Construct for Practice (C4P)
The integrated laboratory project anticipates the design,
construction and management of building mockups that will simulate the type of
construction found on a typical commercial building project.
This laboratory has been designed to develop the technical,
communication, collaboration and problem solving skills you’ll need as a future
construction professional.
Expectations
As an integrated team you will be
expected to:
- develop a Building Information Model that
contains design, cost, and schedule elements required for the successful
completion of the project
- develop a safety program that can be used to
identify and mitigate hazards and train students in the elements of
construction safety
- develop specifications, shop drawings, and
submittal packages that comply with NAU building standards
- develop specifications and monitor procedures
that can be used to measure and document construction quality on the project
- develop a cost and scheduling control system
that can be used to monitor progress and predict future costs
- construct a complete commercial building mockup
that meets the owner’s design requirements
- manage the project through weekly team meetings,
look- ahead schedules, meeting minutes, design briefs, requests for
information, and as built drawings and models
- provide weekly progress reports that document
progress, construction deficiencies, and schedule and cost compliance
- provide a final report that summarizes all of
the activities associated with the project and provides ideas for the
improvement of future projects
- work hard, have fun, and develop your skill as a
construction professional
Approach
Each of these one-hour lab classes requires three hours of
contact or classroom time. Laboratories
are every Friday during the semester from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Attendance is
mandatory.
Seniors
Seniors will act as project managers for the mockups. You
will manage project costs, project quality, and the project schedule. You will
also document progress and maintain as-built drawings.
Junior
Juniors will act as the project designers for the mockups.
Your focus will be information management, including the development of
as-built drawings, digital models, project specifications, and submittals.
Sophomores
Sophomores will act as the project builders, and are
responsible for constructing the mockup per the plans and specifications. In this way, three teams of students—seniors,
juniors, and sophomores—will work collectively to coordinate, manage, and
construct a complicated construction system.
Assessment
Each project team will be graded collectively and
individually. Assessment components include:
- timely submission of deliverables as required to
meet deadlines
- quality, accuracy, and professionalism of
deliverables
- attendance
- collaboration, communication, and teamwork