AR 125 - Print Reading and Specifications

Description
Students apply fundamental principles, methods and techniques in the reading, interpreting, and understanding of construction documents. Both prints and specifications of commercial and residential buildings are studied. Students learn quantity takeoffs of buildings.

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3

School: School of STEM
Department: Mechanical & Architectural Design
Discipline: AR

Last Revision Date Effective: 2017-03-03 20:09:37
Course Review & Revision Year: 2024-2025

Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1

General Education Requirement: None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA

Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Read and interpret the construction drawings of residential and commercial buildings.

2. Read and interpret specifications of residential and commercial buildings.

3. Write a technical specification according to the CSI Master Format for a commercial building.

4. Do a quantity takeoff of a building.

5. Complete work accuratel, with attention to detail.

6. Make connections between academic learning at GRCC and the knowledge and skills neccessary for careers of interest.

Approved for Online Delivery?: Yes

Course Outline:
I. Introduction to the course

II. The construction process

III. Introduction to print reading

IV. Reviewing details of residential and commercial prints (working drawings)

V. Introduction to the specification

VI. Review details of residential and commercial specification

VII. Specifying materials

VIII. Writing techniques, procedures, and language for writing specification

IX. Reference sources

X. Writing a section of specification

XI. Do a quantity takeoff a of building

Mandatory CLO Competency Assessment Measures:
None

Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 35%

Applied Time to Review Plans and Specification: 35%

Field Trips: 0-10%

Multimedia: 0-10%

Team Specification Projects: 10%

Testing: 10%

Mandatory Course Components:
None

Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corerequisite(s): None
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required

Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 3
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details: The instructor must know Architectural Drafting thoroughly. He or she must have good interpersonal teaching skills. Must have 4,000 hours of work experience in the construction industry.

Maximum Course Enrollment: 24
Equivalent Courses: None
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit Accepted: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Courses is a Requirement:
Architectural Technology, A.A.A.S., Architectural Technology, A.A.A.S. (Ferris State University-Construction Management), Architectural Technology, A.A.A.S (Ferris State University-Facility Management)
People Soft Course ID Number: 102521
Course CIP Code: 04.9999

High School Articulation Agreements exist?: No
If yes, with which high schools?: NA
Non-Credit GRCC Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Departments?: NA
Corporate Articulation Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Companies?: NA