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Department of Civil and Geomatics
Engineering and Construction

COURSES

Construction Management (CONST)

1. Construction Management Orientation (3)
Orientation to essential elements of professional practice in construction management. Construction-related regulatory requirements. Ethics, business, safety, and personnel practices. Management techniques and interaction with professional organizations and associations.

5. Construction Materials (3)
Introduction to basic construction materials: concrete, masonry, metals, woods, thermal materials, finishes, equipment, and specialties. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours; field trips)

10. Estimating and Bidding (3)
Prerequisites: CONST 5, 42. Basic methods used to evaluate, fix cost, calculate worth, make accurate quantity take-offs and labor time estimates; preparing bids for prospective buyers. (6 lab hours)

15. Construction Management Software (3)
Introduction to construction industry software and project documentation. Basic instruction in estimating, scheduling, design, and project control software. Designed to provide an overview of those particular software packages used in subsequent construction management coursework. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)

31. Architectural Graphics (3)
Introduction to basic techniques and media used in architectural graphic communication including: perspective techniques, sciagraphy, models, and photography; emphasis on various ways of making drawn representations of architectural design proposals. (6 lab hours)

32. Architectural Design (3)
Introduction to architectural design theory; analysis of architectural design problems, assessment of human needs, establishment of architectural design criteria and development of architectural design concept. (6 lab hours)

42. Architectural Drawing (3)
Architectural drafting techniques and standards progressing from fundamentals to details in the area of light construction design through the use of sketching, drafting methods and computer aided design. Study includes the application of building codes and regulations. (6 lab hours)

43. Computer-Aided Construction Detailing (3)
Prerequisite: CONST 42. Application of computers to planning and details for wood, concrete, masonry, and steel structures. (6 lab hours) (Computer lab fee, $15) (Formerly CONST 142)

50. Basic Building Systems (3)
Exploration of theoretic principles relating to the various building systems. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours; field trips)

105. Construction Structures (3)
Prerequisites: CONST 5, 50; PHYS 2A; MATH 71 and 72 or 75. Properties, strength, and functional applications of basic construction materials: woods, metals, and concrete. Recent developments in new materials and applications. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours; field trips)

107. Advanced Construction Structures (3)
Prerequisite: CONST 105. Analysis of construction materials in its application to different structural systems. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)

114. Construction Management (3)
Prerequisite: senior standing in construction. The construction manager's relation to internal organization, owner, architect, engineer, public, press, legal aid, unions, trades, equipment, utilities, insurance, finances, government, and others.

116. Scheduling and Control (3)
Prerequisites: CONST 15. Critical path method; planning, scheduling, and control of construction projects including logic, time assignment and computation, analysis, replanning, diagramming practices, monitoring and updating, computer utilization; role of management. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours) (Computer lab fee, $15)

120. Construction Contracts and Specifications (3)
Principles and methods for developing and applying construction contracts and specifications, including bidding requirements, bonds and insurance, certificates, agenda, change orders, general and supplemental conditions, and CSI specifications. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)

122. Construction Laws (3)
Orientation to the rules and regulations governing construction industry practices and activities including contractors license law, state lien laws, health and safety regulations, personnel relations and supervision, workers compensation, employment insurance, and taxes.

124. Construction Labor Law (3)
Study of federal and state labor-oriented regulations as applied to construction industry practices. Interaction between technical and legal aspects of collective bargaining, pre-hire agreements, hiring hall referrals, open shop construction, work force management, labor standards, employment discrimination, strikes, and picketing.

131. Advanced Architectural Graphics (3)
Prerequisite: CONST 31. Architectural graphic techniques as tools of three dimensional analysis and representation in the design process. (6 lab hours)

132. Advanced Architectural Design (3)
Prerequisite: CONST 32. Development of understanding of the forces affecting the man-made environment through function identification, systems analysis, and development of architectural design solutions to problems at an intermediate level of complexity. (6 lab hours)

134. Architectural Design Problems (3)
Prerequisites: senior standing or permission of instructor; CONST 132. Conceptual planning and design of a large scale architectural project responding to the social and cultural context of the environment. Employing team research and analysis leading to the design and presentation on individual solutions with graphic and three-dimensional techniques. Satisfies the senior major requirement for the architecture specialty of the B.S. in Construction Management. (6 lab hours)

144. Construction Site Planning and Development (3)
Prerequisite: CONST 43; senior standing. Analysis of land development; site investigation, grading, street piping systems, and landscaping. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours; field trips)

150. Heavy Construction (3)
Prerequisites: senior standing or permission of instructor; CONST 105, 116, 120. Problems and methods of solution in heavy construction from earth moving, paving, compacting to tunneling; administrative procedures, quantity surveying, estimating, scheduling, and bidding. Satisfies the senior major requirement for the B.S. in Construction Management. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours; field trips)

151. Heavy Building Construction (3)
Prerequisites: senior standing or permission of instructor; CONST 50. Problems and methods of solutions in the construction of heavy buildings; site, excavations, foundations, framework, heavy timber, reinforced concrete, structural steel, masonry construction and related elements. Satisfies the senior major requirement for the B.S. in Construction Management. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours; field trips)

162. Mechanical Systems (3)
Prerequisites: CONST 1, 5, and 50. Mechanical systems for heating, ventilating, air conditioning, plumbing, storm drainage, and sewage disposal systems in commercial, industrial, residential construction; heat loss and gain, solar systems, mechanical system sizing, and life cycle cost analysis. Lectures, field trips, and guest speakers.

164. Building Electrical Systems (3)
Electrical systems for power, light, heat, signals, and communications in commercial, industrial, and residential buildings. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours; field trips)

166. Advanced Mechanical Systems (3)
Prerequisite: CONST 162. Construction application of water systems, plumbing and storm drainage, and sewage disposal systems.

190. Independent Study (1-3; max total 6)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study. Approved for SP grading. (Course fee variable)

191T. Technical Topics in Construction (1-3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Investigation and analysis of selected subjects in construction. (2-6 lab hours)

193. Internship/Work Experience (3-6; max total 6)
Open only to construction majors. Prerequisites: junior standing and permission of instructor. Supervised work experience in construction related industries. Periodic consultations with instructor.

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