You are in the official 2004-2005 General Catalog
for California State University, Fresno.
Department of Civil and Geomatics
Engineering and Construction
COURSES
Construction Management (CONST)
1. Construction Management Orientation (3)
Orientation to essential elements of professional practice in construction
management. Construction-related regulatory requirements. Ethics, business,
safety, and personnel practices. Management techniques and interaction with
professional organizations and associations.
5. Construction Materials (3)
Introduction to basic construction materials: concrete, masonry, metals,
woods, thermal materials, finishes, equipment, and specialties. (2 lecture,
2 lab hours; field trips)
10. Estimating and Bidding (3)
Prerequisites: CONST 5, 43. Basic methods used to evaluate, fix cost, calculate
worth, make accurate quantity take-offs and labor time estimates; preparing
bids for prospective buyers. (6 lab hours)
15. Construction Management Software (3)
Introduction to construction industry software and project documentation.
Basic instruction in estimating, scheduling, design, and project control
software. Designed to provide an overview of those particular software packages
used in subsequent construction management coursework. (2 lecture, 2 lab
hours)
31. Architectural Graphics (3)
Introduction to basic techniques and media used in architectural graphic
communication including: perspective techniques, sciagraphy, models, and
photography; emphasis on various ways of making drawn representations of
architectural design proposals. (6 lab hours)
32. Architectural Design (3)
Introduction to architectural design theory; analysis of architectural design
problems, assessment of human needs, establishment of architectural design
criteria and development of architectural design concept. (6 lab hours)
42. Architectural Drawing (3)
Architectural drafting techniques and standards progressing from fundamentals
to details in the area of light construction design through the use of sketching,
drafting methods and computer aided design. Study includes the application
of building codes and regulations. (6 lab hours)
43. Computer-Aided Construction Detailing (3)
Application of computers to planning and details for wood, concrete, masonry,
and steel structures. (6 lab hours) (Formerly CONST 142)
50. Basic Building Systems (3)
Exploration of theoretic principles relating to the various building systems.
(2 lecture, 2 lab hours; field trips)
105. Construction Structures (3)
Prerequisites: CONST 5, 50; PHYS 2A; MATH 71 and 72 or 75. Properties, strength,
and functional applications of basic construction materials: woods, metals,
and concrete. Recent developments in new materials and applications. (2
lecture, 2 lab hours; field trips)
107. Advanced Construction Structures (3)
Prerequisite: CONST 105. Analysis of construction materials in its application
to different structural systems. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)
114. Construction Management (3)
Prerequisite: senior standing in construction. The construction manager's
relation to internal organization, owner, architect, engineer, public, press,
legal aid, unions, trades, equipment, utilities, insurance, finances, government,
and others.
116. Scheduling and Control (3)
Prerequisites: CONST 15. Critical path method; planning, scheduling, and
control of construction projects including logic, time assignment and computation,
analysis, replanning, diagramming practices, monitoring and updating, computer
utilization; role of management. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)
120. Construction Contracts and Specifications (3)
Principles and methods for developing and applying construction contracts
and specifications, including bidding requirements, bonds and insurance,
certificates, agenda, change orders, general and supplemental conditions,
and CSI specifications. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)
122. Construction Laws (3)
Orientation to the rules and regulations governing construction industry
practices and activities including contractors license law, state lien laws,
health and safety regulations, personnel relations and supervision, workers
compensation, employment insurance, and taxes.
124. Construction Labor Law (3)
Study of federal and state labor-oriented regulations as applied to construction
industry practices. Interaction between technical and legal aspects of collective
bargaining, pre-hire agreements, hiring hall referrals, open shop construction,
work force management, labor standards, employment discrimination, strikes,
and picketing.
131. Advanced Architectural Graphics (3)
Prerequisite: CONST 31. Architectural graphic techniques as tools of three
dimensional analysis and representation in the design process. (6 lab hours)
132. Advanced Architectural Design (3)
Prerequisite: CONST 32. Development of understanding of the forces affecting
the man-made environment through function identification, systems analysis,
and development of architectural design solutions to problems at an intermediate
level of complexity. (6 lab hours)
134. Architectural Design Problems (3)
Prerequisites: senior standing or permission of instructor; CONST 132. Conceptual
planning and design of a large scale architectural project responding to
the social and cultural context of the environment. Employing team research
and analysis leading to the design and presentation on individual solutions
with graphic and three-dimensional techniques. Satisfies the senior major
requirement for the architecture specialty of the B.S. in Construction Management.
(6 lab hours)
144. Construction Site Planning and Development (3)
Prerequisite: CONST 10 and 43; senior standing. Analysis of land development;
site investigation, grading, street piping systems, and landscaping. (2
lecture, 2 lab hours; field trips)
150. Heavy Construction (3)
Prerequisites: senior standing or permission of instructor; CONST 105, 116,
120. Problems and methods of solution in heavy construction from earth moving,
paving, compacting to tunneling; administrative procedures, quantity surveying,
estimating, scheduling, and bidding. Satisfies the senior major requirement
for the B.S. in Construction Management. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours; field
trips)
151. Heavy Building Construction (3)
Prerequisites: senior standing or permission of instructor; CONST 10, 50,
and 116. Problems and methods of solutions in the construction of heavy
buildings; site, excavations, foundations, framework, heavy timber, reinforced
concrete, structural steel, masonry construction and related elements. Satisfies
the senior major requirement for the B.S. in Construction Management. (2
lecture, 2 lab hours; field trips)
162. Mechanical Systems (3)
Prerequisites: CONST 1, 5, and 50. Mechanical systems for heating, ventilating,
air conditioning, plumbing, storm drainage, and sewage disposal systems
in commercial, industrial, residential construction; heat loss and gain,
solar systems, mechanical system sizing, and life cycle cost analysis. Lectures,
field trips, and guest speakers.
164. Building Electrical Systems (3)
Prerequisites: CONST 5 and 50. Electrical systems for power, light, heat,
signals, and communications in commercial, industrial, and residential buildings.
(2 lecture, 2 lab hours; field trips)
166. Advanced Mechanical Systems (3)
Prerequisite: CONST 5 and 50. Construction application of water systems,
plumbing and storm drainage, and sewage disposal systems.
190. Independent Study (1-3; max total 6)
See Academic Placement -- Independent
Study. Approved for RP grading.
191T. Technical Topics in Construction (1-3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Investigation and analysis of selected
subjects in construction. (2-6 lab hours)
193. Internship/Work Experience (3-6; max total 6)
Open only to construction majors. Prerequisites: junior standing and permission
of instructor. Supervised work experience in construction related industries.
Periodic consultations with instructor. CR/NC grading only.
Construction Management Degrees