be by verbal or written (digital) support from University academic staff. In line with the workplace approach of a degree apprenticeship, you will be expected to take on-board verbal feedback from your workplace mentor/, which is the case generally with employee performance.

Assessment feedback will be mapped between summative assessments from different modules, so that you receive clear guidance on improving work, based on performance in assessments in different modules. This will be made explicit to you via digital pro-forma as well as verbally.

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This module focuses upon pre-construction aspects of civil engineering projects. Key content includes the legal and contractual framework for civil engineering construction, planning of work prior to execution, and considers how such plans are formulated and communicated to stakeholders. Management of construction engineering projects is explored through the use of traditional and contemporary methods. Learning is focused on relevant activities taking place in your workplace, supported by classes. Assessment is by coursework.