Course Number | Course Title / Description / MnTC Goals / Prerequisites | Credits | ||
CF | 1112 | Construction Lab 1 | 4 | |
In this course, students will learn to frame floors, walls, and roofs. Students will build various wall structures with window and door opening. In addition, students will learn to calculate rafter lengths for a gable, gambrel, hip, intersecting and mansard roof, and will lay out hip, valley, jack and common rafters. Extensive use of the steel and speed square will be stressed in this course. Students will also learn to frame a residential structure. Projects will include constructing floors using web truss or an āIā joist, building wall structures, and installing a roof truss system. |