Architecture - Project and Facility Management (Bachelor of Applied Technology) (Co-op)

Description: This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of building construction systems, in terms of connection between materiality and conceptual design, technical aspects of making and designing buildings, climate, solar geometry and building science. It explores the connection of materials to methods through an analysis of the technical aspects of designing and constructing buildings and spaces. The relationship of building to context will be introduced through a primer on building science. Case studies of small scale buildings, together with the projects of Studio I, will be utilized to demonstrate the principles introduced within this course. The students will also be required to keep a detailed sketch book.
Hours: 39
Credits: 3
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Description: Through this course, the student will be introduced to the concept of the building as a living entity. The variety of systems within a building will be examined in relation to the problems which can result when these systems are poorly designed or do not function as intended. Physical factors that influence good design for performance, durability, health efficiency and sustainability of buildings will be studied. Common building design/construction problems that result in poor performance, expensive repairs, litigation, etc., their causes and solutions will be explored through studies famous, infamous and vernacular buildings, materials, details, etc. The principles of building science will be utilized to establish the appropriate performance characteristics of the systems as well as the preventative/corrective actions which could be prescribed when things go wrong.
Hours: 39
Credits: 3
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Description: This mandatory course prepares degree level students for job searching for their co-op work terms and for post-graduate careers. Students will learn to critically evaluate their skills, attitudes, and expectations and evaluate and interpret available opportunities in the workplace. Self-marketing techniques using resumes, cover letters, networking and interviewing will be learned and students will learn the expectations, rules, and regulations that apply in the workplace with regards to social, organizational, ethical, and safety issues.
Hours: 16
Credits: 1
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Description: This course concentrates on the advanced application of CAD and image manipulation software in order to accomplish industry specific tasks, such as design drawings and presentation materials. Students will learn digital representation techniques needed to communicate architectural ideas and concepts.
Hours: 39
Credits: 3
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Description: This is the first in a series of eight courses that provides the opportunity to integrate, apply and build upon the knowledge and skills acquired during course work to projects. The focus of Studio I is the design process and the methodical approach that can be utilized to develop a building or space. The course includes study of the principles of colour, texture, form, rhythm and harmony as applied to the built environment. The Studio includes a number of mini projects gradually increasing in complexity. Projects will include case study of an Architect of note, a review of the design process for a specific building and a final group project. In the final group project the students will work through the preliminary stages of the design process and develop a design scheme for a small yet complex project. The students will also be required to make oral and visual presentations of the projects.
Hours: 91
Credits: 6
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Description: Integrated with the technical programs, this course will focus on short, introductory forms of technical communication. Course assignments include, but are not limited to ; letters, memos, in-time writings such as journals and logs, basic research and documentation, and other technical writings. . Students will also develop analytical skills, critical thinking, collaborative writing skills, and problem solving through assigned work.
Hours: 60
Credits: 4
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Description: The Foundation Module is a 4-week preparatory session designed to provide students with the required fundamental skills to be successful within the Architecture-Project and Facility Management degree program. This module will provide the student with their first exposure to Project Based Learning, and serve as preparation for this alternative approach to learning which forms the basis of the program’s structure. This module will also introduce the student to the fundamental principles of team work, and the skills necessary to be an effective and productive member of a team. In addition to refreshing their knowledge base in a variety of aspects of the program’s curriculum, students will develop and apply skills in teamwork, graphic communication and verbal presentation through the completion of a program project.
