Welcome to The University of Reading

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Welcome to The University of Reading
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WHERE IS READING?

• Reading is 60 km west of London.
• It is located on the River Thames with excellent
  road and rail links
• It takes just 30 minutes by train to reach London
  from Reading
• Heathrow Airport is 45 minutes away by coach
• Gatwick Airport can be reached by a direct train

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THE TOWN OF READING PROFILE

• Reading is the centre of
• Englands Silicon Valley,
• including the headquarters
• of several major IT
• companies
• Reading currently enjoys
• almost zero percent
• unemployment and has a
• thriving local economy

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THE TOWN OF READING PROFILE

• Reading offers some of the
• best shopping and leisure
• facilities in South-East
• England
• Plenty of cafes, bars and
• nightclubs
• Vibrant arts and music scene
• Reading is a young persons
• town

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THE UNIVERSITY OF READING

• Over 14,000 full and part-time students study at
  the University of which about 20 are
  International Students coming from on average
  about 130 countries worldwide
• ISAO gives advice and support to all our
  international students

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School of Construction Management Engineering
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• It is one of the world's largest university
  departments dealing with the built environment
  and a worlds leading academic institutions for
  research and teaching.

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• The reputation of the school is based on the
  authority of its academic staff, who have
  extensive experience as advisers, consultants and
  visiting lecturers to commercial organisations,
  governments and universities throughout the
  world.
• This wide range of expertise and international
  experience contributes directly to the quality of
  the department's degree courses and research
  programmes.

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MSc Intelligent BuildingsDesign, Construction
Operation
www.rdg.ac.uk/ib
Designed in collaboration with industry this
course is to provide the skills necessary to meet
changing environmental, business and human needs
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The Core modules include

• Concepts, Strategy Management
• Building Systems, Architecture People
• Information Technology Communication Systems
• Engineering Intelligence into Buildings
• Financial Analysis Investment Appraisal

core modules
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Intelligent Buildings Concepts, Strategy
Management

• historical development of intelligent buildings
  their components management and financial
  processes future horizons for such buildings

core modules
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Building Systems, Architecture People

• human factors passive and active environmental
  control and building engineering systems

core modules
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Information Technology Communication Systems

• progress in technology to achieve seamless
  working in the design and build process as well
  as the application to improve the building
  effectiveness

core modules
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Designing Intelligence into Building

• design of building structure intelligent
  materials building envelope and building services

core modules
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Financial Analysis and Investment Appraisal

• procurement processes integrated logistics
  support analysis life cycle costing

core modules
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Elective Modules

• Facilities Management
• Design Management
• Briefing
• Sustainable Design, Construction Operation
• IT Project Management Planning
• Research Methods
• Applied Informatics
• Principles of Project Management

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Facilities Management

• planning and management demands of operating
  integrated facilities

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Design Management and Briefing

• requirements for the implementation of design
  management strategy including management systems,
  procedures and controls
• process of defining the specific demands the
  construction industry must meet

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Principles of Project Management

• relating to the whole life of the building, from
  inception to disposal

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Sustainable Design, Construction Operation

• environmental impacts of energy, pollution, water
  and waste during the design, construction,
  operation and disposal phases

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Published by Telfords, book on Intelligent
Buildings

• Contents

• Organisation Strategy
• The Management of Design
• Principles of Project Management
• Premises of Facilities Management
• Culture of Living and Working
• Sustainable Architecture
• Case Studies

• Intelligent Buildings
• The Intelligence of Intelligent Buildings
• Building Environment, Architecture People
• Information Technology, Communications Systems
• and Artificial Intelligence
• Design in the Computer Age
• Engineering Intelligence Through Nature
• Financial Analysis Investment Appraisal

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Graduates from the MSc Intelligent Buildings
programme are highly valued and sought after by
employers in the industry. They are the potential
leaders and senior managers of the industry and
the professions in the 21st century.