Quantity Surveying

UCAS code: K241

Here's what University of Wales Trinity Saint David says about its Quantity Surveying course.

Our Quantity Surveying programme offers a blend of intellectual stimulation and practical application to prepare you for a rewarding career in this field.

As a Quantity Surveyor, you will play a crucial role in managing construction projects, ensuring they run smoothly from start to finish. Our course is designed to develop your skills and knowledge, making you a competent graduate ready for the professional world.

The construction industry is evolving rapidly, with technology and integrated delivery becoming increasingly important. Our programme is developed in collaboration with industry experts and professional bodies including the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and Construction Wales Innovation Centre (CWIC). These partnerships ensure that our curriculum meets the current demands and needs of the industry.

The course is also accredited by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), providing you with professional recognition and enhancing your employability.

Throughout the course, you will engage in modules that focus on creative problem-solving and collaborative working. Our curriculum covers a wide range of topics, including cost management, procurement, measurement and quantification, risk management, and design economics.

You will also gain expertise in areas such as contracts, cost planning, and estimating. The course emphasizes the importance of financial skills, legal skills, managerial skills, and communicative skills, which are crucial for managing construction projects from project inception to completion.

In addition to classroom learning, the course offers practical experiences, including work placements that allow you to apply your knowledge in real-world settings. This industry experience is invaluable, providing you with insights into professional practice and helping you build a network of industry contacts.

By the end of the programme, you will be well-prepared to take on roles within key areas within the construction industry and make a significant impact in the field of quantity surveying.

Join us and embark on a journey that will challenge and inspire you, preparing you for a successful career in one of the most dynamic and essential sectors of the economy.

Year One – Level 4 You will learn the fundamentals of construction technology, procurement processes, gain digital surveying skills, and understand health, safety, and welfare in construction. You will also explore construction materials, building services, law for the built environment, and measurement and estimating techniques.

Fundamentals of Construction Technology (20 credits) Skills for Professional Practice (10 Credits) Digital Technology BIM (10 Credits) Construction Materials (10 Credits) Health, Safety and Welfare (10 credits) Building Services 1 – Building Comfort (10 credits) Law for the Built Environment (10 credits) Procurement Process (10 credits) Measurement and Estimating (20 credits) Digital Surveying and Highway Design (10 credits)

Year Two – Level 5

You will deepen your knowledge with modules including building information modelling, advanced estimating and tendering, and sustainable development. You will also undertake a research project design, learn about contract administration, and study construction technology in greater detail, alongside business management for construction and project control.

Research Project Design (20 credits ) Contract Administration (10 credits) Building Information Modelling (20 credits) Construction Technology 2 (20 credits) Sustainable Development (10 credits) Advanced Estimating and Tendering (20 credits) Business Management for Construction (10 credits) Project Control (10 credits)

Year Three – Level 6

The final year focuses on advanced topics and practical projects. You will complete an independent project and an integrated project, study advanced construction technology and advanced quantity surveying, and delve into commercial management. These modules will prepare you for leadership roles and complex challenges in the construction industry.

Independent Project (40 credits) Integrated Project (20 credits) Advanced Construction Technology (20 credits) Advanced Quantity Surveying (20 credits) Commercial Management (20 credits)

Assessments used within these Programmes are normally formative or summative and are designed to ensure students become aware of their strengths and weaknesses. Typically, such assessment will take the form of practical exercises where a more hands-on approach shows student’s ability on a range of activities. Traditional formal time-constrained assessment is by means of tests and examinations, normally of two-hour duration.

Examinations are a traditional method of verifying that the work produced is the students’ own work. To help authenticate student coursework, some modules require that the student and lecturer negotiate the topic for assessment on an individual basis, allowing the lecturer to monitor progress.

Some modules where the assessment is research-based require students to verbally/visually present the research results to the lecturer and peers, followed by a question and answer session. Such assessment strategies are in accord with the learning and teaching strategies employed by the team, that is, where the aim is to generate work that is mainly student-driven, individual, reflective and where appropriate, vocationally-orientated. Feedback to students will occur early in the study period and continue over the whole study session thereby allowing for first-class value added to the student’s learning.