EPN-V2

BYFE3100 The Building Prosess Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Byggeprosess - ingeniørfaglig systememne
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2026/2027
Course history
Programme description
  • Introduction

    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.

    Language of instruction: Norwegian.

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

  • Required preliminary courses

    None

  • Learning outcomes

    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
  • Teaching and learning methods

    Lectures, exercises and compulsory group assignments

  • Course requirements

    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
  • Assessment

    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.

  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

    All aids, except comunication with others. Rules for source referencing must be followed.

  • Grading scale

    Pass/fail.

  • Examiners

    One internal examiner. External examiners are used regularly.

  • Course contact person

    Christian Nordahl Rolfsen