BSc (Hons) Building Surveying and the Environment
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BREAKING NEWS: Plymouth’s building courses now No.1 in the country for student satisfaction!
Plymouth University has achieved a 91% satisfaction rate for building and construction students in the UK, the highest recorded in the recently released 2011 National Student Survey. Follow the link to learn more click on the following link and enter ‘building’ into the search function: http://unistats.direct.gov.uk |
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Course summary
If you want a rewarding, well paid career in the care and development of buildings, this forward-looking course should be top of your list. Considered one of the best in the country, its strengths lie in its unique focus on sustainability and the excellent employer links developed by the course tutors for the benefit of students. Building Surveying is a popular professional field overseen by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Traditionally, Building Surveyors deal with the restoration, renovation and repair of older and modern buildings and advising the owners and purchasers of property how to get the most from their assets. As survey after survey demonstrates, sustainability has become a central driver for the surveying professions, which is why the industry urgently needs graduates who have the solid grounding in sustainability, green building design and low carbon management that this course is specifically designed to provide. This course is offered by the Environmental Building Group, part of the School of Architecture, Design & Environment
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Course highlights
This course offers a number of key strengths that deliver outstanding value-for money for our students:
- A thorough preparation for work
- A sustainability theme, which offers our graduates a vital edge in the graduate job market
- Independently assessed teaching excellence delivered by a dedicated and multiple award winning academic and professional team.
- 15 years experience in sustainable building education; the strongest pedigree in sustainability themed surveying education in the UK.
- A strong focus on reducing the impact of buildings on our environment in terms of energy use, waste, pollution and habitat disruption through new developments like the Code for Sustainable homes.
- High levels of interaction with practising professionals through guest lectures, project appraisals, and professional guidance
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Stage 1 building students on their first surveying site visit 2010 |
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Professional accreditation
This degree enjoys multiple recognition for three professional bodies, providing our graduates with very wide-ranging career opportunities from employers ranging from global practices to the National Trust.
- Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
- The Chartered Institute of Building
- The Association of Building Engineers.
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What the students say
Click on the video below to hear about our building courses from our current students' perspective.
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What the students say
 “Since graduating with my BSc (Hons) Building Surveying and the Environment in 2009 I have enjoyed a very successful and exciting professional career.
Despite the economic turmoil I secured a graduate position at the leading international built asset consultant EC Harris as a Project Manager. I then moved to London to work with some of the UK’s most high profile developers such as Land Securities and Grosvenor. My experience has also extended to working in the energy giant ExxonMobil’s Global Real Estate team and also taking a lead role for retailer Sainsbury’s in their store extensions programme. I am currently on secondment at Qatari Diar, working out of a very nice office in Mayfair! Here I am rubbing shoulders with some of the industry’s leaders, on some of the most prestigious schemes in the UK and the World.I have also recently become a chartered member of the RICS, reaching this achievement in just two years. I have no doubt that my achievements to date were founded on the quality of education I received at Plymouth and my degree has certainly been the platform for me to forge my career with confidence.” 2009 career update from 2009 Building Surveying graduate N.C. working for global surveyors E.C. Harris
 "A key part in me getting this job over other graduates, and also being given the environmental role, was the knowledge gained from the sustainability content of the course and the passion that the lectures showed for this subject. I am really enjoying being in the industry but do look back on the good days I spent at the University. Thank you very much for the education I received.” RR: 2010 BSc (Hons) Building Surveying and the Environment graduate, now with Interserve Project Services Ltd.
“I became a partner eight years after graduation, the shortest period of time in the firm's history” MB: now a Partner at Cushman & Wakefield LLP "After being offered places on similar courses, the deciding factor that led me to Plymouth was the strong focus on sustainability. This advantage was clearly demonstrated to me during a graduate scheme interview in which I was asked to prepare and present a 5 minute talk on how young professionals should ingrain sustainable thinking to their activities. I was offered the job from 29 other candidates applying for the position. I graduated with a first class honours and have had the world at my feet ever since." JH: BRE Global: 2008 BSc (Hons) Building Surveying and the Environment graduate and BREEAM consultant
"Not only is sustainability a core (RICS) competency, I was also asked several questions during my interview about it. Luckily I knew all about it because of the course! There were quite a few graduates going through the process with me, all of whom went to other Universities. I was shocked that none of them knew about sustainability” BJ: Atis Real Surveyors, email received December 2008“I'd just like to say thanks for organising the ENBS333 session. I really appreciated having some time to interact with practicing professionals. I found it very interesting and useful. Many thanks.” AS: (Final stage BSc (Hons) Building Surveying and the Environment student)Further information on Environmental Building programmes at Plymouth, and examples of student success can be found within the Environmental Building Group pages on School of Architecture Design and Environment web site. |
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Invaluable real world experience placement opportunity in year three
Robert Odey felt strongly that it was important to take advantage of this opportunity and after much searching found himself a job with ISG that has added to and enriched his University experience. As he starts his final year Rob will be able to relate theory to practice and bring a new a dimension to his learning. read more..... |
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Oustanding employability 
Despite the recession, Plymouth students are enjoying real employment successes, including in 2011, such as*:
- 1st out of 800 applicants to gain a surveying trainee post with global surveyors CBRE
- Five trainee and placement posts with international contractors ISG Pearce Construction
- Two 12 month placements with House of Commons Estates
- Graduate manager with BAM construction
- Graduate surveyor with Malcolm Hollis (National Building Surveyors)
- Two graduate and placement surveying positions with global consultancy E C Harris
- One placement at the Shard, London‘s most exciting new tower development.
Prospects are good. This year will see the number of our students on paid placement years double since 2010. |
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Expert Staff 
A course is only as good as the staff delivering it.
At Plymouth we have an outstanding team of accessible research-active lecturing staff to help you on your journey to graduation and career success. In 2011/2012 our staff includes:
- Former Europe/North Africa chair of CB Richard Ellis, one of the largest and most prestigious global property consultancies.
- The former Learning and Development Manager for Davis Langdon LLP, one of the UK’s top construction and surveying consultancies
- The former Group Innovation Manager of Countryside Properties, a major national developer of eco homes and housing
- In addition, you will benefit from the industry-based research our staff carry out in the fields of construction management, modern methods of construction, building performance simulation, low carbon buildings, sustainable construction education, research informed teaching, surveying law and more.
- At Plymouth, we are proud that the expertise of our staff is accessible to our students. That expertise rubs off; it is not unusual for our students to publish joint papers with staff on research arising from final year student dissertations. Ask us for more details.
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