Pearson
Level 5
QN: 610/0933/7
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Pearson BTEC Level 5 Higher National Diploma in Modern Methods of Construction
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Pearson. Classified as a Other Vocational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 3060 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 5
Awarding Body
Pearson
Syllabus Units
49 Units
Guided Hours
3060 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Advanced Building Information Modelling
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explain the importance of information management in construction projects and how different parties are involved in the BIM process.2.
- Assess the Organisational Information Requirements (OIR) and prepare the Exchange Information Requirements (EIR) for a given project.3.
- Analyse the relationship between
- Project Information Requirements (PIR) and the Project Information Model (PIM) for a given construction project.4. Based on information from a completed construction project
- use available data and information to prepare the Asset Information Model (AIM) based on the Asset Information Requirements.
2
Advanced Construction Development & Prototyping
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Develop prototypes for a manufactured construction solution through iterative testing.2.
- Create a final prototype through the integration of resolved component, assembly and system solutions.3. Present an offsite manufacturing solution based on prototype development and evaluation.4.
- Evaluate a design proposition to identify prototyping opportunities.
3
Advanced Construction Drawing & Detailing
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Prepare an information package for a given construction project.2.
- Explore the methods to ensure consistent development and management of construction information.3.
- Examine the relationship between CAD and BIM data in the production and management of construction information.4.
- Discuss the types of information required throughout the lifecycle of a construction project.
4
Advanced Electrical Design & Installation
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explain the principles and equipment associated with power and distribution systems, electromagnetic compatibility and electrical services.2.
- Discuss the protective measures necessary for the safe installation and operation of electrical systems.3. Design an electrical distribution plan for a complex non-domestic building.4. Present a report on the national/regional/local standards for technical and Health & Safety regulations that apply to specific building types.
5
Advanced Housing Design & Specification
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Review a given site and client brief, to develop a housing design proposition.2.
- Prepare building information modelling data and construction information, in support of a housing design proposition.3.
- Produce specifications and schedules, based on construction information, for a contract tender.4. Present a housing design proposal and tender package, to a diverse audience, integrating information from other consultants.
6
Advanced Materials
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Evaluate the characteristic properties which contribute to the mechanical functionality of materials.2.
- Examine failure mechanisms of different materials through intrinsic and extrinsic methods.3. Present a case study exploring innovative and smart materials and their role in sustainable construction.4.
- Analyse material selection and design strategies in either a structural or civil engineering environment.
7
Advanced Off-site Construction
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explore different production models and their application to building manufacture.2.
- Analyse how the relationship between material selection and technical processes inform design decisions.3.
- Develop design and construction information to support a high-volume offsite building manufacture strategy to meet stakeholder requirements for a given building type and context.4. Present a strategy for high-volume offsite manufacture for a given building type and context.
8
Advanced Quantities for Complex Building Projects
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Apply measurement techniques to a range of complex situations.2.
- Produce measured quantities for a range of elements and components on large-scale projects.3.
- Develop relevant contract preamble and preliminary items for given situations.4.
- Create measured bills of quantities and schedules using both manual and computer techniques.
9
Advanced Structural Design
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explain strategies to resist deflection due to wind loadings, on fixed structures.2.
- Determine bending, shear, and deflection for complex support conditions.3. Design complex columns and piled foundations based on calculation.4.
- Explore the design of tensile structures.
10
Advanced Surveying & Measurement
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Conduct a 3D traverse survey of a control net
- work to a ‘local grid’ to produce 3-dimensional coordinates, including corrections.2.
- Produce industry-standard survey output based on completion of a comprehensive topographic survey of landscape features and built structures, using TPS and GPS methods.3.
- Analyse the potential benefits and challenges of using TPS and GPS surveying methods, including sources of error.4.
- Explain the principles of GNSS, including modes of use, and relationships between coordinate systems.
11
Alternative Sustainable Solutions in Construction
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explain how socio-economic, legislative and environmental factors impact on the consideration and selection of renewable energy resources and technologies.2.
- Investigate alternative construction methods suitable for new build and retrofit that include alternative energy solutions alongside techniques that improve energy efficiency through the design and specification of modern materials and technologies.3.
