Essay

By completing this module, students are expected to cover the indicative content as follows: 
a. Procurement:
a. Introduction to procurement and its contexts
b. Procuring complex projects
c. Procurement in the narrow and wider senses
d. Whole life use of buildings and procurement
b. Project modelling:
a. Building information modelling and procurement
b. Government best practice and construction strategy in the UK
c. Building information modelling and the legal challenges
d. Integrated project insurance and the ‘zero blame’ agenda
c. Public procurement:
a. Public procurement and the need for transparency
b. European regulation and the World Bank procedures
c. Legal challenges to procedures and penalties
d. Corruption within the construction industry and ethical improvements
d. Public procurement best practices:
a. Best practice within procurement in the wider sense
b. Future directions within procurement
c. Issues for supply community and their involvement
d. Obstacles to progress within the international context

Procurement - 7547LAWINF

Procurement

Evaluate the nature of construction procurement in complex projects

Critically appraise government best practice and construction strategy in the UK

Scrutinise the influence of European regulation and the World Bank procedures