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2024-2025 Course Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Course Catalog
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CET 152 - Construction Inspection

Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Voc/Tech
This course will develop a working knowledge of construction inspection fundamentals. Topics will include an introduction to construction reviews, preconstruction planning, permits processes, embankment construction, drainage solutions, stabilization methods, equipment used in construction, placement work, paving procedures and estimating time and materials.
Competencies
  1. Discuss reference documents needed on a construction project
    1. Define and explain hierarchy of documents
    2. Describe what documents are important
    3. Discuss what documents are available and from what sources
  2. Describe duties of an inspector
    1. Discuss inspector duties
    2. Discuss importance of inspector understanding contract documents
    3. Discuss documentation and record keeping requirements
  3. Discuss work zone safety requirements
    1. Illustrate the importance of work zone safety
    2. Define all aspects of a safe work zone
  4. Examine inspection duties for grading projects
    1. Determine relevant specifications needed for grading projects
    2. Determine Division II documents needed to inspect grading projects
    3. Determine RCE instructions needed to inspect grading projects
    4. Review grading plan sets to develop field notebook
    5. Summarize inspection duties necessary on a grading project
  5. Examine inspection duties for drainage projects
    1. Determine relevant specifications needed for drainage projects
    2. Determine Division II documents needed to inspect drainage projects
    3. Determine RCE instructions needed to inspect drainage projects
    4. Review drainage plan sets to develop field notebook
    5. Summarize inspection duties necessary on a drainage project
  6. Examine inspection duties for culvert projects
    1. Determine relevant specifications needed for culvert projects
    2. Determine Division II documents needed to inspect culvert projects
    3. Determine RCE instructions needed to inspect culvert projects
    4. Review culvert plan sets to develop field notebook
    5. Summarize inspection duties necessary on a culvert project
  7. Examine inspection duties for bridge projects
    1. Determine relevant specifications needed for bridge projects
    2. Determine division II documents needed to inspect bridge projects
    3. Determine RCE instructions needed to inspect bridge projects
    4. Review bridge plan sets to develop field notebook
    5. Summarize inspection duties necessary on a bridge project
  8. Examine inspection duties for Portland Cement Concrete (PCC)
    1. Determine relevant specifications needed for PCC paving projects
    2. Determine Division II documents needed to inspect PCC paving projects
    3. Determine RCE instructions needed to inspect PCC paving projects
    4. Review PCC paving plan sets to develop field notebook
    5. Summarize inspection duties necessary on a PCC paving project
  9. Examine inspection duties for hot mix asphalt (HMT) paving
    1. Determine relevant specifications needed for HMA paving projects
    2. Determine Division II documents needed to inspect HMA paving projects
    3. Determine RCE instructions needed to inspect HMA paving projects
    4. Review HMA paving plan sets to develop field notebook
    5. Summarize inspection duties necessary on a HMA paving project

Competencies Revised Date: 2020



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