Performance, relative cost, depreciation and use of equipment in construction. Class reports are required on construction equipment. Field trips are made to view and evaluate construction equipment. The practical application of taping, differential, profile, trigonometric leveling, angle measurement, traversing, and other instrument layout techniques for vertical and horizontal construction project control and layout. Includes legal ramifications of construction bidding, contracts, changes, delays and dispute resolution.
Emphasis is on the reduction of dispute through knowledge.
Familiarizes students with the basic foundations of the estimating process including quantity surveying, the organization of the estimate, and visualization of the project. Labor costs as well as overhead and profit are also introduced. Application of scheduling techniques in an integrated construction planning, scheduling and control system. Includes theory, options, legal implications and practice. Students plan the construction of their projects from estimating and use microcomputer software to schedule and set up control systems for the projects.