Course overview
To allow the student, in teams and autonomously, to build an understanding of construction technology focussing on sub and superstructure components, and land surveying in the context of low-rise construction, through observation of real-life case studies, documentation including drawings and specifications, use of land surveying equipment. This course thus prepares students for extending this knowledge in more complex building systems and contexts such as economic and sustainability considerations in construction.
- Surveying
- Structural Components of Low-Rise Construction
- Non-structural components of Low-Rise Construction
Course learning outcomes
- Apply communication knowledge to identify the principal components of residential and other low-rise construction.
- Apply research skills to communicate and report on building elements of residential and low-rise construction.
- Produce drawings, specifications and an architectural model based on knowledge of the construction of footings and substructures, structural members, materials and systems, and their connections in residential and low-rise construction.
- Examine the fundamentals of surveying to recognise the practical applications and limitations.
Degree list
The following degrees include this course