Flagships at the three locations
As you can see in this section, each location has its own specialisations. TU Delft focusses on the 2 aspects 1) process and system innovation in the building industry in general and 2) the āLiving Building Conceptā. The focus of CME at TU Eindhoven is on āConstruction Management & Urban Developmentā and the University of Twente focuses on the management of the design and construction process within the building industry.
These specialisations all have there associated specialisation courses. Below, you will find the most recommended specialisation courses at each location.
Delft - Process & system innovation in the building industry and the āLiving Building Conceptā
EPA1123 - Policy Analysis of Multi-Actor Systems - 5 EC - Quartile 3 Ā
This course focuses on problems that are positioned in a complex multi-actor environment. You learn how to characterise and analyse such situations. Besides, you learn about the role of policy analysts in such politicised situations; about policy styles and the role of information in policy processes. In the course we deal with the following themes:
- The institutional and psychological context of decision making;
- Policy making as a power game;
- Being a consultant operating in a multi-actor context;
- Techniques for analysing and mapping stakeholders and actor-networks;
- Drafting a research plan;
- Argumenting and framing;
- The role of information in multi-actor policy making.
For the complete list of course contents, see the TU Delft website
SPM4416 - Strategic Management of Large Engineering Projects - 6 EC - Quartile 3, 4
Integration of traditional project management and process management is used as a basis for the analysis of complex technological projects and formulate recommendations for their management. You will be put in situations where you can acquire and apply skills. The objective is to let you understand how the application of project management and process management can support project goals. The analytical part focuses on understanding the pro's and cons of both approaches and understand how they can be combined intelligently. The skills part focuses on the applying the acquired understanding in the simulated complex technological projects. The focus here is on Learning-by- doing.
The course tries to combine analysis with experience. This means the course makes ample use of alternative forms of meetings, including assignments, simulation games, and workshops.
For the complete list of course contents, see the TU Delft website.
CIE4130 - Probabilistic Design - 4 EC - Quartile 2
After the course, you will be able to do Level I, II and III calculations, risk-based optimisations and system probability calculations.
For the complete list of course contents, see the TU Delft website.
Eindhoven - Construction Management & Urban Development
7ZW7M0 - Urban research methods - 5 EC Quartile 3
In this course students learn core research and evaluation methods for urban planning/management. The focus is on quantitative methods and evaluation techniques. Research methods are relevant in the first stages of the decision process where the aim is to generate knowledge about a problem or possible actions. Evaluation techniques are relevant in the last stage where the aim is to determine a preference ranking of action alternatives. The techniques are explicitly positioned in a decision process model.
The course consist of a series of lectures and literature study. Each lecture is complementary to the literature studied and accompanied by a practical where the students apply the theory to a case.
More information at theĀ TU Eindhoven website
7ZW1M0 -Ā Big data for urban & transportation analysis /projectĀ - 10 EC Quartile 3, 4
To find good solutions one need to have a good understanding of the problem. This holds true also for the problems urban planners are facing in areas such as mobility (congestion and accessibility), health (air pollution, passive life styles), energy (smart grids and transformation to renewable sources of energy), ageing (social exclusion, social satisfaction), and tourism (crowding). In this project you consider a planning problem of your choice and apply a suitable approach to better understand the problem and evaluate scenarios.
The approach includes Information from a big database such as GPS data, Twitter data or one of the large national surveys, such as OVIN. These databases provide rich information on micro-level of individuals. In this approach an existing database, or combination of databases is analysed to achieve a better understanding of behaviour of individuals with regard to the planning problem considered. During the project the following steps will be carried out: formulation of a research question; literature research; specification of a conceptual model; identification of relevant variables; preparation of the data; performing the analysis and interpreting the results. The analysis technique and database used will be chosen depending on the research question. The emphasis is on advanced techniques from the field of either regression modelling (e.g., path analysis) or data mining (e.g., Bayesian network learning).
More information at the TU Eindhoven website
7M900 - Fundamentals in Building Information Modelling - 5 ECĀ - Quartile 2
This course is of importance to everyone who needs to use building information and who can work on developments in BIM and/or fundamentals of BIM. BIM is becoming generally accepted in the construction industry, but also civil engineering and building services adopt BIM. The emphasis is no longer on the building itself but on the building process and also in urban areas. There is a need for a universal database: the Building Information Model (BIM). A wide range of applications - such as CAD, construction specifications software, budgeting software and the like ā get their information from this building information model.
In this course, you learn to model with the visual modeling language UML (Unified Modelling Language). UML is used as the "stepping stone" to translate data models created by other diagram techniques. This is important because standards for information exchange play a major role. You learn to read and to interpret the models created with different diagram techniques.
Topics will be discussed about Express and Express-G diagram technique used to describe IFC classes, XML and XML Schema, GML and CityGML for representing geographic information. You also learn to read models created with some outdated diagram techniques as a basis for new insights. In addition, up-to-date BIM developments will be discussed.
More information at the TU Eindhoven website
Twente - Markets & Organization of Construction and Digital Technologies in Construction
202200043- Circular Systems Engineering - 5 EC - Quartile 3
The main focus of this course is to teach students how to design circular civil engineering objects with the use of Systems Engineering (SE). SE is a universal design method, which is prescribed by the main Dutch clients in the civil engineering industry (Rijkswaterstaat and ProRail). SE consists of a structured sequence of steps to make a design. These steps progress from initial ideas, via the analysis of requirements and functions, to the design of a fully functioning system that performs its intended goals. A Circular Economy (CE) refers to a regenerative economic system in which materials are reduced, reused and recycled. This course explores the application of circularity principles in SE design projects. It comprises a series of (guest) lectures, a workshop and a design project that will help students to learn designing a circular civil engineering object with SE.
More information at Osiris.
201800050Ā BIM & 5D Planning - 5 EC - Quartile 2
The main objective of the course is to familiarize students with the notion of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and its application in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. In recent years, BIM is gaining a significant popularity in the construction industry and the market strives for BIM professionals and experts to lead the transition from conventional practices to BIM-centered processes. This course will explore the raison d'etre of the paradigm shift from the conventional fragmented building lifecycle management process to a model-driven, centralized, and collaborative management philosophy. On this premise, this course will try to dispel the myth of BIM being a merely technological tool that streamlines the design practices.
Instead, BIM will be introduced as a combination of (1) technological advancements in visualization, information systems, and simulation and (2) process enhancement in how different stakeholders collaborate and communicate throughout the project lifecycle. By introducing these technologies and allowing the students to have hands-on experience with them, the course will provide the opportunity for students to explore how information modelling tools can enhance construction management tasks.
More information at Osiris.
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