CMA 61 - Construction Field Practice: Layout, Foundations and Framing

    Recent Professors
    J. Bosio
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026
    Class Size
    45 students
    Credits
    4
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    Covers first phases of residential and light commercial construction processes with focus placed on layout, rough framing principles, techniques, and skills. Students will construct simple structures on campus from basic architectural plans, beginning with building layout surveying, forming foundations ground floor construction, including both raised foundations and slabs on grade; progressing through floor framing, walls, door and window openings, stairs, second floor framing; and concluding with framing flat and sloped roofs, hip, valley, gable, eave, and parapet details.
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 4:20pm–5:25pm, Tue Thu 5:25pm–8:40pm