Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Must have knowledge of national and international legislation and contractual relations in connection with the execution of building and construction works.
• Must have knowledge about work environment, including health and safety in the building and construction industry.

Skills

• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge of the use of general conditions and tender law as basic national agreement between the construction parties.
• Must be able to demonstrate understanding of different performance descriptions and explain their use.
• Must be able to explain the current national regulation and associated guidelines for quality assurance.
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge of general international conditions and EU tender law as basic international agreement between construction parties.
• Must be able to describe national and international (EU) legislation on inviting tenders and award of contract in connection with the construction.
• Must be able to describe the building's historic development and ongoing development initiatives including OPP, partnering and use of indicators.
• Must be able to analyse the construction context in connection with general societal trends
• Must be able to use the guidelines and rules about working in construction.
• Must be able to explain labour law.

Competences

• Must be able to explain the framework of construction.
• Must be able to relate a given project to the framework of construction including the work environment.

Type of instruction

Lectures supplemented with workshops, presentation seminars and more.

Extent and expected workload

Since it is a 5 ECTS project module, the workload is expected to be 150 hours for the student.

Exam

Exams