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WJEC A Level Built Environment 1509QS

237 points in 4 topics, with WJEC's codes and titles.

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2.1 AS Unit 1: Our built environment

2.1.1 The life cycle of buildings and structures
2.1.1(a) Stages in the life cycle of buildings
2.1.2 Low-rise and high-rise structures in the built environment
2.1.2(a) Types of structures
2.1.2(b) Features of these structures
2.1.2(c) Uses and purposes of structures
2.1.3 Professional and technical careers and roles in the built environment
2.1.3(a) Architecture
2.1.3(b) Civil and structural engineering
2.1.3(c) Surveying
2.1.3(d) Site and project management
2.1.3(e) Quantity surveying
2.1.3(f) Town planning
2.1.3(g) Building services engineering
2.1.4 Organisations in the built environment
2.1.4(a) Small and medium-sized enterprises
2.1.4(b) Nationwide and global companies
2.1.4(c) Contracting and sub-contracting
2.1.4(d) Tendering, procurement and relevant legislation
2.1.4(e) Local authority planning departments
2.1.4(f) Trade and industry training bodies
2.1.4(g) Trade registration and development schemes
2.1.5 Structures of low-rise domestic and commercial buildings
2.1.5(a) On-site and off-site structural forms
2.1.5(b) The advantages and disadvantages of different structure types
2.1.5(c) Traditional (pre- 1919) structure types
2.1.5(d) Modular construction
2.1.6 Designing and constructing substructures (in contemporary practice)
2.1.6(a) Methods for investigating subsoil
2.1.6(b) Producing information for foundation design
2.1.6(c) Methods for improving subsoil
2.1.6(d) The types of building foundation
2.1.6(e) Principles for designing foundations
2.1.6(f) Basement excavation, retaining walls and damp-proof courses
2.1.7 Designing and constructing superstructures (in contemporary practice)
2.1.7(a) Types of ground floor construction
2.1.7(b) Types of intermediate floor construction
2.1.7(c) Designing stairs and open spaces
2.1.7(d) Types of internal wall and partitioning
2.1.7(e) External walls and cladding
2.1.7(f) Designing openings in walls
2.1.7(g) Finishing floors and ceilings
2.1.8 Designing the services requirements for buildings (in contemporary practice)
2.1.8(a) Services requirements for different types of buildings
2.1.8(b) The design of services at different points in the construction process
2.1.9 Change of use
2.1.9(a) Altering, refurbishing and extending existing buildings
2.1.9(b) Issues of compatibility and using consistent materials
2.1.9(c) Pre-1919 buildings and structures
2.1.10 External works
2.1.10(a) Foul and surface water drainage
2.1.10(b) Sustainable urban drainage systems
2.1.10(c) Installation/distribution of utility services
2.1.10(d) Methods for creating footpaths and roads

2.2 AS Unit 2: Design and planning practices

2.2.1 Stages involved in the design process
2.2.1(a) Stages 0 – 4 of the RIBA Plan of Work
2.2.1(b) The activities undertaken at each of these stages
2.2.2 Factors influencing the design process
2.2.2(a) Site information and constraints
2.2.2(b) Planning parameters and constraints
2.2.2(c) Statutory requirements and constraints
2.2.2(d) Environmental requirements and constraints
2.2.2(e) Social requirements and constraints
2.2.2(f) Budgetary and economic constraints
2.2.2(g) Construction (Design and Management) regulations
2.2.3 Initial project briefs
2.2.3(a) Setting project parameters
2.2.3(b) Setting project outcomes
2.2.3(c) Outlining possible design ideas and specifications
2.2.3(d) Writing briefs for a specific and intended audience
2.2.4 Producing designs
2.2.4(a) A range of 2D and 3D sketches and drawings
2.2.4(b) The techniques, principles and conventions of manual drawing
2.2.4(c) Technical, component and material annotations
2.2.5 Virtual modelling design
2.2.5(a) Using 2D and 3D virtual modelling outputs
2.2.5(b) Setting up virtual modelling projects and using common methodologies
2.2.5(c) Producing virtual models and rendering
2.2.6 Planning construction methods and techniques
2.2.6(a) The primary and secondary requirements of low-rise and medium-rise buildings
2.2.6(b) The requirements for working with buildings from different periods
2.2.6(c) Contemporary construction methods for substructures and superstructures
2.2.6(d) Sustainable construction methods, techniques and considerations
2.2.6(e) Water and waste water systems design and construction
2.2.6(f) Landscape design
2.2.6(g) Site design

