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Construction Management: Reading Drawings and Specifications

With Jim Rogers Liked by 11,045 users
Duration: 2h 18m Skill level: Beginner + Intermediate Released: 5/1/2017

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Course details

Construction drawings are instructions that a designer has drawn up to translate the owner's ideas, tell you what materials, parts, and pieces you need for a project, and explain where to place those items in the field. If you're in the construction industry, having the ability to decipher these drawings makes you a more valuable team member, and can generally help you advance your career.

In this course, learn how to read construction drawings. Jim Rogers helps you acquire this important skillset by taking you through the different components that make up construction plans, and helping you understand the language of construction drawings. He covers types of views, highlights different kinds of construction drawings—including architectural drawings, electrical drawings, and plumbing drawings—explains how to read general notes, and more.

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  • Sijeeta Deb Sijeeta Deb

    Sijeeta Deb

    MS ECE @ University of Washington, Bothell || Intern @TSMC|| Ex-Siemens || Ex-ABB || Ex-Toshiba||

    4/5 March 20, 2025
    Liked the course. Would recommend everyone who is in design, Construction field. Gave brief insight about the drawings, their types and details to look for in each of the drawings. I would really like to see in between question and answer to check my learning progress and for each type of details in drawings, maybe highlighting the summary of points that are typical and necessary "Must Know" and "Nice to know" points in the drawings
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  • Hari Narayanan Hari Narayanan

    Hari Narayanan

    Senior Engineer- Mechanical Designs at Titan Engineering and Automation Limited

    5/5 March 9, 2025
    Very good.. Very Insightful...
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  • Maziar Azizi Maziar Azizi

    Maziar Azizi

    Civil engineer, Project Coordinator, Project management, Construction inspector, Construction Estimator

    5/5 March 8, 2025
    I highly recommend this course to junior Engineers.
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What’s included

  • Practice while you learn 1 exercise file
  • Test your knowledge 4 quizzes
  • Learn on the go Access on tablet and phone
  • Stay up to date Continuing Education Units

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