Bachelor's in Building Surveying

The degree programme in Building Surveying provides the specialist knowledge and skills necessary to enter the Building Surveying profession at graduate level with a view to completing the Assessment of Professional Competence to gain professional membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Course content is aimed at providing an understanding of the roles and purposes of building surveying and its relationship with other disciplines within the industry. In addition to core areas of technology, maintenance management and building conservation, professional practice skills are further developed through integrated project work in all years of the programme. The course is actively supported by a team of professionally and academically recognised teaching staff. Mr Ken Boston is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a member of the Building Surveying Professional Practice Group. He has been appointed by the Environment Minister to the ‘Historic Buildings Council of Northern Ireland’. In addition, he has been appointed by the DOE / NIEA to the ‘Joint Council of Industrial Heritage of Northern Ireland’. Dr Trevor Hyde has an internationally recognised profile for research in advanced glazing and renewable energy technologies. He has received several Local, National and International research grant awards and has worked widely with industrial partners on product research and development. Mrs Joanne Wright is a member of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers and is an educational and training advisor for the region. Dr Chapman has a PhD in the ‘Non destructive testing of timber’ and was extensively involved with the partner colleges offering Built Environment programmes.