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  • Level 6
  • 15 Credits
  • 0.125 EFTS
  • Course duration: 16 weeks
  • Workload - Approximately 10 hours per week
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This online course will provide you with an understanding of what a Commercial building is. The course will cover how they are constructed, how structural products are used in these, and why specific design is necessary for these larger structures of a commercial nature that are buildings with more than two levels, that have specific requirements in terms of their design, the construction process, and related legislation.

Students who complete this course will be able to (for a medium building of 3 levels)

  • Demonstrate knowledge of structural principles to include specific design
  • Identify and describe the impacts that a structure of specific design may have on a building taking into account loadings.
  • Identify and describe fire protection systems in a commercial building and how this impacts on design and end use.

Assessment

100% internally assessed

Textbooks

No textbooks are required for this course

How to enrol

Before enrolling in this course you need to:

  • choose the qualification you will study the course under
  • check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.

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