BYFE3100 The Building Prosess Course description

The Building Process course prepares students for a profession, and they are expected to have already acquired a number of building qualifications during the course of their studies. The Building Process course trains students to work as part of a systematic whole and it enables them to make better use of a life-cycle approach, where technical and functional performance as well as financial, social and environmental issues are taken into consideration.

Presence on the course days is important for the result of the exam.

No requirements over and above the admission requirements.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student has:

• an understanding of cooperation when using BIM
• an understanding of life-cycle analyses, costs, time consumption, quality assurance systems, HSE in the building and construction industry, environmental certification systems and use of the Management, Maintenance, Operation and Development system
• knowledge of the phases in a building project and the different parties’ roles and responsibility, with the main emphasis on integrated planning using BIM
• knowledge of different contract models and the different contracts used in the building and construction industry
• knowledge of the statutory requirements that apply to the building, especially TEK.

Skills

The student is capable of:

• preparing plans for progress, finances, production, HSE and quality assurance  
• drafting and using contracts and descriptions in accordance with applicable standards/process codes
• using TEK in different circumstances
• carrying out a simple risk analysis

General competence

The student:

• has an understanding of the interaction between the different players involved in the building process
• has an understanding of consequences
• has the ability to communicate the construction engineer’s roles in a systemic context
• is capable of working in a team

Lectures, exercises and compulsory group assignments

The following coursework is mandatory and must be approved prior to the exam to attend the exam.

• Students must attende at least five of the course days.
• 3 mandatory assigmnets 

Individual written home exam, 3 hours.

The result of the exam can be appealed.

A resit or rescheduled exam may take the form of an oral exam. If oral exams are used for resits and rescheduled exams, the exam results cannot be appealed.

All aids, not comunication with others.

Pass/fail.

One internal examiner. External examiners are used regularly.

Christian Nordahl Rolfsen