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Building Green Buildings
The Contractor's Perspective
Class Syllabus
Introduction
Learning Objectives
Class Organization and Grading
Grading Policies
The Textbook
Introduction
The purpose of this course is to provide construction professionals with
information that will help them to effectively bid, contract, build and close
out green building projects. We will explore the green building process
from the contractor's and subcontractor's point of view.
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Learning objectives:
By the end of this class you should:
- Know how green building impacts material and equipment procurement
- Understand how construction scheduling and sequencing is impacted by
green building
- Be familiar with the risks imposed by green construction
- Know how to reduce the risks of green construction
- Know how to find green construction impact information in the
specifications and contract
- Be able to evaluate subcontractors and material suppliers for green
projects
- Understand the construction delivery methods associated with green
projects
- Understand green procurement and the contractors responsibilities
for same
- Know how green building will impact the construction processes
- Understand green project close-out and commissioning
- Know how to work with an outside commissioning authority to complete
the job
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Class Organization and Grading
The following table lists the learning modules, the maximum value in points a student
can receive within each module, and the time in which the modules must be finished.
Module |
Point Value |
By End of Week |
| 0. Student Orientation |
0 |
Before start |
| 1. Green Construction and the Contractor |
25 |
1 |
| 2. Elements of Green Construction |
25 |
2 |
| 3. Understanding Green Project Requirements |
25 |
3 |
| 4. Contracting for Green Construction |
25 |
4 |
| 5. Managing Green Design |
25 |
5 |
| 6. Green Subcontracting |
25 |
6 |
| 7. Green Procurement |
25 |
7 |
| 8. Constructing a Green Project |
25 |
8 |
| 9. Green project Commissioning and Closeout |
25 |
9 |
| 9b.Writing Assignment (300 to 500 wds) |
50 |
9 |
| 10. Trade Seminar |
25 |
10 |
| Total Points |
300 |
|
It is important that the student keep up with the class and not fall
behind. Course modules will be made available to students on Sunday of each
week. Class work must be completed before the following Monday. Students will
not be able to work ahead of the class although reading assignments will be made available
in advance. Actual dates that modules will become available will be posted in
advance on the course calendar.
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Grading Policies
Graded assignments will consist of one quiz for each module and participation in at
least two class discussions. Each quiz will count 10 points and class discussions
will count 15 points per module. You can see that I consider class discussions to be
a very important part of this course. For that reason, the regular weekly
discussions are even more important than the weekly quizzes. Students
should provide at least 4 on-topic contributions to the class discussions each week
to gain the maximum points.
Grades will be posted on a weekly basis. You will have full access to your grade
sheet so you will be able to keep track of how you are doing at all times.
Your overall grade in the course will be determined by the total number of
points you have accumulated on quizzes and assignments. The grading scale is
as follows:
You will be given more information about the grading and other course matters in the
Orientation Module.
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The Textbook
You can find detailed textbook information at http://www.constructionclasses.com/textbooks.htm
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