Description

The 107 Construction Materials and Processes online course is designed to give you an overall understanding of materials and methods to advance your construction career and become part of your knowledge base for construction certificate programs such as our Certificate in Construction Estimating and the Certificate in Construction Practices.

Every week in this building construction class, we will study one material category, one specific construction process, and an overall construction system. The student will have the opportunity to expand the studies to include materials and processes the student normally encounters in his/her work place. Students are expected to research and report on the session materials and processes with respect to sustainable or “green” construction. 

Students can expect to expand their knowledge and be one step closer to completing the construction certificate programs. By the end of this class, students will: 

• Be able to recognize quality control procedures for various materials 
• Understand the physical limitations of the materials we are studying 
• Know where to find information about materials when needed 
• Know the relevant history of each material
• Be familiar with material manufacturing processes 
• Understand how the materials we are studying are used in construction 
• Understand the regulatory environment under which materials are manufactured and incorporated into new structures 
• Know the important aspects of how each material is used in construction processes