Adaptive Perseverance
Responsibility
Learner’s Mindset
Critical Thinking
Collaboration
Communication
Global Citizenship
What is the difference between land use regulations and building code requirements?
How do land development regulations help or hinder development in a community?
Use an analogy to compare residential construction and commercial construction. Support your analogy with a specific example of construction practices.
How does residential building project design differ from commercial building project design? Describe at least 3 differences and 3 similarities.
Are building code requirements too strict to allow creativity and unconventional design solutions?
How would you describe the mathematical skills and knowledge necessary to analyze and design a structure to a student who is thinking about taking this course?
What cross-sectional shape provides the strongest beam? Justify your answer.
How could differential surveying be used by a typical homeowner to provide better results for home improvement project examples.
What does the aboriginal proverb, “touch the earth lightly” mean with respect to building project design and development? What current design and construction practice best represents this philosophy? Explain your answer.
Why do buildings fall down? How can we prevent future structural failures?
What does the expression, “Form follows function” mean? How does it relate to structural engineering?
How does the design of the utility systems for a building affect the overall design of the building?
How does the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) support the goal of green building and sustainable architecture?
Modify an existing commercial building to meet the needs of a client.
Follow building codes and city regulations to create a public library.
Landscape a parking lot with proper ingress and egress, proper parking lot and allowable entry for emergency vehicles
Modify the exterior wall and foundation to meet given criteria
Calculate the structural efficiency of the design
Modify the floor design to meet given criteria
Perform a beam analysis to ensure that the proper support beams are in place, making changes when necessary.
Research and provide plans for utilities.
CAD - Revit
Research
Communication
Modeling
Calculation
Spreadsheet
This course uses a variety of STEM standards such as: Algorithms and Programming (AAP), Engineering Tools and Technology (ETT), Communication (COM), Collaboration (COL), Ethical Reasoning and Mindset (ERM), Critical and Creative Problem-Solving (CCP), Modeling (MOD), Building Design and Analysis (BDA), Building Design and Construction Documentation (BDC), Utilities and Services (UAS), Site Design (SID), Structural Design (SDE), and Career Readiness (CAR).
CAR-A.Understand the educational, professional, and technical skills required for professional engineering practice.
CAR-C.Describe and distinguish among the sub-disciplines of civil engineering and architecture.
COM-A.Communicate effectively with an audience based on audience characteristics.
COL-A.Facilitate an effective team environment to promote successful goal attainment.
CCP-A.Exhibit an engineering mindset by demonstrating independent thinking and self direction in pursuit of accomplishing a goal.
CCP-B.Exhibit an engineering mindset by demonstrating flexibility and adaptability to change
CCP-C.Explain and justify an engineering design process.
CCP-D.Collect, analyze, and interpret information relevant to the problem or opportunity at hand to support engineering decisions.
CCP-E.Synthesize an ill-formed problem into a meaningful, well-defined problem.
CCP-F.Generate multiple potential solution concepts.
CCP-G.Develop models to represent design alternatives and generate data to inform decision making, test alternatives, and demonstrate solutions.
CCP-H.Select a solution path from many options to successfully address a problem or opportunity.
BDC-A.Use Architectural 3D modeling software to document the design and specify the construction of a building project.
BDA-C.Create a commercial building design incorporating sustainable building practices that complies with applicable codes and requirements.
BDA-E.Select building components and construction techniques that will improve building energy performance and reduce ongoing energy cost.
ETT-A.Using a variety of measuring devices, measure and report quantities accurately and to a precision appropriate for the purpose.
ETT-C.Apply mathematical models and interpret the output of models to test ideas or make predictions.
ETT-D.Construct physical objects to represent design ideas.
ETT-E.Apply computational thinking to generalize and solve a problem using a computer.
SID-A.Complete a control survey to establish a point of known elevation on a project site.
SID-C.Analyze a site soil sample to determine the United Soil Classification System designation and predict soil characteristics important to the development of the site.
SID-D.Develop a site plan for a commercial facility that complies with building codes and incorporates Low Impact Development techniques.
SDE-A.Determine building design loads and predict the transfer of those loads through a building structure.
SDE-B.Select appropriate beam sections to safely support design loads for a given simply supported commercial beam application.
SDE-C.Size spread footings to safely support structural design loads.
UAS-A.Size and locate new utility service connections for a building project.
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