CNST 160 - Construction Surveying

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 2
Laboratory (or Other) Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): MATH 138 or higher or MATH 115
Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): MATH 138

Construction surveying practices for residential and commercial construction are studied. The course includes construction surveying fundamentals, and care and use of equipment. Applications include actual construction layout of a residential house and commercial building.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Students will generate a topographic survey using existing field data.
Students will work in groups to learn the basic operations of the surveying equipment.
Students will work in groups to layout concrete mock-up foundations from plans & specs.
Students will layout residential, commercial, & heavy construction control per site plans.
Students will generate cross sections & profiles for both a residential, commercial, & heavy construction projects.
Students will generate a topographic survey by taking own field data.
Students will learn act professionally in both lecture and lab settings.

Accreditation Outcomes:
ACCE SLO # 7: Use basic surveying techniques used in building layout.
Course LO #3: Layout of Mock-ups & Field projects