COT 291

Site Design and Construction

Don Rericka, Instructor

Prerequisite: none

Text: Brooks, R. Gene. Site Planning: Environment, Process, & Development. ISBN: 0138112584. Prentice Hall.

All aspects of site design and construction are presented, including ownership rights, zoning, easements and encroachments, topography, bodies of water, surveying, soil sampling and analysis, soil contamination, excavation, stabilization, compaction, retaining walls, dewatering, grading cut and fill, stormwater management, wetlands regulations, structures, utilities, roads and walks, and safety concerns.

Course Outline:

The student will be able to:

Understand site grading principles, and know the various types of heavy construction equipment and their uses.

Understand the various types of site improvements, such as retaining walls, drainage ditches, culverts, site accessory structures, walks, roads, bridges, curbs and gutters, inlets, catch basins, site drainage infrastructure, site lighting, and landscape.

Understand stormwater management, detention and retention facilities.

Understand wetlands regulations and permitting

Understand integration of site work and building construction projects.

Know how to use and interpret land survey data.

Understand zoning and building code interactions for site development.

Understand land improvement permitting processes.


Introduction to site planning; site drainage, grading contours, storm water
Legal land ownership issues; national GIS actions; aerial and satellite surveys; property legal boundaries and descriptions; legal easements and encroachments
Surveys and site planning; historic site regulations; recent court interpretations
Zoning ordinances; planned developments
Building codes; design review and landscape requirements
Earthwork, grading, shoring, retaining walls, soil stabilization; large construction machinery; dewatering
Site utilities, aerial and buried; stormwater management, detention and retention
Site drainage infrastructure, piping, inlets, catch basins
Wetlands regulations and permitting
Environmental testing and remediation
Soil remediation, treatment, and amendments
Site electrical power and lighting
Roads, sidewalks and parking; accessibility considerations
Integration of site work and building construction
Metropolitan Sanitary District requirements; land improvement permitting
Final Exam

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The purpose of this class is to introduce basic Urban and suburban development site planning, roads, earthwork, large construction and excavation machinery, surveying, soil borings, soil stabilization, dewatering, wetlands identification and analysis, environmental remediation, shoring, grading, site utilities, Metropolitan Sanitary District and other regulatory body requirements.
Upon completion of this class, the student will be able to:

Understand site grading principles, and know the various types of heavy construction equipment and their uses.
Understand the various types of site improvements, such as retaining walls, drainage ditches, culverts, site accessory structures, walks, roads, bridges, curbs and gutters, inlets, catch basins, site drainage infrastructure, site lighting, and landscape.
Understand stormwater management, detention and retention facilities.
Understand wetlands regulations and permitting.
Understand integration of site work and building construction projects.
Know how to use and interpret land survey data.
Understand zoning and building code interactions for site development.
Understand land improvement permitting processes.

ATTENDANCE:
Students are expected to attend all class sessions and to arrive on time. If you are unable to attend a class you are responsible for all material covered in that class. Attendance is taken at each class. The third unexcused absence will result in a one-letter grade reduction to the student’s grade. The fourth absence (excused or not) will result in the automatic withdrawal of that student

GRADING:
Grades will be determined based on attendance and participation (10% of total grade), pop quizzes (20%), two term papers (20%), Midterm exam (20%), and a comprehensive final exam (30%). All quizzes and quarter, mid-term and final examinations will be closed book, closed note tests of knowledge. All material either in the textbook or discussed in class may be appear on any quiz or examination. Daily quizzes may be given prior to the lecture. Therefore, it is essential that students review the assigned material before coming to class.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
Students are responsible for conducting themselves in a professional, adult manner. This includes, but is not limited to, cheating on exams, plagiarism on written assignments, and disruptive behavior in the classroom. All of the above are strictly prohibited at Triton College, and a student caught engaging in any of these activities is subject to expulsion from the class with an F for the course.


WEEKLY SCHEDULE

WEEK 1:
Introductions, Triton College policies and procedures, Student Services, and course overview will be discussed.
Homework: Read Chapter 1

WEEK 2:
Lecture: Chapter 1
Homework: Read Chapters 2 & 3

WEEK 3:
Lecture: Chapters 2 & 3
Homework: Read Chapter 4

WEEK 4:
Lecture: Chapter 4
Homework: Read Chapters 5 & 6
Paper No. 1, topic and details to be discussed in class

WEEK 5:

Lecture: Chapters 5 & 6
Homework: Read Chapter 7

WEEK 6:
Paper No. 1: Due at the beginning of class
Lecture: Chapter 7
Homework: Read Chapter 8

WEEK 7:
Lecture: Chapter 8
Homework: Prepare for midterm examination

WEEK 8:
Midterm Examination, Chapters 1 - 8
Homework: Read Chapter 9

WEEK 9:
Lecture: Chapter 9 Part I
Homework: Read Chapter 10

WEEK 10:
Lecture: Chapters 9 & 10
Homework: Read Chapters 11, 12, and 13

WEEK 11:
Lecture: Chapters 11, 12, and 13
Homework: Read Chapters 14 & 15

WEEK 12:
Lecture: Chapters 14 & 15
Homework: Read Chapter 16
Paper No. 2, topic and details to be discussed in class

WEEK 13:
Lecture: Chapter 16
Homework: Read Chapters 17 & 18

WEEK 14:
Paper No. 2: Due at the beginning of class
Lecture: Chapters 17 & 18
Homework: Read Chapter 19

WEEK 15:
Lecture: Chapter 19
Homework: Prepare for Final Exam

WEEK 16:
Final Exam, Chapters 1 - 19