Departments

Unit 410

Unit 410A

  • Architectural design imperatives and processes
  • Client involvement and requirements
  • Procurement process
  • Construction methods
  • Consultants roles and responsibilities
  • Cost control
  • Tender processes
  • Contractural requirements
  • Specification methods
  • Quality control
  • Construction and structural types
  • Erection and construction processes
  • An evaluation of Environmental systems
  • Control strategies
  • Integration techniques in relation to human comfort conditions will be undertaken

Unit 410B

  • Material research
  • Specification writing
  • National and European standards
  • Manufacturing data
  • Health and safety requirements
  • Material assemblies
  • Environmental suitability
  • Durability
  • Compatibility
  • Protective coatings
  • Component design (recent and contemporary examples will be presented to demonstrate the integrated nature of successful environmental systems and designs, and to raise specific issues of current interest to the profession. For example; sustainable design, environmental impact, environmental performance of new materials and building elements, energy-saving systems and universal design strategies)