Lecture and Workshop course focused on light and heavy steel frame construction, concrete construction, light and heavyweight cladding systems and systems building. Construction Technology II is an advanced course in building technology and building information modeling that informs, instructs, and demonstrates the extent to which industrialized building systems and innovative building technologies impact and guide the architect’s design process. The course focuses on multistory buildings whose complexities require the adoption of varying material, constructional, and informational technologies. Students are guided by teaching assistants in the completion of a set of construction drawings that are reviewed using industry standard red-lining digital techniques.
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