Postgraduate Course: Value and Risk Management (Distance Learning) (ARHW11030)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 15 |
| Home subject area | Architecture - Heriot-Watt University |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | VRM and the construction procurement process, An Introduction to Value Management, Value Engineering - Function Analysis and other VE tools, Risk, uncertainty and the construction industry, Risk and procurement of PPP projects, The Risk Management framework., Sources, events and effects of project risk, Tools and techniques of Risk
Management, Risk response and mitigation, Client Briefing, A Review of North American Practice. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Flexible, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: 1 |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
05/08/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. The Course aims to introduce the concepts of value & risk management, apply them to strategic and tactical problems and illustrate their tools and techniques through case study.
2. A practical understanding of the value and risk management
of the strategic and tactical development of a construction
project.
· Gain a practical appreciation of value & risk management
techniques used at the technical development stage of the
design
· Understanding of the practice of value management with the
UK practice of cost management.
· Understand the development of a PPP brief, including a
practical appreciation of value & risk management
techniques used at this stage.
· Investigating contemporary approaches to VRM in the context of
construction projects
· Understanding of research literature in the field of value
management and risk management
· Be able to analyse a clients requirements and articulate them in
clear unambiguous terms
· Develop capacity for creative and lateral thinking through VRM
study approaches
· Develop an understanding of group dynamics, chairmanship and
facilitation
3. Develop an understanding of group dynamics, chairmanship and facilitation
· Develop competence in report writing through scenario based assignment
· Ability to form professional judgements regarding value improvement and risk mitigation proposals for project scenarios |
Assessment Information
| 100% Coursework |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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| Study Abroad |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Remo Pedreschi
Tel: (0131 6)50 2301
Email: R.Pedreschi@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Daniel Emmerson
Tel: 0131 651 5738
Email: daniel.emmerson@ed.ac.uk |
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