Hours: 85
Credits: 6
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Description: This course includes variety of algebraic techniques for solving problems in architecture, structure and construction applications. The material covered includes ratio and variation, plane analytic geometry, determinants for solving linear equations, matrices, approximate methods for area calculations, and properties of geometric sections found in the construction industry, probability and statistics, and linear regression.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
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Description: This course will focus on comprehensive theoretical understanding of group process, personal skill development and application through intensive team work. These skills are of critical importance in both professional and social settings. Through guided exploration and application of theoretical paradigms and practical strategies, students will achieve the necessary skills to succeed in and lead effective teams. The course consists in an intensive experiential approach ? learning by doing ? enabling participants to become effective, practiced team members with experience applying skills necessary for leadership, analysis and evaluation, problem solving, and conflict management. Individual and team activities enhance participants’ skills to work with a variety of personalities in diverse situations, and to effectively assume various professional roles within a team.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
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Description: This course examines the interrelated effects and connections of the environment (built and natural), and ergonomics on human health and safety. It examines the design of environments that will enable humans to make the best use of their abilities within a healthy, productive and safe context. It also considers responsibilities for the protection of non-human environments and the social and ethical issues associated with the design, construction and operation of built environments.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
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Description: This is a study of the more advanced aspects of building construction, dealing with the intrinsic connection between conceptual design and technological aspects of a building’s structural materiality: reinforced concrete, precast and pre-stressed concrete, steel framing systems; building envelop: building science, curtain walls, window walls, glazing and roofing systems; fire protection design and the evolution of an industrialized method of designing and assembling buildings. The course studies materials and methods as applied to renovation projects and building additions. The course includes preservation and enhancement of existing materials and construction assemblies as well as the study of the juxtaposition of new materials and assemblies with those of the existing building. Studies are based on a variety of facets including visual, cost, climate, code and environment.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
Pre-Requisites: ARCH1120 or ARCH71120
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Description: This course provides an introduction to the regulatory, prescriptive and objective based aspects of design and construction. Standards, Codes and Regulations will be explored in relation to their intended purpose. The importance of these documents will be demonstrated through an examination of their historic development. The appropriate application of these documents will be demonstrated through a review of actual projects done in the studio. Specific design and construction problems will be presented for review and resolution utilizing the appropriate standards, codes and/or regulations.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
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Description: This course will concentrate on the use of the digital software for computer-aided design, detailing and modeling. The intent of the course is to provide the student with a solid foundation of the command structure and capabilities of various computer programs in order to facilitate self-study and advanced application during Studios. Both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional applications will be reviewed.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
Pre-Requisites: COMP1180 or COMP71180
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Description: This course introduces the student to the basic systems of a building, with a concentration on HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning), lighting and sound. The standard components of each system will be reviewed and studied, particularly in relation to their performance when configured in common systems types. System design will be reviewed utilizing multi-residential, office and school project types. Using mathematics and scientific principles students will learn and apply heat loss heat gain, fire retardation, lighting application and sound and reverberation principles.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
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Description: This Studio will lead the student through the process of design, problem solving, presentation and management of the design process through the development of an addition to an existing facility. Students will work in teams and develop a comprehensive proposal covering issues related to space planning, code, building systems design, and material use and construction methods. The final project will include detailed plans, sections and elevations, and a model. Other course work in the term will act as resources for the studio projects. The students will be required to maintain an ongoing sketchbook of the studio project development and various work schedules. The students make a formal presentation of the term project to a jury.
Hours: 120
Credits: 8
Pre-Requisites: DSGN1050 or DSGN71050
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Description: This course will increase the student’s understanding of real-life employer expectations with regards to attitudinal, practical, and academic skills required to gain employment and enhance self-marketing skills. In addition to these employability skills, the student will also have an opportunity to apply technical knowledge from the prior semesters of study to real life situations. These essential employability and technical skills areas will be improved during the work term while the student responsibly performs the duties as defined in the job description, in accordance with course and program outcomes.
