bish bash bosh 12:08 Sun Jul 17
building surveying university courses
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Whoer's my son is hoping to do a course at uni next year and we're looking around universities soon, can anyone recommend any decent ones for this subject?
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Gavros
12:32 Sun Jul 17
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Mate of mine did building surveying at uni. Passed with flying colours. Got a job quickly.
Then realised hed have to spent half the rest of his waking life surveying buildings.
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Toe Rag
12:51 Sun Jul 17
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London Southbank University are pretty well geared up for this.
I had a look once.
Most people wanted to get on the quantity surveying band wagon at the time.
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PMA Hammer
9:13 Sun Jul 17
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South bank is definitely the best in London for Construction related white collar roles.
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PMA Hammer
9:19 Sun Jul 17
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I am biased, by Quantity Surveying is where the money is. There is a shortage, and as a result salaries have soared since 2010. I have been a QS for 18 years, and as jobs go, it's a pretty good one. Building Surveyor role seems to repeat, and would encourage those to just go down the Structural Engineer route, or even look at being an Architect. Much more variance. I don't come across many Building Surveyors at all these days.
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Nicey
10:33 Sun Jul 17
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Wolverhampton - great construction school, cheap as chips to live there for students and lots of links to surveying practices.
Make sure he does a placement year and also a specialism in FM or similar to keep his knowledge broad.
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chink
12:40 Sun Jul 17
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I agree with PMA and would add the real shortage within the QS role is in infrastructure - civil engineering, road and rail. That's where I am now but started in building.
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Mart O
3:09 Sun Jul 17
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Agree with what others have said about South Bank. I'd have thought the RICS would have info about courses but you can surely find listings/rankings online.
Outside of London, the big property firms certainly used to recruit a lot from Reading and Oxford Brookes. My impression (and it is only that) is that the former would be more likely to provide the type of course that others are suggesting below.
It might be worth considering doing a fairly general degree, seeing both what he enjoys and where the opportunities are, then specialising later ?
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diehardhammer
3:59 Sun Jul 17
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Have a look at Brighton, their project management courses are dual accredited by ciob and rics, I'd assume it's the same for building surveying too
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Chigwell
8:41 Sun Jul 17
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Loughborough University has a good reputation for surveying etc.
With a bonus of great sporting facilities, if he's interested.
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mashed in maryland
10:03 Mon Jul 18
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Plymouth.
Their engineering dept is incredibly well funded and equipped and there's a huge selection of courses, all fully accredited.
Don't listen to the bullshit about it being a dump either, it's a great city to be a student in.
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Noah
2:30 Mon Jul 18
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Reading, College of Estate Management is the one the big surveying firms look for.
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rzarazor
3:01 Mon Jul 18
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QS would be a better option IMO.
Not many Unis offer QS courses, Reading, Oxford Brookes, Herriot Watt, Salford to name a few.
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