Construction school training courses in Atlanta, GA (public, in-house or online)

The master’s degree program in the School of Building Construction focus on management-based education for industry professionals seeking executive leadership positions in the industry. Our graduate training offers a holistic approach to business processes, integrating coursework, seminars, and hands-on learning to equip today’s industry professionals with the resources they need to excel in their professional careers. The graduate program consists of three tracks:
1.Integrated Fac...

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This course provides an introduction to interior building materials and systems. The course promotes an understanding of the various constructed assemblies, both structural and nonstructural, which, when combined, form complete buildings. Functional and environmental considerations about building technology systems, and the role of interior designers in improving the quality of the built environment, are also covered. Emphasis on the necessary partnership of building technology experts, architec...

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This hands-on course addresses the contractor’s relationship to the historic structure and its potential use. The course includes field trips, classroom lectures, projects and on-site work at a university-sponsored preservation work in progress.

Expanding understanding of the use of materials and methods of construction and their application to details, this course increases students’ abilities to evaluate the properties of various materials and systems so they may design with the level of detail required in professional practice with confidence, consistency and finesse. An emphasis on creativity runs parallel to the development of a set of construction drawings, working from an existing studio design of the student’s choosing...

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This course provides graduate students with the skills and knowledge to plan, estimate, prepare working budgets and contracts, schedule and manage construction projects. The course places a major emphasis on the ability of an architecture student to provide architectural supervision before and during the construction phase of building projects.