Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Civil Engineering and Built Environment

Learning Methods

Online
Workshop

Module Offerings

5315BEUG-SEP-CTY

Aims

To establish an awareness of the project stakeholders, the various procurement options and their associated contracts. Develop the ability to interpret the particular needs of different client groups to develop relevant procurement strategies and to apply techniques to support the implementation of those strategies ensuring that the project criteria are satisfactorily achieved.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Identify the role of project stakeholders in the procurement process.
2.
Evaluate current procurement options used in the UK construction industry and evaluate the allocation of risk within these options linked to the construction contract.
3.
Evaluate current tendering methods and their associated codes of practice used in the UK construction industry with a site production focus.
4.
Identify the various contracts available to the different procurement options and evaluate the allocation of associated project risk.
5.
Evaluate and interpret a client’s objectives with the aim of recommending an appropriate procurement strategy.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:Introduction to stakeholders and stakeholder mapping. Strategies for stakeholder engagement. Philosophy of procurement, public and private clients. Risks inherent in the various procurement, contract and tendering options and their associated available contracts (NEC, JCT, FDIEC). Link implementation of the tendering process into site production and the contract.
Module Overview:
This module aims to establish an awareness of the project stakeholders, the various procurement options and their associated contracts. You will develop the ability to interpret the particular needs of different client groups to develop relevant procurement strategies and to apply techniques to support the implementation of those strategies ensuring that the project criteria are satisfactorily achieved.
Additional Information:This module allows students to have a greater understanding of the procurement and tendering process and its linkage with the construction contract. In this module, the knowledge learning outcomes are K1, K4, K9, K13, and the skills learning outcomes are S4 and S9.

Assessments

Centralised Exam
Report