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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

CMG 101

Introduction to Construction Management

– 2 hrs: Study of construction industry practice

emphasizing business organizations and management techniques and career opportunities.

Topics include organizational environments, decision making, design, technology,

leadership, and basic construction management including terminology, quantity take-offs,

estimating, planning, scheduling and inspection.

Occasional field trips required.

Prerequisites: None

(Offered Fall)

CMG 105

Introduction to Construction Materials

– 2 hrs: Introduction to basic construction materials,

to their properties in place in completed projects and to their characteristics that affect

construction processes. Overview and study of the principal construction materials used

within the construction industry: concrete, masonry, metals, woods, thermal materials,

finishes, construction equipment, and specialties. Labs and field trips are required.

Prerequisites: None

(Offered Fall)

CMG 110

Blue Print Reading & Construction Plans

– 3 hrs: The students will be exposed to the whole

spectrum of construction blueprint reading—from what a blueprint is to how to make use of a

set of plans. The students will learn the proper meaning of the construction symbols,

abbreviations, and keynotes common to construction for all trades; the difference in the plan

groups and how they are applied to a project; how to associate plans, sections, and details on

blueprints to get a better understanding of the object(s) noted; and how to determine the

coordination of the plans and how to reference the plans to each other.

Prerequisites: None

(Offered Spring)

CMG 250

Construction Estimating

– 3 hrs: Detailed unit price cost estimating including quantity

takeoff, labor, material, mechanical and electrical systems, equipment unit pricing and

computer-aided estimation

applications. The course will also examine bidding strategies,

worker and equipment productivity, and value engineering.

Prerequisites: CMG 105 and

CMG 110

(Offered Spring)

CMG 300

Construction Methods

– 3 hrs: Introduction to the techniques, methods, and materials of

building and road construction. Excavation, foundations, framing, masonry, roofing,

finishing, and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems are covered.

Prerequisites:

TGC 217, TGC 218, CE 201, CMG 105 and CMG 110

(Offered Fall)

CMG 301

Construction Materials & Testing

– 3 hrs: Properties of concrete, masonry, metals, woods,

thermal materials and hot mix asphalt.

Construction materials testing and inspection

procedures in laboratory and field situations using standard testing equipment, methods and

field inspection techniques. Testing concrete, steel, wood, soils, aggregate, asphalt and

masonry materials and samples relative to ASTM testing standards, laboratory reports,

computer analysis, data collection and simulated field inspections. Tow hours lecture and 2

hours lab.

Prerequisites: CMG 105, TGC 217 and TGC 218

(Offered Fall)

CMG 306

Construction Planning & Scheduling

– 3 hrs: Study the fundamentals of planning and

scheduling of construction projects.

Introduction to all of the aspects and techniques of

scheduling such as precedence diagrams, activity durations, contract provisions, resource

allocation and leveling, money, project monitoring and control, computer scheduling, CPM

and PERT methods, earned value, productivity, litigation, short-interval schedules, linear

scheduling,

arrow diagrams and, scheduling using Primavera and Microsoft projects.

Prerequisites: CMG 110, CMG 300

(Offered Fall)