Civil Engineering and Construction Management – (M.Sc.)

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The MSc / Postgraduate Diploma in Civil Engineering and Construction Management provides students with a combination of modules designed to improve their knowledge and understanding of advanced civil engineering and modern construction management theory and practice. The programme structure consists of three mandatory construction management courses (CM) which all students must complete. Students must also choose one construction management course from two options and four civil engineering courses (CE) from a list of specialist topics as detailed below:

Course Choice Semester 1

· Project Management: Theory & Practice (CM) - mandatory

· Value & Risk Management (CM) – mandatory

and two from

· Indeterminate Structures (CE)

· Sustainability in Civil Engineering (CE)

· Ground Engineering (CE)

· Environmental Geotechnics (CE)

Course Choice Semester 2

· Project Management: Strategic Issues (CM) – mandatory

and one from

· Construction Financial Management (CM)

· Business Management for Built Environment Professionals (CM)

and two from

· Safety, Risk & Reliability (CE)

· Foundation Engineering (CE)

· Water and Waste Water Treatment (CE)

· Urban Drainage Design and Analysis (CE)

· Earthquake Engineering (CE)

This degree is accredited as meeting the requirements for Further Learning for a Chartered Engineer (CEng) for candidates who have already acquired an Accredited CEng (Partial) BEng (Hons) or an accredited IEng (Full) BEng/BSc (Hons) undergraduate first degree.

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About the Course Leader

Dr Edward Owens is a Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the School of the Built Environment. Dr Owens joined Heriot-Watt in 1985 as a research associate in the Department of Offshore Engineering and completed his PhD in 1990. He was appointed as an Experimental Officer on completion of his doctorate and undertook the role of Technical Director of the Fluid Loading and Instrumentation Centre. He became a Lecturer in the School of the Built Environment in 2003 and developed a teaching portfolio in the fields of environmental engineering, surveying, civil engineering applications and engineering analysis.
Dr Owens has been the project coordinator and principal investigator for three major European research projects in the areas of contamination monitoring, fluid atomization and the design of novel support systems for structures constructed on soft soils. He is a recognised specialist in this area and has given invited lectures on this subject on behalf of Scottish Enterprise

Dr Owens’ research interests currently lie in the area of Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Carbon Accounting and Instrumentation. This includes involvement in the University’s Energy Strategy Initiative. Research involvement includes marine energy research using the School’s wave tank facility, and involvement in the development of novel renewable energy devices. Other recent research interests include aerodynamics research, fluid instrumentation and carbon accounting in the energy industry.