Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

LJMU Partner Taught

Learning Methods

Lecture
Workshop

Module Offerings

New-JAN-PAR

Aims

To review state of the art developments in information technology (IT) for architecture, engineering, construction industry (AEC); and to discuss how these technologies may shape the current and future of quantity surveying practice.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:
- Information technology at glance for built environment: a historical context

- Computer aided design - influence of 2D systems on quantity surveying practice

- Object oriented design - building information modelling - current state

- Building performance evaluation: energy and daylight simulations

- A critical perspective: Diffusion of IT in the Built Environment - Small and Medium Enterprises

- Construction 4.0

- Future trends: Parametric Design, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Big Data, Sensor Technology.
Additional Information:
To review state of the art developments in information technology (IT) for architecture, engineering, and construction industry (AEC); and to discuss how these technologies may shape the current and future of quantity surveying practice.

Assessments

Essay
Technology