BTEC International Level 3 Construction

Unit 22: Economics and Finance in Construction — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 22 (Economics and Finance in Construction) — 60 Guided Learning Hours.

Internal / Optional60 GLH16 criteria
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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

8 criteria
A.P1Explain how the construction industry is structured and its features.
A.P2Explain how the interaction of supply and demand, price, and market structures affect the pricing and production decisions for a given
B.P3Explore the range of resources required to deliver a given construction project.
B.P4Explain the internal and external economic environmental factors on a given project.
C.P5Examine how cost control and planning and budgeting techniques are
C.P6Produce a cost budget for a given construction project.
D.P7Explain the factors that influence the feasibility of a given construction
D.P8Explore the relationship between the factors that influence the feasibility

Merit

4 criteria
A.M1Analyse how the structure of the construction industry allows a given
B.M2Analyse how resources and the economic environment affect a given project.
C.M3Produce, having considered appropriate techniques, a detailed cost budget for a given construction project.
D.M4Analyse how the feasibility of a given construction project is affected by changes in factors.

Distinction

4 criteria
A.D1Evaluate how the structure of the construction industry and the changes in the market impact on a given sector, allowing it to plan for future
B.D2Evaluate how resources and the economic environment can be managed for a given project.
C.D3Evaluate how changes in costs occur and how this impacts on the detailed cost budget produced, and the efficacy of using appropriate
D.D4Justify the feasibility of a given project as factors change.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

ExplainExploreExamineProduceAnalyseEvaluateJustify
Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

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