- Prepare a retrofit design solution for a given building to improve the performance of the building fabric and energy utilisation.4. Present the retrofit solution for the given building and evaluate the solution and presentation.
12
Building Information Modelling
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the term Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the context of local, national and global developments in the construction industry.2.
- Illustrate the key features of Common Data Environment for a given project; in relation to the information producers and information uses.3.
- Explain the Project Information Model and the Asset Information Model in terms of their use through a project lifecycle.4.
- Assess the benefits of Building Information Modelling for the stakeholders involved in a building project.
13
Building Management Systems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the technologies and applications used in Building Management Systems.2.
- Assess how a Building Energy Management System (BEMS) can optimise cost and energy usage.3.
- Evaluate the potential benefits in cost and sustainability through the use of a Building Management and Building Energy Management systems.4. Specify a Building Management System suitable for a small multi-zone non-residential building.
14
Civil Engineering Technology
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explain the methods and techniques used in civil engineering for earthworks and substructures.2.
- Discuss the civil engineering technologies associated with road and bridge construction.3.
- Evaluate the way a given civil engineering project addresses issues related to the environment, structural requirements, economics and quality.4. Present a design proposal for a new infrastructure project.
15
Construction Design Project (Pearson-set)
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the stages of a design process and the types of information required to communicate, share and manage the project process.2.
- Explain the different types of construction information developed through the course of a project.3.
- Produce design propositions that address project requirements defined through feasibility stages.4. Present a construction information package, highlighting the coordination of information between different project stakeholders to ensure accuracy.
16
Construction Economics & Sustainability
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Present an analysis of an existing or proposed development in relation to the economic, social, and political factors influencing its success.2.
- Discuss the political, economic, social, and environmental factors that influence the construction industry.3.
- Assess the relationship between economic factors, material, and labour costs.4.
- Explore strategies for construction procurement that address economic, social, environmental, and political challenges.
17
Construction Technology
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explain the terminology used in construction technology.2.
- Describe the different techniques used to construct a range of substructures and superstructures, including their function and design selection criteria.3.
- Discuss different methods of dealing with site conditions to support building and infrastructure construction.4.
- Illustrate the supply and distribution of a range of building services and how they are accommodated within the building.5.
- Discuss the environmental and sustainability factors that inform the material choices for a given construction project.
18
Construction Technology for Complex Buildings Projects
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the characteristics of complex construction projects and their challenges.2. Define strategy for the preparation, materials and substructures for a given large-scale construction project.3.
- Develop an information package for the superstructure, building services and fire safety of a given large-scale construction project.4. Propose solutions that meet the requirements for safe demolition and disposal of materials for a large-scale construction project.
19
Contracts & Management
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the different stakeholders and contractual relationships that may develop during a construction project.2.
- Explain the criteria that inform the selection of a construction contract.3.
- Examine different forms of standard construction contract and their application to the built environment projects.4.
- Prepare an appropriate form of contract for a selected project, specifying the terms and conditions.
20
Digital Applications for Building Information Modelling
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Model and modify common building elements for a given project.2. Generate 2D and 3D views of building model to present key features of a given project.3. Assemble construction information using appropriate views, generated within a BIM application, for a given project.4.
- Discuss the role of model data in a BIM-enabled project.
21
Digital Applications for Construction Information
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Present a package of construction information, including drawings, schedules and specifications for a given construction project.2.
- Discuss the key types of construction information that may be produced in support of construction projects.3.
- Demonstrate the use of project standards and their setup within digital applications.4. Generate construction information for a given project using industry-standard digital applications.
22
Financial Management & Business Practices in Construction
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explain the legal status of different types of construction companies.2.
- Explore different sources of finance available to a construction company and strategies used to manage finance.3.
- Evaluate forms of company organisation within the contemporary construction industry.4.
- Illustrate the different strategies used by a construction company to manage resources.
23
Geotechnics & Soil Mechanics
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Discuss rock types, their formation and uses within civil engineering and building projects.2.
- Explain the description and classification of soils using current codes of practice.3.
- Analyse soil properties determined by geotechnical procedures.4.
