Identify construction techniques for transportation and public works.
Identification may include
- surveying
- inspections
- staking
- clearing sites/grubbing
- excavating
- filling
- compaction
- paving
- laying pipe, conduit, cable
- drainage
- applying environmental controls throughout (e.g., erosion and sediment control).
Process/Skill Questions:
- How are drones used with surveying? What is an aerial survey? When are drone surveys vs. aerial surveys appropriate?
- What is the importance of surveying during construction, and what are the consequences of correct/incorrect surveying procedures?
- What is the relationship between surveying and city records?
- At what point during the preparation of a facility site are the first utilities installed, and what are they?
- What are the different types of paving, and when and how does paving take place during construction?