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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
CONS 61 | Title:
BLUEPRINT READ: NON-RES |
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| Full Title:
Blueprint Reading: Non-Residential |
| Last Reviewed:4/16/2007 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 2.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 2.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 35.00 |
| Minimum | 2.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 4 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 2.00 | | Contact Total | 35.00 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 70.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 105.00 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade Only
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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Language of working drawing blueprints and specifications as applied to non-residential construction including: interpreting architectural, structural, electrical and mechanical documentation; working drawing content interpretation; specification and code requirement and content interpretation.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of CONS 60 ( or CONS 270 or CONS 370 or CONS 82)
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Language of working drawing blueprints and specifications as applied to non-residential construction including: interpreting architectural, structural, electrical and mechanical documentation; working drawing content interpretation; specification and code requirement and content interpretation.
(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of CONS 60 ( or CONS 270 or CONS 370 or CONS 82)
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2002 | Inactive: | Summer 2012 |
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| UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Both Certificate and Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Analyze architectural working drawing blueprints and describe the
relationships between them.
2. Retrieve information from architectural working drawing blueprints
including: site plan, floor plan, foundation and floor framing plan, roof
framing plan, sections, details, exterior and interior elevations and
utility plans, and consultant drawings including: structural, electrical,
mechanical and plumbing.
3. Identify architectural symbols used in construction drawings and use
them to prepare sketches.
4. Analyze information on working drawing blueprints as it relates to non-
residential Code requirements.
5. Evaluate working drawing blueprint information as it relates to
specification requirements.
6. Synthesize working drawing blueprint content in order to prepare sketch
solutions to problems.
7. Analyze electrical, mechanical, and plumbing blueprints and related
them to architectural blueprints.
Topics and Scope
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I. Introduction to the design process for non-residential buildings
A. Professional roles
B. Documentation (working drawings and specifications)
II. Review of sketching techniques and requirements
A. Scale
B. Linework
III. Symbols and conventions used in non-residential architectural working
drawings
IV. Interpreting non-residential working drawings by type and
relationships
A. Site Plan
B. Floor Plan
C. Foundation and Floor Framing Plan
D. Roof Framing Plan
E. Sections
F. Details
G. Exterior and Interior Elevations
H. Utility Plans
I. Detail sketches
V. Non-residential working drawing content by drawing type, and consultant
drawings
A. Structural
B. Electrical
C. Mechanical and plumbing
VI. Common non-residential Code requirements
A. Relationship to plan check documents
B. Relationship to drawings
VII. Common non-residential specification information and relationship to
drawings
A. Organization
B. Division content
C. Description of materials
VIII. Coordination of architectural drawings with structural, electrical,
mechanical and plumbing plans
Assignments:
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1. Readings in text, 10 - 20 pages per week.
2. Exercises from text at end of each week's reading assignment.
3. Interpret working drawing blueprints by:
a. Identifying building materials and components in the working drawing
blueprints.
b. Identifying building system requirements as shown in the working
drawing blueprints.
c. Describing the structural system of load transfer as shown in the
working drawing blueprints.
d. Describing the attachment of system elements to each other and of
finishes to the structural elements as shown in the working drawing
blueprints.
e. Prepare detail sketches from working drawing references, minimum 1
every 2 weeks.
4. Interpret common non-residential Code requirements by:
a. Identifying common Code references for non-residential construction
as shown in the working drawing blueprints.
b. Identifying specific Code requirements portrayed in the working
drawing blueprints.
c. Sketching details of a building to demonstrate Code compliance.
5. Interpret non-residential specifications by:
a. Describing the organization of a specification.
b. Identifying where to find specific material information in a
specification.
c. Identifying acceptable materials to be used in construction
according to the specification.
d. Identifying acceptable installation requirements for a material
according to the specification.
6. 2-3 brief essays (2-3 pages each) about issues related to blueprint
reading.
7. Final exam.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
10 - 20% |
| Essays | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
30 - 40% |
| Homework problems, Text exercises; interpretation assignments | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
10 - 20% |
| Sketching | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
20 - 30% |
| Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
5 - 10% |
| Class participation | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Brown, Walter Charles. Print Reading for Construction: Residential and
Commercial. Goodheart-Wilcox, 2005.
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