2019 - 2020 College Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2019 - 2020 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ARCH 220 - Commercial Detailing


Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 1.5
Laboratory Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): ARCH 110  

Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

This course emphasizes building-system details for commercial buildings. Several typical structural systems are explored through detailed wall section drawings, and an abbreviated set of construction drawings for a typical small commercial building is produced. All drawings are produced on CAD.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:
  1. Understand commercial building systems; including masonry, precast concrete, steel, cast-in- place concrete and pre-engineered buildings.
  2. Be able to layout and draw commercial building working drawings; including sections, plans, elevations and details.
  3. Reinforce and further develop quality CAD skills required in the design office.
  4. Productive usage of SketchUp software for creation of 3D details
  5. Introduction and implementation of Building Information Modeling (BIM) utilizingAutodesk “Revit Architecture” for use in 3D design.