Construction Systems
Introduction to building construction systems, covering how buildings are built from start to finish and how individual systems interact regarding design, cost, and schedule.
Summary
What you’ll be able to do
Explain many different design and construction of building systems
Identify types of systems visually on site
Evaluate which type of each system may be best for the design
Evaluate the cost, schedule, and procurement implications of designs
Work effectively in a design team and create an operations plan for a project
Analyze systems more deeply through research
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Prerequisites
Course mapE M A 201,PHYSICS 201, 207, 247, graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students. Not open to students with credit in CIV ENGR 290.
- EMA 201
- PHYSICS 201
- PHYSICS 207
- PHYSICS 247
- graduate/professional standing
- member of Engineering Guest Students
- Not open to students with credit in CIV ENGR 290
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- EMA 201
- PHYSICS 201
- PHYSICS 207
- PHYSICS 247
- graduate/professional standing
- member of Engineering Guest Students
- Not open to students with credit in CIV ENGR 290
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Introduction to the parts and pieces of a building at the construction level. How a building is built from start to finish, and how the individual building systems affect one another. Systems, how they interact, design and construction, cost implications, schedule implications.
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Topics
- Building components and construction-level details.
- Interactions between individual building systems.
- Design, construction, cost, and schedule implications.
- Project operations planning.
Skills
- Explain design and construction of building systems and their interactions.
- Identify building system types visually on site.
- Evaluate optimal system types for specific designs.
- Evaluate cost, schedule, and procurement implications of designs.
- Collaborate in a design team and create project operations plans.
- Analyze building systems through research.
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