All testing conforms to ASTM standards. Design concepts include passive solar heating, passive cooling, earth-sheltered housing and insulation practices. Information presented includes practical matters such as business ownership, cost estimating and bidding, contract bonds, required types of insurance, construction business methods, labor law and labor relations. Codes and specification are presented as they apply to the previous subjects. In the structural steel portion, beams, columns, tension and compression members, composite structures and the connection for these types are presented.
Content varies from year to year.
Includes vector concept of force, equilibrium, centroids, moments of inertia, analysis of structures, and fluid statics.