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DRFT 1331: Civil Utility Services
Effective date
September 2019
Department
Drafting
School
Trades, Technology and Design
Description
Building on the Advanced Road Design course, students will expand their knowledge and skill of pipe networks by creating drawings for a subdivision storm and sanitary system. Additionally, students will model profiles and cross sections applicable to municipal and industry design standards.
Credits
2.0
Year of study
1st Year Post-secondary
Prerequisites
DRFT 1280, DRFT 1281, DRFT 1282.
Corequisites
None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Create Data Shortcuts
- Publish Data Shortcuts File
- Create pipe Networks for Storm & Sanitary
- Generate Plan & Profile Drawing Production Sheets for Road Design and Underground Utilities
- Produce Combined Cross Sections (Original ground, Design Ground, Utilities)
- Generate Design Reports for all aspects of the Design, Alignments, Profiles, Surface Model and Utilities
- Generate drawing exchange files to be shared with other software
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 20
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 40
Total Hours: 60
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 40
Total Hours: 60
Instructional Strategies
Lectures, handout materials, video presentation, on-line activities, and project/problem based learning activities are used.
Grading System
Letter Grade (A-F)
Passing grade
C-
Evaluation Plan
|
Type |
Percentage |
Assessment activity |
|
Assignments |
10 |
|
|
Quizzes/Tests |
15 |
Practical and written quizzes |
|
Exam |
25 |
Practical exam |
|
Project |
50 |
Minimum of 3 project-based assignments of approximately equal value (20%, 15% and 15%) |
Course topics
- Creating Data Shortcuts Project folder Publishing Data Shortcuts Designing a Storm Sewer Network Creating Pipe Network Drawing and Editing Pipe Networks Labeling Pipes Cross sections Sheet Production Project Object to Section View Reports Manager
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/. - To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.