CNST 003 - Reading Plans and Specifications

Course Description

Our 36-hour Reading Plans and Specifications course is designed for individuals with some practical field experience in Construction, whether Residential or Light Commercial. The course is not intended to cover the complete background history of the development of blueprints, nor is it a course on how to draw or design blueprints—its purpose is to assist you in quickly learning how to interpret blueprints and the documentation required to do that properly. The information you’ll look at includes specifications and scope of work documents. This course will also focus on helping you to develop your interpretation skills from a two-dimensional drawing to visualizing the finished three-dimensional project. You’ll also develop and learn to troubleshoot potential issues to prevent costly rework and mistakes. 

All course materials are included and accessible in the Brightspace (D2L) learning platform from your personal computer.

Note: Registration for this course closes two days before the course start date.

Learner Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, you’ll be able to:

• interpret the concept and principles of orthographic projection
• interpret the paper language used to produce a set of blueprints 
• interpret the information contained in the different pages in a set of blueprints 
• interpret how specifications relate to the blueprints and other contract documents 
• differentiate between residential and commercial requirements within a set of blueprints
• evaluate the level of information on a set of blueprints.

You’ll demonstrate your skill and knowledge acquisition through one online discussion, four assignments and one case study. This online course is structured and guided. All coursework must be completed as per the course schedule and no later than the course end date.

To request a course outline, contact ConEdAdvising@sait.ca

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Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Principles of Construction Management Certificate of Achievement : Required Courses