Hours: 420
Credits: 14
Pre-Requisites: CDEV71050
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Description: The course covers the different estimating techniques including: preliminary estimate, elemental analysis estimate, detailed estimate and estimation of direct cost, overhead cost, contingency and markup. It also discusses bidding procedures, bidding strategy, bid closing and computer application in cost estimating. In addition, the course reviews life cycle cost. Students are required to use Studio III project to prepare preliminary, elemental, detailed estimate and bid document.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
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Description: This course covers Part 3 of the Ontario Building Code including concepts of health and safety. The course is designed to develop an ability of critical review of this part to be applied to the term project leading up to preparation of working documents including specifications. The course also identifies Underwriters Lab of Canada (ULC) studies including flame spread in relation to the building design.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
Pre-Requisites: ARCH1150 or ARCH71150
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Description: This course applies ASHRAE heat loss/gain and HVAC principles to Ontario Building Code Part 3 (non-residential) buildings. Standard engineering procedures are employed to identify and design appropriate layouts. System options available to condition and ventilate office/commercial occupancies (Part 3 OBC) are identified and categorized as to their performance on an economic basis to allow identification of optimum systems. Project based examples are used to prepare drainage and water supply designs (OBC Part 7 plumbing) for large buildings. The principles and policies governing the design and construction of storm drainage systems and site servicing are examined and ancillary mechanical and basic electrical systems are analyzed.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
Pre-Requisites: DSGN1060 or DSGN71060, DSGN1010 or DSGN71010
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Description: The course covers basic principles of mechanics of materials related to building structures and a qualitative approach to the selection and design of an appropriate structural system. Topics covered include: classification of structural system and forces acting on structures, equilibrium equation, support conditions, free body diagram, support reactions, truss analysis by method of joint and sections, simple cable statics, load tracing, and rules of thumb for the selection and design of structural systems. The student will further validate rules of thumb by analysis of different types of loading on wood, concrete and steel.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
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Description: The overarching premise for this studio is to incorporate and investigate the contemporary design requirements for new building projects in terms of: energy use, material and resource consumption, site design, design with climate, urban context and interior environmental qualities.
The goal is to propose a high performance building that addresses the current standards, issues and considerations that are part of energy use, environmental concerns, healthy and productive interior environments and other issues that need to be addressed by the design, facility management and building disciplines in light of current cultural, technological and environmental precepts.
The final proposal for the term will be of a mid-sized (10,000 to 25,000 square foot, 1,000 to 2,300 square metre), multi-tenant occupancy that will balance the needs of a number of differing occupant requirements and provisions.
Hours: 120
Credits: 8
Pre-Requisites: DSGN1060 or DSGN71060
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Description: This course is based on thorough development and understanding of the concept of the time value of money, cash flow analysis, present and future worth analyses, depreciation and financial accounting, effects of inflation, income taxes, dealing with uncertainty and risks, and the benefit-cost analysis.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
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Description: This theme-based course aims to provide an understanding of the historical, social, economic and political context within which scientific and technological advancement takes place. Innovation is a social product, often an expression of current ideas or a response to a social need. Conversely, technological and scientific innovation can transform the structure of society, its value system, and institutions. Through a series of lectures and student-centered activities, this course will assess the impact, benefits, consequences and implications of the inter-relationship between science, technology and society.
Hours: 39
Credits: 3
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Description: This course offers an overview of the principles of facilities management. The following topics will be included: history of the facility management profession, organizational structure, property and project management, strategic and long term planning, maintenance and operations, and the management of support services.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
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Description: This course will provide an introduction to the principles and methodology of Project Management focused on building construction. Utilizing building projects, the relationships amongst the various players of a project will be explored, focusing on the role of the Project Manager. Fundamental project management topics will be explored including: the building industry, project participants, organizing and managing projects, project delivery methods, project chronology and related activates, project costing and scheduling, and project management controls.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
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Description: The course focuses on basic principles and procedures for organizing and producing construction specifications. Topics covered include: organizing of specifications, formats of specification, types of specification, specification writing principles and procedures, specification language, master guide specifications and computer assisted specification.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
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Description: This course exposes the student to the quantitative aspects of structural design with a review of the methods for calculating loads, internal forces and stresses. The intent is to develop an understanding for the terminology and process of structural design as well as an appreciation for the complex nature of structures. Topics covered include: stress and strain, building materials, section properties, bending and shear in beams, beam and column analysis and design, and structural connections.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
Pre-Requisites: DSGN2030 or DSGN72030
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Description: This Studio will involve the renovation of an existing facility. Students will work in teams to develop detailed drawings in addition to the variety of strategies required to ensure the needs of each tenant are met. Project schedules will be developed along with move and communication strategies. The final product will include detailed plans and elevations, estimates and specifications, and a model. The studio will act as a consultancy where other courses and faculty will provide comprehensive critique an assessment. The students will be required to maintain a log book and make a formal presentation of the term project to a jury.
