HNC in Civil Engineering for England (HTQ)

As a Civil Engineer you will be expected to make decisions regarding material choices and understand the structural behaviour of materials, testing procedures and perform calculations to establish the performance of materials in use. You will develop an awareness of the design process and be able to produce design propositions and a construction information package for a project. The technologies and processes of civil engineering in the development of highways, bridges and substructures, will be examined so that you can apply this to the design of infrastructure and produce solutions to address hazards and problems encountered in projects. Familiarity with rock types, soils classifications, geotechnical procedures and methods will contribute to your understanding of the design and construction of buildings and infrastructure. You will be given the opportunity to determine and analyse forces within fixed structures and understand the fundamental concepts of structural design.

The development and impact of the construction industry will be explored, as well as the routes to employment and progression. Your knowledge and understanding of the mathematical principles and theories that underpin construction technology, structures and materials will be developed. This will involve the use of analytical and computational methods to solve engineering construction problems, the interpretation of data and application of statistical and calculus techniques. Building Information Modelling, the process of information management through a project life cycle, is explored and will involve the generation of 2D and 3D views of a building model.

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