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Duration
8 weeks
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Commitment
8-10 hours per week
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Price
US$2,195
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Study mode
Tutor guided
Certificate of Achievement
Evidence your learning with a Certificate of Achievement from the University of Cambridge on successful completion.
- Start
03 July 2023
- Finish
28 August 2023
- Enrol by
26 June 2023
- Start
Discover more about this course from the expert(s) behind it
Course overview
The importance of sustainable development is increasingly acknowledged and accepted throughout society, but we still need to identify tangible ways sustainability can be implemented in practice. For the civil engineering and construction sectors, we must move beyond merely advocating change and develop specific responses to a range of pressing sustainability challenges. These may be rooted in meeting the global Sustainable Development Goals or in urgent actions driven by the climate change emergency, for example.
The engineering of critical infrastructure enables the delivery of essential services - including water supply, energy, transport and shelter -and it is vital that these systems are designed to meet the real needs of society and end users in truly sustainable ways. Much of this requires changing traditional engineering approaches, where solutions are often adopted from longstanding experience and have evolved from historically different constraints than apply today.
Using case studies, the course will show how guiding principles for sustainable infrastructure can deliver better solutions in practice. We will look at the process of change and innovation and investigate the use of specific tools and methodologies which can apply to planning, design, construction and operational issues in the infrastructure sector.
What will I learn?
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- recognise the wider sustainability context and how this influences the delivery of infrastructure services
- understand the diverse sustainability challenges associated with delivering and operating critical infrastructure
- understand how infrastructure addresses the Sustainable Development Goals and adds social value
- apply absolute, operational and individual sustainability principles for infrastructure in decision making
- implement a systems-thinking approach to infrastructure provision
- explore opportunities for multi-functional infrastructure solutions
- challenge traditional approaches and outdated design standards
- understand key sustainability methods and their benefits and limitations.
Who is this course for?
- civil engineers
- construction professionals
- sustainability professionals
- built environmental professionals
- structural engineers
- urban planners
- infrastructure engineers
- regulators.
What will I get on completion?
Evidence your learning with a Certificate of Achievement from the University of Cambridge on successful completion.
University of Cambridge course leads
Professor Richard Fenner
(BSc (Hons) PhD CEng MICE FCIWEM)
Richard is Director of the Centre for Sustainable Development, and principal course lead. He is a chartered civil engineer who set up the University of Cambridge MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development. He led the programme from 2002 to 2020, establishing it as internationally leading in the field. His research interests focus on water, sanitation and sustainability issues in both developed and developing countries.Tercia Jansen van Vuuren
BEng (Civil), MPhil, PrEng
Tercia is a research associate at the Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology, University of Cambridge. She is a professionally registered engineer with over five years’ experience in structural design and construction supervision within a South African context, followed by two years as a sustainability advisor working in London in the construction industry Her research investigates carbon emissions in the built environment and how holistic thinking can help industry work towards the carbon reductions required to meet net zero targets.Rehema Msulwa
MCom, MSc, PhD
Rehema Msulwa is a Research Associate with the Bennett Institute of Public Policy. Her research lies at the nexus of where policy meets the design and delivery of capital-intensive infrastructure projects. Rehema trained as an Applied Economics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She holds heaa PhD in Business and Management and an MSc in the Management and Implementation of Development Projects from the University of Manchester. She trained as an Applied Economics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.Zakaria Dakhli
MSc (Eng), PhD (Civil Eng)
Zakaria Dakhli is a research associate in digital services and business models for off-site construction supporting the IfM (Institute for Manufacturing) and the CDBB (Centre for Digital Built Britain). He holds a civil engineering degree (MScEng) from Ecole Hassania des Travaux Publics (Morocco), and a Master of Research and PhD in civil engineering from Ecole Centrale de Lille (France).Katherine Bruce
MEng (ChemEng), MPhil (Engineering for Sustainable Development)
Katherine Bruce is the Sustainability Lead for WSP’s Middle East team. She holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Cambridge in Engineering for Sustainable Development and a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from Heriot-Watt University UK. Katherine's area of expertise is incorporating sustainability techniques into Infrastructure and Real Estate projects, such as decarbonization, climate resilience, and socioeconomic well-being.
Course dates
- 2023
03 Jul - 28 Aug
Places available
Enrol by 26 Jun
Requirements
Level of knowledge
- recommended: a knowledge of infrastructure delivery and civil engineering
- essential: educated to degree level in a field of engineering.
Materials & equipment
- sufficient internet speed and stability for video streaming (2 Mbps up/down)
- no specialist software or equipment needed
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