Within this module students will collaborate in a multidisciplinary group to design a modern building, integrating several specialist disciplines together, including Mechanical and Electrical services.  Within your group you will develop design interventions within the scope of a Brief while complying with the latest regulatory landscape, and defend design choices considering various alternatives with an interdisciplinary perspective.  A key aspect of this module will be the need to develop detailed schemes within your own discipline, and develop and demonstrate and understanding of interfaces with other disciplines across the lifecycle of a project. 

You will be required to manage and value information and process integration across the lifecycle and supply chain of a construction project, and to develop detailed hand calculations while also using a wide range of engineering analysis software.  Given the environmental challenges society faces, you will also assess and manage the sustainability of a construction project, and its resilience. 

• LO1: Critically analyse a construction site from a wide range of perspectives (including microclimate, geology, transport) to inform multi-disciplinary design interventions. 

• LO2: Develop a design response to a client’s brief that is functional while addressing interdisciplinary requirements, including sustainability and resilience. 

• LO3: Establish and assess the effectiveness of the information delivery strategy of a project across lifecycle and supply chains. 

• LO4: Develop a “building services” engineering strategy, including in the mechanical and electrical disciplines, informed by detailed calculations and supported by comprehensive detailed drawings. 

• LO5: Defend selected design interventions with an engineering rational and argumentation, considering a wide range of perspectives, including human comfort, sustainability, and resilience.  

• LO6: Critically assess all risks involved in a building project, define their potential severity level, and devise mitigation actions. 

The module will be delivered through a blend of face-to-face classes and tutorials, as well as online teaching and learning material and guided study. 

A weekly lecture structure will be shared with students detailing teaching and learning content and activities, providing project design guidance, and relationship to the module assessment.  

A series of weekly lectures will be given on a wide range of disciplines (including Architecture, Structures, Mechanical and Electrical).  

A series of workshops will be included to discuss specific design issues and progress of the groups. The duration of the workshop will vary from 1 hour to 3 hours (the full session). 

Within this module you will develop the following employability skills: 

• Demonstrate a range of presentation and communication skills, supported by authoritative engineering design evidence, in the form of data, information, and knowledge. 

• Develop skills to work on a multidisciplinary project in teams to collectively produce a design response in a collaborative and concerted way. 

• Develop skills to critically assess complex design situations to deliver optimally configured engineered solutions. 

In addition, you will develop the following subject skills: 

• Develop skills to generate design interventions that require interdisciplinary collaboration, while addressing client’s expectation and complying with current regulations. 

• Develop skills to initiate, maintain, and enrich a building information model (BIM) across lifecycle and supply chains. 

• Develop skills to use a wide range of BIM-compliant engineering analysis tools. 

• Develop skills to critically assess the feasibility of proposed design interventions paying a particular attention to potential clashes between disciplines. 

The module will be assessed in both semesters as elaborated below. 

Semester 1:  

1. Oral progress presentation (LO 1-6) – this will be a Powerpoint presentation or equivalent and will take place in week 11 of the Autumn Semester. This will be assessed against a marking scheme to be shared with the students in Week 1. This will account for 10% of the total mark. Marks are equally distributed among the following components: BIM Strategy; Sustainability; Therapeutic Environment; Architecture; Structures; Mechanical Services; Electrical Services; Risk Register; Gantt Chart; Presentation.  

Semester 2: The final work will be assessed in week 11 of Semester 2. The marking of the final submission and presentation consists of: 

1. Coursework 2 (80%)(LO 1-6): Mark breakdown is indicated in the ‘Marking Proforma’ document. 

• Group Presentation 

• Supporting documentation containing the following components: Architecture; Structures; Mechanical Services; Electrical Services; Sustainability; Integration, Resilience, and Therapeutic environment. 

• Group Summary Report (5%) (10 pages) (LO 1-6)describing the project design and engineering interdisciplinary attributes.  

• Group Poster (5%)(LO 1-6): providing key interdisciplinary highlights of the project. 

Coursework 2 Progress Oral Presentation and supporting documentation accessible on an allocated university shared drive 

All components are marked on a 0 to 100 scale and adjusted to reflect the above percentages.  

There is one mark awarded to each group. However, this mark is adjusted by taking into consideration two Peer Assessments, each submitted at the end of the Autumn and Spring term. 

