Single Family House Project (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

Competence in the construction process
The student can connect theory and practice.

The student is able to draw up building permit drawings for a detached house on a given plot according to the plan regulations. The student can also do small-scale structural design and quantity surveying.

The student knows the nature of project type work, the basics of project planning and work, and the concepts related to the project. The student knows the concepts of the project life cycle.

Students can independently acquire information that develops communication and interaction skills.

Content

- building permits of a one-family house using CAD
- building permit process
- creating a budget
- defining an overall schedule for the project
- small-scale structural design
- quantity surveying
Project
- concepts and methods of project work
- project phases and process
- communication, changes, risks and challenges

Materials

Teachers own material
Manuals and instructions
Educational recordings related to the use of software

Teaching methods

Contact teaching
Self study
Project work
Individual project work

Student workload

About 133h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students know the basic matters with building permits. Students know the importance of CAD design as part of construction and understand its meaning in a construction project. Students know the key rules and regulations and instructions on construction. Students are familiar with the meaning of project planning in the process of construction and the basics related to them. Students know the meaning of occupational safety in the different phases of a project.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

In addition to the abilities above, students know the whole project and requirements of a single-family house project and understands their meaning in construction. Students are able to take into consideration technical aspects and their requirements. Students are able work on quantity surveying and take into account the budget and the requirements of the schedule. Students are able to allow for the requirements by the customer.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

In addition to the abilities above, students know well and are able to apply the subjects learned. They can also analyze the associations between matters. Students are able to make versatile decisions and draw conclusions based on the subjects learned.

Qualifications

Construction materials, Building construction, Construction planning, Framework systems and basics of structural design, Timber structures, Construction physics, Occupational safety, Construction economics

Further information

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