Hours: 120
Credits: 8
Pre-Requisites: DSGN2110 or DSGN72110
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Description: This course will provide students with college-approved work experience in project and facility management environments. This course will increase the student’s understanding of real-life employer expectations with regards to attitudinal, practical, and academic skills required to gain employment and enhance self-marketing skills. In addition to these employability skills, the student will also have an opportunity to apply technical knowledge from the prior semesters of study to real life situations. These essential employability and technical skills areas will be improved during the work term while the student responsibly performs the duties as defined in the job description, in accordance with course and program outcomes.
Student development will be evaluated during and at the conclusion of the work experience.
Hours: 420
Credits: 14
Pre-Requisites: CDEV1020 or CDEV71050
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Description: This course covers planning procedures related to complex building and buildings with multiple tenants. It includes studies of facility planning in relation to operations, maintenance, human and environmental factors and real estate. Facility needs are studied in context of the transportation and handling of equipment and supplies, lighting, sewerage, ventilation, water supply and electrical power. Inventory systems are studied in relation to non-fixed assets.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
Pre-Requisites: ARCH2080 or ARCH72080
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Description: This course covers HVAC, plumbing and water supply systems. The systems are analyzed in the context of OBC Part 11 (renovations). In addition, fire protection systems, including sprinklers, standpipes, and detection/alarm components are examined to illustrate specific application problems in renovation situations. These are addressed in the context of project-based assignments. Fire Code and other applicable regulatory issues are analyzed to formulate effective solutions. The principles underlying acoustic performance of interior spaces are identified, and used in the design process for both new and OBC Part 11 projects. Selection of basic electrical equipment for OBC Part 3 buildings is undertaken with conformance to the Canadian Electrical Code, Part 1.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
Pre-Requisites: DSGN2010 or DSGN72010
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Description: This course centers on issues surrounding the integration of Sustainable and Passive Design principles, into conceptual and practical architectural design. Topics include: solar geometry, climate/regional limitations, vernacular architecture, natural lighting, and passive design and sustainability initiatives. Projects will be used extensively as a vehicle to discuss the success/failure of ideas and their physical applications.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
Pre-Requisites: COMM1650 or ENGL71650
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Description: Through this studio the student will explore the issues related to the retro-fit of an existing building to accommodate a new occupancy and identify the various roles of the professional team in the renovation industry. The student will develop a comprehensive proposal for the reuse of an existing facility of approximately 30,000 ft² (3,000 m²). Using Part 11 of the Ontario Building Code and within given parameters, the student will develop two-dimensional and three-dimensional presentation documents. Stages of development of the studio projects will include the development of a feasibility study for the proposal. The final oral and visual presentation will be made to a jury. This course serves to have the student integrate knowledge from previous courses with various aspects of the built environment industry to form a complete building design. Lectures and tutorials support the student’s design work.
The student will demonstrate awareness of the complex and varied issues associated with the re-habitation and change of use of facilities. The student’s work is to reflect an awareness of the long-term use and sustainability of the facility ? from renovation through to move-in and then the day-to-day operations and maintenance for the occupants. Work will include: investigation of current contextual considerations; validation of documents for the site and building; feasibility studies for alternate uses for the building; assessment of existing building systems and options for their continued use or alternatives; creation of safe, healthy, and productive interior environments; compliance with applicable codes; cost estimates and schedule of work for the proposed change of use and long-term operation. All work must meet current building code requirements.
