Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management

You’ll explore how the UK construction industry shapes the built environment while developing professional skills, ethical awareness, sustainability principles and digital know-how. You’ll investigate career roles and technologies like drones, laser scanning and VR.

You’ll learn how planning shapes development in the built environment, exploring planning permission, land use and stakeholder roles. The module also introduces urban regeneration, inclusive design and the legal principles guiding UK planning decisions.

You’ll gain an introduction to the economic and legal forces shaping the built environment, exploring market trends, valuation and investment basics alongside contracts, health and safety, and professional responsibilities guiding ethical construction practice.

You’ll explore how homes are designed and built, learning about construction methods, materials and building systems. The module develops your understanding of regulations, sustainability and detailing, while building practical drawing, CAD and technical communication skills.

You’ll learn how commercial buildings are designed and constructed, exploring structural systems, materials and build sequencing. The module develops your digital modelling skills, introduces BIM workflows, and highlights sustainable, high-performance solutions for modern commercial projects.

Explore the principles of early-stage cost management, elemental cost planning, and financial control in quantity surveying. See how design decisions impact on a project’s viability and financial performance as you learn to develop cost plans and bills of quantities.

Explore different roles in construction teams as you learn about key contractual processes, like letters of intent, tendering procedures, and post-tender activities. Create informed contract and project decisions using procurement routes, risk allocation and contract strategies.

You’ll develop essential knowledge of health and safety management, exploring legislation, risk assessment and safety culture. Through real-world scenarios and teamwork, you’ll learn how to promote safe, ethical and sustainable practice in professional environments.

You’ll explore how artificial intelligence works and how it’s used across industries. Through practical activities, you’ll apply AI techniques to real-world problems while considering the ethical, sustainable and responsible use of intelligent systems.

You’ll explore sustainability, the circular economy and carbon reduction, examining how organisations respond to climate challenges. You’ll also apply global frameworks such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and work towards Carbon Literacy certification with the Carbon Literacy Trust.

You’ll learn how to collect, analyse and interpret data to support decision-making. The module develops your statistical, visualisation and communication skills, helping you turn real-world datasets into meaningful insights for professional practice.

You’ll complete a short or summer optional placement, internship or civic project, gaining real-world experience. With university support, you’ll reflect on your learning, build professional skills and enhance your employability through practical industry or community engagement.

You’ll develop skills in managing projects, contracts and finances, exploring leadership, risk, procurement and dispute resolution. You’ll work with contracts such as NEC, JCT and FIDIC to support effective decision-making.

You’ll complete an independent research project on a real built environment challenge, developing investigation, analysis and project management skills. Your work will align with industry priorities and global goals such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Develop your construction measurement, quantification and costing practice expertise in quantity surveying and wider construction projects. Produce accurate official documents using the New Rules of Measurement and industry-standard tools as you learn to make accurate pricing decisions.

You’ll develop commercial and enterprise skills for built environment leadership, exploring innovation, ESG, net zero and governance. Through challenges, you’ll create a business proposal while strengthening financial and professional skills.