Blueprint Reading school training courses in Detroit, MI (public, in-house or online)

This is a print reading course that familiarizes students with skilled trades, construction industry/trades, and
architecture including: Energy (HVAC) Technology, plumbing, pipefitting, electrical, carpentry, steel and
other related construction technical and trades. Included are project management and estimating. Topics will
include an introduction to print reading, working fractions and decimals, measurement, and volume
measurement. Of great importance to the trades and technica...

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The purpose of this modularized blueprint reading course is to develop the learner’s skill to read and interpret engineering drawings at the entry level. Topics include drawing terminology; title block; revision column; notes; dimensions and tolerances applications; types of lines; basic symbols; conventions; symmetry of assembly; detail working drawings; and isometric/3D, orthographic, auxiliary, and section views.

Study of blueprints of commercial, industrial, or institutional structures. Special emphasis on interpretation of details as they relate to construction problems.

A course designed to provide a means for the student to interpret prints of existing residences, and to relate construction problems with general mathematics; further, this course will expand to cover some specific items imposed by inspection authorities. Contains material that will help the student prepare to take the Michigan Residential Builders License Examination.

This 1-hour online introductory course to building codes for interior designers points to the why, what, where and when of the building code information that is essential to interior design practice.

Consulting a resource of this kind provides an efficient alternative to wading through volumes of codes, standards, regulations and guidelines that pertain to all aspects of the built environment with the intent of understanding what specific information applies to interiors - a task that is ...

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