- Produce proposals to address identified geotechnical weaknesses and problems.
24
Group Project (Pearson-set)
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Assess individual and group skills to allocate roles within a collaborative team.2.
- Plan a construction project, based on the Pearson-set theme, in collaboration with others to ensure good practice in resource management, staffing and project scheduling.3.
- Prepare tender documentation, undertaking work appropriate to a defined role within a team.4.
- Evaluate own work, and the work of others, in a collaborative team.
25
Highway Engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Evaluate how a new highway route is identified, planned and designed.2.
- Assess the methods of earth
- work operations, bridges and tunnelling which are used in connection with the provision of highways.3. Specify a form of pavement construction for a given highway provision.4. Present a proposal for improvements that can be made to a given highway infrastructure, including maintenance techniques and planning.
26
Hydraulics
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Calculate forces related to fluids at rest and in motion.2.
- Develop practical solutions for the distribution of fluids within correctly sized pipes.3.
- Apply concepts of physics to develop solutions to hydrostatic and hydrodynamic problems.4.
- Calculate the hydrostatic pressure exerted on substructures for a given context.
27
Law & Legal Frameworks in Quantity Surveying
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the legal context of a quantity surveyor.2.
- Explain the management of confidential data.3.
- Assess the quantity surveyor’s role in contractual dispute mediation.4.
- Investigate property legislation in relation to quantity surveying.
28
Legal and Statutory Requirements in Construction
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explain the process used to obtain planning permission for the construction and alteration of buildings.2.
- Discuss the processes and regulations used to control design and to ensure safe buildings.3.
- Assess the laws used to ensure that construction sites operate safely and consider adjoining land-users.4.
- Analyse how the law of contract and land law are used to sell and lease land and buildings.
29
Maintenance & Operations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the different parties involved in building maintenance and operations activities, their roles and responsibilities.2. Compare different types of building maintenance and management approaches that support these.3.
- Demonstrate how Building Information Modelling assists in managing maintenance and operations effectively and efficiently.4.
- Assess how maintenance and operations are managed as part of a wider business management strategy.
30
Mathematics for Construction
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Use analytical and computational methods to solve construction related problems.2.
- Investigate applications of statistical techniques to interpret
- organise and present data by using appropriate computer software packages.3.
- Illustrate the wide-ranging uses of calculus within different construction disciplines by solving problems of differential and integral calculus.4.
- Use mathematical methods to solve vector analysis, arithmetic progression and dimensional analysis problems.
31
Measurement & Estimating
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Define standard measurement techniques used for taking-off quantities for estimating purposes.2.
- Perform taking-off techniques in the production of a range of quantities for a structure.3.
- Interpret the principles and techniques of estimating in compiling a final price.4.
- Prepare an estimate for a work activity.
32
Personal Professional Development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Assess personal learning needs and opportunities within the context of employment.2.
- Plan and manage own personal learning journey, through consultation with employer and/or tutor/instructor.3.
- Record personal progress and the feedback of others; responding as appropriate to own future development.4.
- Evaluate own learning, based on personal experience and comments from others, in order to plan for the future.
33
Principles of Alternative Energy
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Present a strategy for a cost-effective upgrade to an existing building, utilising an appropriate form of alternative energy.2.
- Examine the different contexts that inform the discussions on environmental sustainability.3.
- Discuss types of alternative energy systems and how they support sustainability.4.
- Explain the factors that inform the selection of a renewable energy system in relation to a specific installation.
34
Principles of Electrical Design & Installation
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Analyse the performance, operation and control of AC and DC motors.2.
- Explain the different methods of electricity generation and distribution.3. Present a proposal for a non-domestic lighting installation in a given project.4.
- Discuss the fundamentals of electricity, magnetism, transformers and circuits.
35
Principles of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Analyse the heating & cooling loads for a non-domestic building.2. Present a design proposal for a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system for a given non-domestic building type.3.
- Justify the selection of non-domestic heating, ventilation and air conditioning system components for a proposed installation.4.
- Prepare the pre-design information required for a non-domestic heating, ventilation and air conditioning installation.