2.3 A level Unit 3: Materials, technologies and techniques

2.3.1 Properties of materials
2.3.1(a) Properties defining uses of materials
2.3.1(b) Responses of materials to changing conditions
2.3.1(c) The factors that cause material degradation
2.3.2 Properties of construction materials
2.3.2(a) The properties of common materials used in construction processes
2.3.2(b) Manufacture and processing of materials
2.3.2(c) Temperature effects on construction materials
2.3.2(d) The load-bearing properties of construction materials
2.3.3 Degradation of construction materials
2.3.3(a) Causes of material degradation
2.3.3(b) Measures involved in preventing and reducing degradation
2.3.3(c) Solving issues caused by material degradation
2.3.3(d) Impact on the environment
2.3.4 Structural analysis and building comfort
2.3.4(a) Structural analysis of buildings/assets
2.3.4(b) Temperature changes and building users
2.3.4(c) Impacts of material properties on building acoustics and sounds
2.3.4(d) Determining the designs required for lighting in buildings/assets
2.3.5 Standards for measurements
2.3.5(a) Rules of measurement for construction projects
2.3.5(b) The rules of measurement for civil engineering projects
2.3.5(c) Producing quantities for substructures and superstructures
2.3.5(d) Producing quantities for civil engineering projects
2.3.5(e) Producing bills of quantities for building/asset projects
2.3.6 Thermal comfort
2.3.6(a) Scientific principles of thermal comfort
2.3.6(b) Controlling and managing heat
2.3.6(c) Moisture risks to buildings, including condensation and approaches to moisture management
2.3.7 Acoustic design of buildings and assets
2.3.7(a) Principles of measuring sound
2.3.7(b) Managing sound in buildings
2.3.7(c) The implications of sound design on building users and others
2.3.8 Lighting in buildings and of assets
2.3.8(a) Natural and artificial light in buildings
2.3.8(b) The methods of measuring light in buildings and of assets
2.3.9 Building services systems
2.3.9(a) The nature of energy and its use in building services systems
2.3.9(b) Energy forms in building services systems
2.3.9(c) The units, calculations and methods of calculating energy use and requirements
2.3.9(d) The links between structural design and energy consumption
2.3.9(e) Active and passive building services engineering design
2.3.9(f) Collaborative use of BIM

