BCM
130

Course Description:

Prerequisites:

Credits:

Instructor: Clark Cory

Office: 325 Knoy Hall of Technology

Office Hours- TBD

Phone: 494-8730

Email: ccory@purdue.edu

•  Evaluate construction plans for technical information and develop construction print reading skills (I3)

•  Identify processes and methods of construction in wood, steel, masonry and concrete framed buildings (I2)

•  Identify the major phases and sequence of activities for a project

•  Identify the relationship between construction material, methods, labor requirements, and jobsite productivity

•  Calculate the quantity of materials, accessories and fasteners required to complete the rough and finish activities of several projects

•  Identify common hand and power tools as well as power equipment used to complete construction activities

•  Design and develop computer spreadsheets that utilize basic material quantities to complete a material and labor cost summary sheet and u se computer graphics to solve construction problems (I2)

•  Identify and utilize construction graphic standards and codes (I1)

Required

•  Spence, William (1993). Residential Framing: A Homebuilder's Construction Guide . New York , New York : Sterling Publishing Company Inc. ISBN 0-8069-8594-1

Recommended

•  Chandler , H., (1991) Means Illustrated Construction Dictionary . Kingston , MA : R.S Means Company, Inc. ISBN 0-87629-219-8

•  3-5 100 MB Zip Disks

•  Contractors Calculator- available at any lumberyard! Take a look around at all the materials •  Some around town •  Von Tobel•  84 Lumber •  Lowes •  Henry Poor Lumber •  Carter Lumber

•  Architect's and Engineers Scale

•  Sketching Paper- Get both grid paper and blank paper

•  Regardless of the above percentages, any student who completes fewer than 80% (10 Laboratory assignments or 2 ½ weeks of laboratories) of the assignments will receive a failure (F) for the course.

•  Assignments will be collected at the beginning of the next laboratory session. Late drawings will NOT be accepted, unless prior arrangements are made with your instructor.

•  Students are encouraged to work together but each student is required to do their own work. Tracing the sketching assignments or sharing CAD data files are examples of cheating. Any instances of cheating will be referred to the Dean of Students.

•  Every assignment will have a corresponding naming convention to assist in quick return of graded materials. This naming convention will also correspond to the filename of any saved CAD homework. See example below!

Along with each assignment submitted, your name, course, and section number will be placed on the assignment in the upper right corner of the file or project. All assignments are to be electronically submitted, except sketches and lettering assignments.

•  No swearing, or derogatory comments about, or towards, any member of the class will be tolerated in any class period.

•  No food or drinks of any kind will be allowed in any lab sessions.

•  Students are expected to arrive on time for all class and lab sessions.

•  Standards set by Purdue University as outlined in the Student Handbook and the University Regulations (1996-1997) will be observed in this course. Students are expected to be present at each and every meeting of the class. In the event that a student must miss a class period, they must inform the supervising instructor of the course of their absence and NOT a teaching assistant (TA). Should the student not be able to reach the instructor, they are to leave a message for him/her at their office with the secretary. Should circumstances not allow this, the student may contact the Dean of Students Office and explain their emergency. The Dean's office will then pass the word along to each of the student's professors for them. Upon your return to Purdue, contact the supervising instructor as soon as possible in order to make arrangements for work, handouts, quizzes, or tests that they may have missed. The supervising instructor has the final word on what work, etc. students may be allowed to make up. Every student has the right to appeal to the university and any decision made by their supervising instructor.

•  Late assignments will not be accepted unless prior arrangements have been made with the Instructor and because of extreme circumstances. (Not coming to lab, or forgetting, doesn't rate as an extreme circumstance.)

•  No student will be allowed to make up any written exam, lab practical, exam, or quiz unless they have an official or medical excuse.

•  Standards set by Purdue University as outlined in the Student Handbook and the University Regulations (1996-1997) will be observed in this course. Any student found participating in cheating, plagiarism, copying material from another person's disk, using illegal cribs or other materials during a written examination, lying to course instructors and lab assistants about his or her own work, stealing tests, quizzes, or answer keys, and any such activities will be considered in conflict with the printed academic honesty guidelines as set out by Purdue University and the School of Technology. In such cases the matter will be reported to the Office of the Dean and the appropriate Purdue University administration officers for consideration and possible disciplinary action.

•  Students who have special needs, i.e. hearing or visually challenged, etc., or in need of tutoring, etc., may contact the Dean of Students Office located in Schleman Hall, Room 207, 494-1747 for further assistance.

Lectures

Lectures on Monday will concern the body of knowledge surrounding Construction Documentation, theories and terminology. You are expected to be at all lectures. If you have to miss a lecture, the professor must grant permission before the lecture or demo. It is your responsibility to secure all materials and information presented in lecture, even with an excused absence. Lectures will not be repeated. Lectures may be tape-recorded with the professor's permission.

Polices

Excused Absence : You must clear any absence, beforehand, with the instructor and the instructor may require documentation before the absence is excused. Absences due to illness or other circumstances beyond your control will be handled on a case-by-case basis and may require documentation. 

Philosophy 

You will be expected to attend class and laboratory sessions and to turn in assigned work on time. Failure to do so demonstrates a lack of readiness to handle independent work and may call for individual counseling, loss of course points, or failure. 

Outside work

Outside work will be necessary !!!!!! You will not be able to complete the assignments if you work only in class. As a School of Technology major, you should have your own computer. If not, then most of the computer labs are open every day until midnight. You will have to find out the schedule for each lab on your own.

File security and disks

YOU are responsible for the security of your files- Period . You should have multiple copies on multiple sources (disks, Zip, PUCC server) at all times. Given a faulty diskette or other media, the instructor will assist you in attempting to recover lost files. However, ultimately you are responsible for maintaining your digital data. Loss of data, files, or other associated items needed for a project will require that you recreate your work, with no exceptions

Exams 

•  The midterm exam will cover material from the laboratory portions of the course and be administered during one of the lab time periods- see syllabus for exact time.

•  The final exam will be a comprehensive exam and given at the appropriately scheduled time when the finals schedule is announced.

Record Keeping

•  Keep Track of all your files and grades. Errors can and do occur with the recording your individual grades or groups of grades. It will be and is the student's responsibility to validate and keep track of personal grades for each assignment in class including midterm and final exams. Without validation, the professor will have to go by what is written in the grade book by the TA's.