JULY 2011

Preliminary and Construction Surveying (Building Layout Skills in Construction)*

Staking out a building layout may be fundamental to surveyors, but other construction employees – superintendents and foremen working for general contractors, excavation, paving, and utility contractors – benefit from learning the concepts and equipment behind basic building layout.

The course encourages students to develop the ability to spot problems and improve accuracy during the building layout phase, which can prevent costly delays later in a project.

 

AUGUST 2011

Improving Construction Productivity*

Send your employees to this BX course, and see how your company and projects can benefit from more effective work strategies that will save you both time and money. Course topics include: the definition of productivity, how to measure productivity, valuable plan development, effective communication habits and how to define a role in improving productivity. 

Introduction to Construction Drawings

In this course students will learn the basics of reading construction drawings from the perspectives of an architect and a contractor. After completing the class, attendees will understand general terms in the design process, know where to find information in a set of plans and be able to locate symbols and terms within blueprints and specifications.

Attendees will receive an excellent introduction on how to read plans and specifications through lecture and hands-on work with commercial drawings.

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