Pearson BTEC Level 5 Higher National Diploma in Unit Level

Construction and The Built Environment (Civil Engineering) credit

Level 4 Units:

Core Unit 1 Individual Project (Pearson-set) 15 4

Mandatory
Core Unit 2 Construction Technology 15 4
Mandatory
Core Unit 3 Science & Materials 15 4
Mandatory
Core Unit 4 Construction Practice and Management 15 4
Mandatory
Specialist Unit 6 Construction Information (Drawing, 15 4
Mandatory Detailing, Specification)
Specialist Unit 8 Mathematics for Construction 15 4
Mandatory
Specialist Unit 20 Principles of Structural Design 15 4
Mandatory
And, one from the following list of Optional Units or a Specialist Unit from another
Pathway
Optional Unit 13 Tender & Procurement 15 4
Optional Unit 14 Building Information Modelling 15 4
Optional Unit 15 Principles of Refurbishment 15 4
Optional Unit 16 Principles of Alternative Energy 15 4
Optional Unit 17 Principles of Public Health Engineering 15 4

Optional Unit 18 Civil Engineering Technology 15 4

Optional Unit 19 Principles of Electrical Design & 15 4

Installation
Optional Unit 21 Site Supervision & Operations 15 4

Level 5 Units:

Core Unit 22 Group Project (Pearson-set) 30 5

Mandatory
Specialist Unit 28 Further Mathematics for Construction 15 5
Mandatory
Specialist Unit 29 Geotechnics and Soil Mechanics 15 5
Mandatory
Specialist Unit 30 Advanced Structural Design 15 5
Mandatory
And, three Optional Units (one Optional Unit may come from Specialist Units of any
other pathway)

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Construction and The Built Environment (Civil Engineering) credit
Optional Unit 35 Alternative Methods of Construction 15 5
Optional Unit 36 Advanced Building Information 15 5
Modelling
Optional Unit 37 Environmental Assessment & Monitoring 15 5
Optional Unit 38 Personal Professional Development 15 5
Optional Unit 39 Transport Systems in Buildings 15 5

Optional Unit 40 Alternative Energy Systems Design & 15 5

Installation
Optional Unit 41 Surveying for Conservation, Renovation 15 5
& Refurbishment
Optional Unit 42 Highway Engineering 15 5

Optional Unit 43 Hydraulics 15 5

Optional Unit 44 Advanced Surveying & Measurement 15 5

Optional Unit 45 Maintenance & Operations 15 5

Optional Unit 46 Advanced Materials 15 5

Optional Unit 47 Construction Data Management 15 5

It is strongly recommended that Unit 43 Hydraulics be included as an Option in

order to meet the requirements of recognition by the Institutions of Civil Engineers,
Institution of Structural Engineers, Chartered Institution of Highways and
Transportation and Institute of Highway Engineers.

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