12/27/2024 10:01:11 AM	CONS 60 Course Outline as of Fall 2011	Terminated Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  CONS 60	Title:  BLUEPRINT READING: RESID
Full Title:  Blueprint Reading: 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
		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
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  CONS 270

Catalog Description:

Language of working drawing blueprints and specifications as applied to residential construction including: use of scales, drawing symbols and conventions in sketching, interpretation of drawing content, specifications, and code requirements.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Language of working drawing blueprints and specifications as applied to residential construction including: use of scales, drawing symbols and conventions in sketching, drawing content interpretation, specification interpretation, and code requirement interpretation.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

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:

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Use the architectural scale to interpret working drawing blueprints and

to prepare sketches.

2. Retrieve and interpret information from architectural residential

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.

3. Identify architectural symbols used in construction drawing blueprints

and use them to prepare sketches.

4. Evaluate working drawing blueprint information as it relates to County

of Sonoma Residential Plan Check List.

5. Evaluate working drawing blueprint information as it relates to

residential aspects of the California Building Code.

6. Synthesize working drawing blueprint content to prepare sketch

solutions to problems.

7. Analyze electrical, mechanical and plumbing blueprints and relate them

to architectural blueprints.

Topics and Scope

I. Introduction to the design process

   A. Professional roles

   B. Documentation

II. Use of the architectural scale

   A. Measuring components of working drawings

   B. Preparing sketches

III. Freehand sketching and lettering techniques

   A. Use of tools

   B. Professional standards

IV. Theory of orthographic projections

   A. 3-view drawings

   B. Elevations

   C. Sections

V. Symbols and conventions used in residential architectural working

  drawings

VI. Interpreting 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

VII. Residential working drawing content by drawing type

   A. Structural

   B. Electrical

   C. Mechanical and plumbing

VIII. Common residential Code requirements

   A. Relationship to plan check documents

   B. Relationship to documents and drawings

IX. Common residential specification information

   A. Organization

   B. Division content

   C. Description of materials

X. Coordination of architectural drawings with structural, electrical,

  mechanical, and plumbing plans

Assignments:

1. Interpret drawings and prepare sketches using the architectural scale.

2. Analyze architectural drawings and describe the relationships

between them.

3. Readings in text, 10- 20 pages per week.

4. Exercises from text at end of each week's reading assignment.

5. Interpret residential 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.

6. Interpret common non-residential Code requirements by:

  a. Identifying common Code references for 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,

     minimum 1 every 2 weeks.

7. Interpret 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.

8. 2-3 brief essays (2-3 pages each) about issues related to blueprint

  reading.

9. 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 - 50%
Text exercises; interpreting blueprints
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 10 - 20%
Sketching exercises; sketch preparation with scale
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:

Del Pico, Wayne. Builder's Essential: Plan Reading & Material Takeoff.

R.S. Means, 2000.

Brown, Walter Charles. Print Reading for Construction: Residential and

Commercial. Goodheart-Wilcox, 2005.

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