Formative Assessment – Students will be supported through milestones via regular meetings with the module team, and receive feedback on their progress. 

The final project must deliver the following aspects of the hospital design: 

• BIM Strategy and implementation à to be reflected in the Shared Drive. 

• Agreed project brief and Specification à Deviations agreed and justified. 

• Response to site constraints: Access routes, green spaces, parking, etc. 

• An evidence-based statement on the quality of the therapeutic environment and fundamental space planning concepts. 

• Architectural Design: 

• Developed Design (Supporting Drawings - scale 1:100) 

• Floor plans at each level showing general layout and movements of staff, patients, visitors, supplies and waste. 

• Sections showing integration of functions, structure, and services. 

• Elevations showing details of external finishes. 

• Other appropriate renderings (as applicable). 

• Detailed technical design of a selected Zone (e.g., ward and /or operation theatre -scale 1:50) 

• Building strategy, structural design and sizing: 

• Layout of foundations including typical cross section showing cut-off and formation levels. (BIM) 

• Structural floor plans at each level showing typical structural grids.  

• Supporting Structural calculation notes. 

• Mechanical services and sizing: 

• Plans indicating location and sizes of plant rooms, vertical risers, boiler plant, air handling units, medical gas plant and incoming services –gas, water. 

• Assessment of capacities –size of gas, water supply. 

• Ventilation and size schematics. 

• Cross section providing distribution philosophy throughout building pinch points. 

• Electrical services and sizing: 

• Plans indicating location and sizes of plant rooms and risers, transformers, generators, bulk fuel storage tank, and incoming services – electricity, telecoms. 

• Assessment of capacity –size of electrical supply. 

• HV/LV schematics. 

• Sustainable design and environmental impact using BREEAM assessment. 

• Fire Engineering. 

• Acoustics. 

• Risk management. 

• Project Costs: These should be presented under the following subheadings: 

• Groundworks / Hard landscaping / Foundations / Utilities 

• Structural frame and floors 

• Façade 

• Roof 

• Electrical services 

• Mechanical services 

• Internal partitions and doors 

• Internal floor and wall finishes. 

• Other costs including Facilities management. 

• Contingencies (typically ~5%) 

Components are group-based summative assessments to reflect the relatively complex nature of each project, as these typically require an effective team-based approach, while also being aligned with Engineering Council accreditation requirements. The peer review outcomes are scrutinised by project supervisors to ensure they are reflective of the team dynamics observed throughout the academic year.  

THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REASSESSMENT IN THIS MODULE: 

The opportunity for reassessment in this module will be a 100% synoptic reassessment.

The remit of the reassessment will be set by the project supervisor in consultation with the module leader while also mapped against the module learning outcomes. 

Opportunities for re-assessment is only permitted provided you have not failed more credit than in the resit rule adopted by your programme.  If the amount of credit you have failed is more than permitted by the relevant resit rule, you may be permitted to repeat study if you are within the threshold set for the Repeat rule adopted by your programme.  You will be notified of your eligibility to resit/repeat any modules after the Examining Board in the Summer period. 

All resit assessments will be held in the Resit Examination period, prior to the start of the following academic session. 

General Introduction: module scope, learning outcomes, deliverables, organization, BIM software environment, staff support, Hospital Brief Presentation, Hospital Design Process (Integration/Sustainability/Therapeutic Environment/Resilience), Introduction of the Site and Geotechnical Report. 

Environmental Considerations and Assessment Methods: Hospital Design and Sustainability,  

Building Information Modelling in Practice, Introduction to Revit, Energy Modelling Environments and Environmental Assessment Methods, BREEAM. 

Structural and Geotechnical Engineering: Structural Design Overview, Detailed Calculations and Expected Deliverables for Semester 1 and 2. 

Fire and Acoustics Engineering: understanding acoustics and fire regulations, designing an adapted fire evacuation strategy, compartmentalization of a building, fire exits, fire shafts, fire assembly points, site access for fire engines, ensuring acoustic comfort across the building. 

Mechanical Design: Introduction to mechanical design, Detailed calculations and expected deliverables for Semester 1 and 2. 

Electrical Design: Introduction to electrical design, Detailed calculations and expected deliverables for Semester 1 and 2. 

Costing and Risk Assessment: understanding capital and lifecycle costing, identifying risks, severity level, and mitigation actions.