Building Surveying (with Foundation Year)

The foundation of your future

There’s more than one way into a building surveying career. If you don’t meet the entry requirements for a degree course, but have the experience, maturity and determination to work in the sector, then this course is for you.

This foundation year isn’t a freestanding degree - but it’s the perfect preparation for one. Think of it as the first year in a four-year period of studying that will lead to a Building Surveying undergraduate degree programme at LSBU (upon successful completion of the foundation year).

Course Modules

Foundation Year
• Technology and Environment
• Communicating Ideas
• Numeracy and Laboratory Practice
• Data in Action: Modelling and Analysis
• Project Management
• Project-based Learning
Year 1
• Building services and environmental science
• Building survey and inspection
• Construction technology and materials
• Construction technology and structures
• Legal and economic context
• Construction practice
Year 2
• Construction contract law
This module examines the various types of construction contracts, including families of standard construction contracts, and the common law and legislation and administrative procedures which govern them. It provides a working knowledge and understanding of construction contract legal problems, and related applicable law, such as non-contractual liabilities. It examines when a dispute arises in legal terms, and how dispute resolution methods may be employed to resolve problems and disputes. Assessment method: 100% coursework.
• Estate and property asset management
• Planning and development controls
• Property inspection, repair and maintenance
• Theory of architecture, design and conservation
• Sustainable construction and the environment
Year 3
• Optional placement year
Year 4
• Research paper
• Project management
• Management of the firm
• Contract administration
• European construction and property
• Property law and valuation

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Chartered Institute of Building