Higher Diploma in Construction Engineering Management

Course details

Construction Process and Procedures

This module covers the construction safety and legislation; construction machinery and operations; basement construction; caisson foundations; tunnelling methods, construction of high-rise buildings; prefabrication; bridge construction; dredging and land reclamation; appraisal and building retrofitting; automation and robotics; build ability aspects; use of recycled materials in buildings.

Construction Technology

This course provides students with a better appreciation on the methods and technologies used for the construction such as incremental launching, span by span and balance cantilever. Topic on construction of tunnel using traditional, new Austrian methods and tunnel boring machine as well as various structural systems used in the construction of tall building and methods for underpinnings works are also included in this course. This course also provides an insight to the topic on sustainable construction and the methods to improve productivity on site.

Construction Structure Analysis

This module covers the analysis of determinate and indeterminate structures for axially loaded member, torsion, column buckling, moment distribution method, slope deflection method, moment area method, integration method and virtual work method.

Project Planning and Management

1).The module covers the fundamental concepts of project management. 2). Student will be introduced the management of project scope, time, cost, quality, effective site organisation, human resource, risk, communication documentation and handing over. 3). Students will also learn the role of IT and the method of planning and scheduling.

Human Resource Management

This unit provides students with a better appreciation on the human resource management skills and knowledge used for the future supervisors and managers in building and construction fields. The following topic will be covered in this unite: people resourcing; employee development, reward and recognition and employee relations; the full range of HRM functions and key developments in the HRM agenda.

Essential Engineering Mathematics

The module covers topics including algebra, factors and factoring, quadratic equations, functions, graphs, trigonometry identities and equations, right triangles and vectors, linear equation, differentiation, exponents, logarithms, complex numbers. This course covers topics including integration, matrices, analytic geometry and quadratic system, series & binomial formula, infinite series and statistics.

Entry Requirment

• above 18 years old
• GCE 'A' Level Certificate
• OR a Diploma
• OR equivalent qualification
• Language Requirement9 years' formal education taught in Mandarin Chinese.

Course Schedule:

One class per week; 4 hours per class and total teaching hours: 168 hours;

Graduation Requirement:

Candidates must successfully complete all six subjects to be awarded the Higher Diploma