Bachelor of Built Environment (Honours) (Construction Management and Quantity Surveying)

HighlightsQUT is ranked as one of the top 100 universities in the world and fifth in Australia for architecture and built environment (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2024).Graduate with a highly-regarded Honours degree and start your career as an in-demand construction manager or quantity surveyor.Learn from real-world lecturers who are working in the field, in a convenient city location next door to Brisbane’s most exciting developments.Apply what you learn to real-world projects and access exclusive work placements and cadetships with some of the world’s largest development companies, like Multiplex, Lendlease and more.Become able to provide professional advice to the construction industry on the financial and legal aspects of new constructions and operation of existing buildings.Build your network of like-minded peers and make valuable connections at regular networking and industry events.Learn to work in multidisciplinary teams and develop diverse skills and capabilities that will maximise your employment opportunities.Why choose this courseWith many major developments planned for Southeast Queensland over the next 10 years in the lead-up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympics, there’s never been a more exciting time to start your construction and quantity surveying career.From housing developments and hotels, transport, schools, sporting facilities and more, you’ll learn to coordinate and supervise the construction and maintenance of large and complex projects, and how to provide advice to the construction industry on the financial and legal aspects of building operations and construction. You’ll be able to directly apply that knowledge to real-world projects on largescale construction projects in Queensland.Our construction management and quantity surveying course is highly regarded by the industry, and you’ll be taught and mentored by some of the best in the business. Our graduates are in high demand, with many receiving a job offer before they complete their studies.With classes conveniently located in the heart of the city, you’ll work on real projects and have access to exclusive work placements and cadetships with some of the world’s biggest development companies, like Multiplex, Lendlease and more.You’ll build your network of like-minded peers and have opportunities to make valuable connections at our regular networking and industry events.Careers and outcomesConstruction management and quantity surveying can be a challenging, meaningful and interesting career, with the prospects of extremely high job satisfaction and financial rewards. You may choose to work in private organisations such as large construction and development companies, or in government departments.As a construction manager, you’ll supervise construction; coordinate subcontractors’ plans, materials and equipment; estimate costs and quantities of materials needed; and plan construction methods and procedures. You’ll also help ensure that the requisite standards of building performance, quality, cost schedules and safety are achieved, in accordance with the building contract documents, and that building projects under your supervision are completed — on time, to budget, and of the required standard of quality.As a quantity surveyor, you’ll work predominantly on major building and construction projects as a consultant to the owner, in both the public and private sectors. You may find employment with consulting firms; local, state or federal government departments or authorities; and increasingly with building contractors, financiers, property developers, project managers and universities.Possible careersConstruction managerContract administratorCost plannerHealth and safety officerProject managerQuantity surveyor