36
Principles of Off-site Construction
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explain the different forms of offsite construction and how they provide potential benefits for building production and delivery.2.
- Explore the ways that design is influenced by different forms of offsite construction.3.
- Discuss the benefits of a selected offsite construction method or technology, in relation to efficiency, sustainability and cost of project delivery.4. Present a proposal, for offsite construction of a given building type; highlighting the benefits of the method for quality, efficiency and cost of delivery.
37
Principles of Public Health Engineering
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explain the different types of domestic water services systems and above ground drainage that serve large buildings.2.
- Identify relevant design considerations for buildings when selecting water, drainage pipe
- work, plant, and equipment.3.
- Develop sustainable design strategies for public health engineering.4. Design and specify water and sanitation services for large non-domestic buildings.
38
Principles of Refurbishment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explore the factors that drive refurbishment and its potential benefits and challenges.2.
- Discuss different approaches to refurbishment.3.
- Illustrate the project process for a given refurbishment scheme.4.
- Prepare an initial scheme for a refurbishment project to meet a client brief.
39
Principles of Structural Design
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Calculate bending moments and shear forces for simply supported steel and concrete beams.2.
- Determine deflection for different types of beams and loading conditions.3.
- Calculate the axial load carrying capacity of steel and reinforced concrete columns.4.
- Explore design methods for steel, reinforced concrete beams and columns.
40
Quantity Surveying Practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explain the role of the quantity surveyor.2.
- Explain the activities of a quantity surveyor in the pre-construction phases of a project.3.
- Assess the processes of quantity surveying during the construction phase of a project.4. Present a case study that considers the role and activities of a quantity surveyor for a given project.
41
Science & Materials
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the environmental and sustainability factors that inform the material choices for a given construction project.2. Present material choices for a given project using performance properties, experimental data, sustainability and environmental consideration.3.
- Evaluate the performance of a given project in respect of its human comfort requirements.4.
- Review health & safety regulations and legislation associated with the storage, handling and use of materials on a construction site.
42
Site Supervision & Operations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Review construction information to determine quality requirements.2.
- Illustrate the ways in which monitoring of construction projects ensures quality and safety.3.
- Explain the different stages in the management of a construction project.4.
- Discuss methods for assessing and improving the performance of site staff.
43
Surveying for Conservation, Renovation & Refurbishment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Present a building survey report in support of a proposed renovation or refurbishment scheme.2.
- Examine an existing building to determine its character and the need for renovation or refurbishment.3.
- Analyse a given building to determine the range of methods/systems used in its construction.4.
- Assess mechanisms of failure and deterioration in buildings.
44
Sustainable Methods of Construction
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explore sustainable construction methods which are fit for purpose in a given context.2.
- Discuss the potential benefits and challenges associated with different forms of sustainable construction.3. Present a design proposal, utilising a selected sustainable construction method, and explain how it is ‘fit for purpose’ in the given context.4.
- Examine how the construction industry impacts on the environment, and how changes in the industry can create broader social and economic benefits.
45
Tender & Procurement
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Define what constitutes a tender and the information required for this process.2.
- Explain the procedures and contractual arrangements for tendering.3.
- Analyse the factors that affect the selection of construction procurement methods.4.
- Prepare tender documentation for a given project.
46
The Construction Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explore the development of the construction industry through the roles and relationships of the professionals involved.2.
- Assess the impact of the construction industry.3.
- Discuss the ways in which the construction industry ensures quality, timely completion and safety.4.
- Examine the routes to employment and progression within the construction industry.
47
Transport Systems in Buildings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the functional requirements for circulation within a proposed building design.2.
- Determine traffic planning and equipment selection criteria for lifts, escalators and moving walkways for a given building design.3.
- Develop a design and installation strategy for escalators and moving walkways into a given building design.4. Present a design and installation strategy for lifts to support a given building design.
48
Value Engineering & Cost Control
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explain the principles of value engineering in construction projects.2.
- Apply value engineering principles to a construction project.3.
- Describe the principles of cost control in construction projects.4.
- Demonstrate the application cost analysis for a given construction project.
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/0933/7
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- Pearson
- Qualification Type
- Other Vocational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2023