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This book is written to teach students with minimal exposure to the construction process how to fi nd the design information in the drawings and specifications needed to work on a construction project. It is focused on the student learning about the development and use of these documents. This book is not about teaching the student construction or drafting, which is beyond our scope.
The book has two distinct sections. Section I is about teaching the basic information needed to understand the documents and how to read them. Section II is practical application of the information learned in Section I.
Section I is focused on giving the student a history of the drawings and specifications for a commercial construction project, and how they are developed for each project. This information sets the tone for the students’ understanding of how they evolved and how they are used in the commercial construction process today. Section I then explains the structure of the documents and how to read them to fi nd information. Quizzes and tests can be developed from the listed learning outcomes at the end of each unit.
Section II is focused on each category of the drawings and explicitly details what information is contained in each, and which divisions in the specifications pertain to that category. It is intended that Section II be used with a set of drawings and specifications along with a questionnaire, or list of questions for each category. This list of questions would be developed from a set of drawings and specifications for a commercial construction project from the local community and would require the student to acquire the answers from the documents much as they would in a construction environment for developing bids or solving field problems.
The book has two distinct sections. Section I is about teaching the basic information needed to understand the documents and how to read them. Section II is practical application of the information learned in Section I.
Section I is focused on giving the student a history of the drawings and specifications for a commercial construction project, and how they are developed for each project. This information sets the tone for the students’ understanding of how they evolved and how they are used in the commercial construction process today. Section I then explains the structure of the documents and how to read them to fi nd information. Quizzes and tests can be developed from the listed learning outcomes at the end of each unit.
Section II is focused on each category of the drawings and explicitly details what information is contained in each, and which divisions in the specifications pertain to that category. It is intended that Section II be used with a set of drawings and specifications along with a questionnaire, or list of questions for each category. This list of questions would be developed from a set of drawings and specifications for a commercial construction project from the local community and would require the student to acquire the answers from the documents much as they would in a construction environment for developing bids or solving field problems.