Hours: 120
Credits: 8
Pre-Requisites: DSGN2120 or DSGN3120 or DSGN72120
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Description: This course will provide students with college-approved work experience in project and facility management environments. This course will increase the student’s understanding of real-life employer expectations with regards to attitudinal, practical, and academic skills required to gain employment and enhance self-marketing skills. In addition to these employability skills, the student will also have an opportunity to apply technical knowledge from the prior semesters of study to real life situations. These essential employability and technical skills areas will be improved during the work term while the student responsibly performs the duties as defined in the job description, in accordance with course and program outcomes. Co-op experiences will apply student's increasing skills and knowledge base in a consecutive and cumulative manner across the sequence of co-op work terms.
Student development will be evaluated during and at the conclusion of the work experience.
Hours: 420
Credits: 14
Pre-Requisites: CDEV1020 or CDEV71050
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Description: Today’s technology employees need financial management skills to make decisions and manage projects within an organization. This introductory course for non-accounting students covers aspects of both financial accounting and management accounting. Students will be able to apply concepts of financial accounting to both personal and business situations, including the preparation and use of basic financial statements. Management accounting topics will allow the students to understand cost behaviour and its use in decision-making, evaluate capital investments, and prepare operating budgets.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
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Description: This course addresses the soft skills of project management such as: human resource management, communication management and team building and leadership skills in project management. Students will learn skills and techniques of strategic planning, company and project organizational planning and administration, staff acquisition, team development, team motivation, conflict resolution, negotiations, and effective communication skills.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
Pre-Requisites: ARCH2090 or ARCH72090
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Description: This course presents the human and environmental factors that, in combination, create the ambient conditions that affect people. Emphasis is given to understanding the principles under which these factors operate with an introduction to techniques for measuring the impact of these factors on people, an organization, and the management of facilities.
Six human and environmental factors are addressed: temperature and relative humidity; air quality (composition, speed, direction); light; sound; spatial layout and ergonomics; aesthetics and psychosocial dynamics. Students will be introduced to diagnostic techniques to determine the separate and combined performance of human factors.
Concepts from this course are to be applied directly into Studio VI, Corporate Relocation. Specifically, the studio project will require application of making tradeoffs in interior environmental quality for illumination, acoustics, air quality, thermal comfort, spatial layout, ergonomics, aesthetics and psychosocial dynamics.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
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Description: The Studio VI project involves the relocation of an existing corporation to new premises. The project will be multi-faceted including the development of strategies to gain employee acceptance of the move, the ability to make changes to a project under development and construction in order to better suit a tenant’s needs, lighting and building system design, workstation design, floor plan layouts, move management, and occupancy management. Students will work in teams and produce detailed proposals suitable for review by senior management as well as drawings, specifications and estimates.
Hours: 120
Credits: 8
Pre-Requisites: DSGN3110 or DSGN73110
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Description: This course will provide students with college-approved work experience in project and facility management environments. This course will increase the student’s understanding of real-life employer expectations with regards to attitudinal, practical, and academic skills required to gain employment and enhance self-marketing skills. In addition to these employability skills, the student will also have an opportunity to apply technical knowledge from the prior semesters of study to real life situations. These essential employability and technical skills areas will be improved during the work term while the student responsibly performs the duties as defined in the job description, in accordance with course and program outcomes.
Student development will be evaluated during and at the conclusion of the work experience. The student’s written communication skills are evaluated after the work experience through the submission of an essay.
Hours: 420
Credits: 14
Pre-Requisites: CDEV1020 or CDEV71050
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Description: This course covers forms of business organizations, including sole proprietorships, partnerships, joint ventures and limited partnerships. Additional topics will include the nature of a corporation, methods of incorporation, corporate constitutions, share capital and corporate securities. Course also includes a comprehensive study of the internal affairs of a corporation, its structure and directors, as well as the external responsibilities of the corporation, liability for acts of its agents, protection of creditors and the public and environmental issues.
