Pearson
Level 5
QN: 610/0939/8
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Pearson BTEC Level 5 Higher National Diploma in Quantity Surveying
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Pearson. Classified as a Other Vocational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 2760 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 5
Awarding Body
Pearson
Syllabus Units
45 Units
Guided Hours
2760 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 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.
5
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.
6
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.
7
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.
8
Advanced Quantity Surveying Practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Analyse the functions of a quantity surveyor on large complex projects.2.
- Explain the quantity surveyor’s interactions with project teams.3.
- Prepare a contract for a complex project.4.
- Develop preliminary items and specification sections for a building or infrastructure project.
9
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.
10
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.
11
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.
12
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.
13
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.
14
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.
15
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.
16
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.
17
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.
18
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.
19
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.
20
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.
21
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.
22
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.
23
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.
24
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.
25
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.
26
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.
27
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.
28
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.
29
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.
30
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.
31
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.
32
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.
33
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.
34
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.
35
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.
36
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.
37
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.
38
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.
39
Surveying, Measuring & Setting-out
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explain the methods and technologies used in surveying for construction.2.
- Undertake a closed levelling, and stages of a closed 2D traverse survey to establish station coordinates for horizontal and vertical control.3.
- Apply industry standard techniques in the collection of survey data and setting out the co-ordinates of construction elements.4.
- Explore the causes of errors and techniques to improve accuracy in surveying and setting out.
40
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.
41
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.
42
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.
43
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.
44
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)
- 610/0939/8
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- Pearson
- Qualification Type
- Other Vocational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2023