Construction Materials and Methods. Materials and construction processes including paving and surfacing materials, concrete mixes and reinforced concrete construction, structural steel, structural aluminum, treated lumber, plywood, priming materials and textured coatings. Theory, field measurements, computations, and application of basic surveying techniques. Elementary Surveying Laboratory. Credit or registration in CETC 204.
Selected problems familiarize the student with basic surveying instruments.
Theory and methods relating to stadia surveying, triangulation, geodetic surveys and field astronomy. Selected field problems related to the student's utilization of the stadia rod, plane table, alidale and solar telescope. Theory and methods relating to topographic, hydrographic, photogrammetric and route surveying techniques. Office and field problems relating to topographic and route surveying, construction of maps and route curves. Approximate and detailed methods of estimating material and labor requirements to erect a building.