2.4 A level Unit 4: Construction practices

2.4.1a Residential and commercial properties
2.4.1a(a) The different types of commercial and residential properties in the built environment
2.4.1a(b) Architectural styles and periods of properties
2.4.1a(c) The impact of style and type on future maintenance
2.4.2a Building deterioration and degradation
2.4.2a(a) External defects and their repair
2.4.2a(b) Internal defects and their repair
2.4.3a Surveying equipment
2.4.3a(a) Manual and electronic equipment
2.4.3a(b) Relevant mathematical principles involved in using this equipment
2.4.4a Planning to conduct a building survey
2.4.4a(a) Sequence of surveying activities
2.4.4a(b) Health and safety planning
2.4.4a(c) Arranging access to relevant areas
2.4.5a Examining and recording findings
2.4.5a(a) State of repair of building elements
2.4.5a(b) Measuring the relevant dimensions related to findings
2.4.5a(c) Capturing appropriate and relevant evidence
2.4.6a Completing a building survey and measured survey
2.4.6a(a) The requirements of building survey and measured survey reports
2.4.6a(b) Producing scaled survey drawings
2.4.1b Linear, levelling and angular measurements
2.4.1b(a) Purpose and development of survey frameworks
2.4.1b(b) Measuring horizontal and sloped distances
2.4.1b(c) Traverse types in surveying
2.4.1b(d) The purposes, principles and methods of levelling
2.4.1b(e) The mathematical principles used in conducting the critical content above
2.4.2b Fieldwork surveys equipment
2.4.2b(a) Manual, electronic and technological equipment
2.4.2b(b) Interpreting fieldwork survey results
2.4.2b(c) The mathematical principles required when using the above equipment
2.4.3b Errors
2.4.3b(a) Human/gross errors
2.4.3b(b) Systematic equipment errors
2.4.3b(c) Random errors
2.4.4b Undertaking fieldwork surveys
2.4.4b(a) Linear surveys
2.4.4b(b) Levelling surveys
2.4.4b(c) Reading and recording angles on a closed traverse
2.4.4b(d) The mathematical principles required when carrying out the above tasks
2.4.5b Drawings of completed fieldwork surveying
2.4.5b(a) The conventions and notation required in developing drawings
2.4.5b(b) Plotting survey lines accurately
2.4.5b(c) Cross sections and long sections Development Concepts
2.4.7 Converting, adapting and changing the use of buildings or land
2.4.7(a) Alternative uses for buildings or land
2.4.7(b) Factors influencing conversion or change of use
2.4.7(c) The processes and legislative requirements involved
2.4.7(d) Feasibility reports
2.4.7(e) Working drawings for proposed ideas
2.4.7(f) Planning materials for development aims and safety
2.4.8 Effective management
2.4.8(a) Management and leadership style
2.4.8(b) Project management teams: roles, responsibilities, interdependencies and decision-making roles
2.4.8(c) Uses of BIM technologies
2.4.8(d) Contingency planning
2.4.9 Resource planning
2.4.9(a) Cash flow
2.4.9(b) Ordering and scheduling material deliveries
2.4.9(c) Human resource requirements, including health and safety needs
2.4.9(d) Plant resource needs
2.4.9(e) Site storage
2.4.9(f) Supervision of workforce and quality assurance of output
2.4.10 Handover
2.4.10(a) RIBA Plan of Work Stages 6 and 7
2.4.10(b) Commissioning building services installations
2.4.10(c) Health and safety files
2.4.10(d) Handover period
2.4.10(e) The completion period and client feedback
2.4.11 Construction management techniques
2.4.11(a) Master programmes: Gantt charts and critical path
2.4.11(b) Risk assessments and method statements (RAMS)
2.4.11(c) Quality assurance systems and testing methods
2.4.11(d) Management of human resources and subcontractors Purchasing and financial management
2.4.12 Purchasing methods
2.4.12(a) Suitable and reliable suppliers
2.4.12(b) Seeking and evaluating quotations for materials and sub-contractors
2.4.12(c) Delivery lead times and just-in-time delivery
2.4.12(d) Purchasing locally, sustainably, ethically and in a socially responsible way
2.4.12(e) Fixed, single and serial contracts
2.4.12(f) Using purchase orders
2.4.13 Costs and taking off quantities
2.4.13(a) Materials
2.4.13(b) Labour
2.4.13(c) Cost value comparisons
2.4.13(d) Managing costs/cost savings
2.4.14 Bill of quantities
2.4.14(a) Preliminary items
2.4.14(b) Prices
2.4.14(c) Units and dimensions
2.4.14(d) New Rules of Measurement Programme of activities
2.4.15 Producing programmes of activities
2.4.15(a) Selecting the most appropriate master programme
2.4.15(b) Rams
2.4.15(c) Site layout
2.4.15(d) Site storage
2.4.15(e) Visual monitoring tools
2.4.15(f) Site traffic management plans
2.4.15(g) Waste management plans
2.4.16 Ensuring progress
2.4.16(a) Causes and impacts of project delays
2.4.16(b) Overcoming delays
2.4.16(c) Facilitating ahead-of-schedule progress
2.4.16(d) Adopting and adapting contingency plans