ARCH 220 - Commercial Documentation & Detailing

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

Prerequisite(s): ARCH 110

Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

This second documentation and detailing course introduces the student to the fundamentals of materials and components in building assemblies for commercial construction. Students will also be introduced to the fundamentals of building information modelling tools and techniques to document a commercial building.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:

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