CONST 150 Construction Documents (5 credits)
Prerequisite CONST 101 and CONST 140 with a grade of 2.0 or better.
Course Description
Construction Documents and their use as a tool to manage the construction process. This class requires a 2.0 minimum grade to enroll in subsequent Construction Management courses.
Course Content
Use modern techniques and processes to assess and solve problems related to contracts, drawings and specifications.
Analyze and evaluate construction specifications and details.
Review of various types of construction documents including agreements, general conditions, drawings, specifications, addenda, sub- and material contracts, bid documents, daily logs and others to manage a modern construction site.
Construction Contracts-types and delivery methods.
Differences between public and private works.
Construction Law and Ethics.
Safety topics, and Safety plans in the industry.
Student Outcomes
- Use modern techniques and processes to interpret and problem solve issues in contracts, drawings and specifications.
- Use the divisions of Construction Specifications Institutes’ (CSI) and Master Format systems and demonstrate how/where to obtain appropriate information.
- Interpret the content of contract documents, including blue prints, details and specifications.
- Problem-solve actual situations requiring the use of drawings to complement other construction information.
- Communicate the difference between delivery methods typical of construction projects.
- Demonstrate the ability to generate typical documents using standard industry resources (i.e. AIA and CSI).
- Apply principles of construction law and ethics.
- Demonstrate the understand safety, topics, history of laws, and the importance of the Safety Plan.
Degree Outcomes
Program Outcomes:
- Professionalism: Model professionalism in the construction industry through ethics and advocacy; team building; leadership; and mentorship.
- Safety and Accident Prevention: Evaluate the importance of jobsite safety and research strategies that can be used to build a culture of safety.
- Communication: Compose, implement, and assess the efficacy of communications tools used in the construction industry to disseminate technical and professional business information to a diverse audience.
- Analysis and Problem Solving: Analyze projects through the application of mathematics, logic, and technology to solve problems in construction documents; materials and methods; estimating; budgets; and scheduling.
Intercultural Engagement
Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
Potential Methods
Instructor, peer, and self-evaluation
Written exam – matching, true/false, multiple choice, essay
Written report
Oral presentation
Completion of out-of-class activities
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