This course starts with a study of the various forms of business organizations (such as sole proprietorships, partnerships, joint ventures and corporations) covering methods of formation, characteristics and internal affairs of these business forms. From this base, students are introduced to the study of small businesses which utilize these business forms and examine factors critical to the success of small businesses. Students are given the opportunity to select an appropriate business organization and proceed to put together a comprehensive business plan. The final section of the course looks at ongoing businesses ? whether small or large - and the factors affecting their success. Corporate governance and an examination of the topics relating to the functional areas of a business conclude this course during which time the external affairs of a business organization are discussed.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
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Description: The main objective of this course is for the student to work independently, with internal and external advisors, on the development of an individual thesis. This course provides an opportunity for the student to focus their education on an aspect of the program that they are most interested in. The thesis will entail a comprehensive study of a major topic in architecture, project management or facility management as it relates to the built environment. The student will prepare a substantive thesis document that includes both written and graphic material to illustrate and explain the work.
Hours: 120
Credits: 8
Pre-Requisites: DSGN4010, DSGN74010
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Description: This course provides an overview of the history of architecture and the built environment in the context of technical and cultural influences. It seeks to position major periods and technological discoveries in their time and place, and to develop a critical understanding the implications of these on our environments. Following a review of classical, gothic and renaissance periods, the course inspects the technological developments of the industrial revolution, the advent of the modern movement, and subsequent post-modern reactions. The course will introduce the student to the unique structures of large building types such as stadium, airport terminals, museums, performing arts centres, etc. The development and management of these building types will be studied and analyzed.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
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Description: This course provides an introduction to selected laws concerning environmental protection and construction safety. Key statutes, regulations and policies that relate to environmental management and construction safety in Ontario are examined in the context of industrial/commercial facilities, brownfields and new urban developments.
The course reviews the relevance of environmental legislation as it relates to issues such as air and waste quality, hazardous waste management, site assessment and cleanup, emergency planning, spills, transportation of dangerous goods, noise, and vibration. Construction safety and liability will be explored in relation to the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act. The course will provide an understanding of the legal framework in Ontario for approvals, enforcement, penalties, liabilities and reporting requirements under selected applicable law. Case studies and guest speakers will be used to demonstrate the application of environmental and construction safety legislation.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
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Description: The course introduces students with procurement processes and mainly focuses on construction contract administration. Students are required to synthesize and select appropriate contracts and administer them in simulated business settings through case studies integrated with the term project. This course also includes studies of subcontractor contracts, construction, builders’ and mechanics’ liens, inspection of construction contracts, arbitration and mediation, and labor law and union contracts.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
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Description: This capstone studio is intended to encapsulate and demonstrate the abilities of students in their fourth and final year of this Bachelor Degree in Applied Technology. It will entail the development of a major project, following the premise of one of the previous studios in the APFM curriculum. This project will be developed through all the phases of a typical project from pre-design to occupancy. The project type will engage all the lessons learned in the course of study, including co-op, in the APFM program. Students will perform in a team environment of 4 -5 students. Students individually and collectively will provide complete integration and synthesis of their actions and present them in a professional jury setting to external and internal examiners.
Hours: 120
Credits: 8
Pre-Requisites: DSGN4020 or DSGN74020
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Description: The philosophical, historical and social contexts underlying legal responsibilities, ethical decision making processes, and principles of professional liability and the general duties of architectural and engineering professionals towards the society are the key topics studied in this course. The course will also cover the general principles and concepts of tort and contract law and the law of intellectual property.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
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Description: This course examines the fundamentals of urban and community planning through an understanding of a wide range of factors that impact how cities and towns develop and evolve. Specifically, students will be introduced to topics related to the discipline of planning including: urban design, land-use planning, environmental planning, social planning, heritage and cultural planning, and economic development and revitalization. Recent trends such as new urbanism, smart growth and sustainable planning and design are also covered. This course will expand student’s awareness of the planning field and its responsibility to balance both the public interest and private concerns in development decisions.
The method of leaning in this course is designed to be highly participatory and self-reflective, combining individual and group work with in-class discussion and on-site observation opportunities. Students will apply theories and concepts gained through lectures to practical interpretations of real-world planning conditions and local policies and applications.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
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