Ethics, business, safety, and personnel practices. Management techniques and interaction with professional organizations and associations. Basic instruction in estimating, scheduling, design, and project control software. Designed to provide an overview of those particular software packages used in subsequent construction management coursework. Architectural drafting techniques and standards progressing from fundamentals to details in the area of light construction design through the use of sketching, drafting methods and computer aided design.
Study includes the application of building codes and regulations.
Application of computers to planning and details for wood, concrete, masonry, and steel structures. Recent developments in new materials and applications. Analysis of construction materials in its application to different structural systems. The construction manager's relation to internal organization, owner, architect, engineer, public, press, legal aid, unions, trades, equipment, utilities, insurance, finances, government, and others. Interaction between technical and legal aspects of collective bargaining, pre-hire agreements, hiring hall referrals, open shop construction, work force management, labor standards, employment discrimination, strikes, and picketing.