Building Surveying (Hons) Liverpool John Moores University

Overview

The Building Surveying (Hons) at Liverpool John Moores University  is built around the following four themes together with work experience and project tasks that simulate real working practices, giving you the knowledge and practical skills to launch your career as a building surveyor:

• Technical knowledge, such as building construction, building defects, science and materials

• Design practice, which covers cad, refurbishment projects, sustainability projects, building conservation

• Management practice, including construction site management, facilities and maintenance management business management

• Law, including construction law, property law, health and safety law

The course also offers a sandwich route which involves a paid placement where you can apply what you have learnt at LJMU out in the workplace. Such experience will enhance both your professional skills development and your CV, boosting your employment prospects after graduation.

Students not undertaking a placement year are registered on the non-Sandwich version of the programme and will have the opportunity of an additional study year abroad following Level 5, providing students with an additional year of study at an approved overseas partner that will complement their programme at LJMU.

Career

Do you want a varied professional career with many challenges and good employment prospects? If so then becoming a Chartered Building Surveyor may be the career for you.

The most likely route to go down once you graduate is to become a building surveyor in commercial building management or housing and social building provision. Some of our graduates go on to run their own practices or become partners in established building surveying practices once they become professionally qualified.

Building Surveying is a varied profession operating in both the public and private sectors covering both residential and commercial clients. Chartered Building Surveyors offer expert advice on all aspects of land, property and construction for both private and public companies, including:

• inspecting and surveying existing buildings, proposing and managing refurbishment projects, appraising buildings for new uses, conserving listed buildings

• providing advice on building defects and failures, diagnosis of defects and specification of remedial work

• property legislation advice – party wall issues, building

• regulations and planning permission issues

• project management services, working with clients, preparing outline designs and specifications, refurbishment work carrying out building surveys and measured survey