CIVL - Civil Engineering Technology

An introduction course in construction/civil/ surveying graphics. The student will be introduced to scales, dimensioning, surveying maps, house plans, building codes, and construction terminology. Contour maps, wall sections, foundation plans, floor plans, and house elevations will be drawn and plotted using AutoCAD.

The land surveyor and his/her professional duties, responsibilities and liabilities; systems used to describe real property; transfer of real property and the location of sequence conveyances. Client, business and contractural relationships and the techniques of record research are discussed.

A study of materials and methods of construction employed in commerical building construction; this course will be used to extend the students graphics skills as well as their knowledge of the building construction process. Approximately equal emphasis will be placed on steel frame, reinforced concrete and timber construction. Throughout the course attention will be given to new methods and materials through readings in trade journals. Courses equivalent to CIVL 1013 and CIVL 1183 will satisfy course pre-requisites.

A study of contracts and specifications governing contractors in the building and construction phases of a job. Practice is given in the estimating of segments of commercial buildings and heavy/highway projects.

A basic study of fluid statics and fluid flow emphasizing applications in civil engineering technology. Topics include pressure forces on submerged surfaces, closed conduit incompressible flow, centrifugal pump performance, open channel flow, rainfall and run-off estimates. The laboratory sessions involve the use of equipment to measure pressure and flow.

A series of field and office problems for 4th semester A.A.S. surveying engineering technology majors only. Students are responsible for the execution of a series of field and office projects.

An introduction to the advantages of photogrammetry as a mapping and planning tool. A discussion of types of photography, photo scale, flight planning techniques and specifications, displacement calculations and stereoscopic measurement.

A study of licensure requirements, professional liability and ethics. The legal concepts of the rules of evidence are presented and applied to written and unwritten transfers of land ownership. Riparian rights, fractional conveyances, reversionary rights, problems of apportionment, procedures, both field and office, for locating written title boundaries and the writing of deed descriptions are discussed in both a theoretical and applied sense. A minimum of nine (9) semester hours of college surveying (including route surveying) or permission of instructor is needed as a prerequisite for this course.

An introductory treatment of the adjustment of survey data incorporating the use of the computer and matrix algebra. Error propagation, least-squares adjustment methods and the analysis of survey measurements.

An introduction to building equipment for single and multi-story projects including domestic water, sewer, heating and ventilating systems. Students will design these systems for a residence or small office building. Students will review blueprints and analyze systems for a large commercial building.

Builds upon the basics of quantity survey; use of the computer to support estimating takeoff and extensions of quantities and price for general building estimates. Use of a digitizer and integrated software program to complete quantity surveys. Both commercial building and highway projects estimated.

This course is the first of a two-semester sequence required for all Land Surveying Engineering Technology Bachelor seniors. Students design and implement a technical project for completion of BSET 8003. Project proposal and oral reports are presented for initial approval by department faculty. Weekly seminar encompasses professional licensure examination preparation, aspects of post-graduation professional employment, review of initial project proposal and consultation on project progress.

A broad-based introduction to GIS, especially the application of spatial analysis and modeling. Applications will cover both hardware and software considerations, map overlays, automation in thematic and topographic mapping, raster/vector devices, data acquisistion, and related database storage and algorithms. Advanced topics will include AM/FM, error modeling and data uncertainty, and new directions and impacts of GIS. Use of Arc View software, and hand held GPS.