Do You Know What You Don't Know?
Choose a challenge. Test yourself. Discover what you need to know.
These short, interactive construction challenges are designed to help students connect classroom knowledge to the work they may encounter on a construction project. Choose any challenge and see how you do. No studying. No preparation. Just start.
Construction Practice Readiness Challenges
Pick the construction skill you want to test.
Can You Read a Heavy Civil Construction Drawing?
Navigate the drawing, identify key elements, and discover how the information connects to construction work.
Can You Connect the Components of a Reinforced Concrete Bridge to the Work?
Test whether you can connect what is being built to the materials and work required to build it.
Can You Connect the Components of a Structural Steel Bridge to the Work?
Test whether you can connect what is being built to the materials and work required to build it.
Can You Determine the Quantity?
Test your ability to visualize the work, identify the measurement basis, and determine what needs to be quantified.
Can You Optimize the Use of Construction Equipment?
Test your ability to optimize construction equipment production rate, and evaluate planned production output against available equipment on the jobsite.
Can You Analyze the Labor Daily Cost of Your Field Crew?
Test your ability to manage your crew budget effectively, evaluate planned crew output for the day against the budget, and immediately identify potential losses or gains.
Can You Identify Applicable Phases of a Project and Sequence Them?
Test your ability to sequence work and evaluate the order of construction given the phases.
Are You Able to Identify These Activities for Gabion Wall Construction and Sequence Them?
Test your ability to sequence work and evaluate the order of construction given the activities.
Are You Able to Make Well-Informed Construction Decisions?
Test your ability to make well-informed decisions using available project data and case studies.
Are You Able to Identify and List the Work That Must Be Completed?
Test your knowledge of the scope of work and what goes into the construction it.
BUILD THE CREW
Select a construction work activity and build the crew needed to perform it. Choose the appropriate labor and equipment from the crew database and see what your crew costs per hour.
Can You Find What You Need in the Specifications?
A short specification-focused challenge that tests your ability to locate and interpret construction requirements.
Want to Develop These Skills?
The Interactive Webbook on Heavy Civil Construction Materials and Methods provides students with the opportunities to learn to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications; perform quantity takeoffs; plan and estimate construction work; enalyze labor daily cost; evaluate production; sequence work; prepare RFIs and submittals; evaluate case studies; optimize construction equipment; and develop other essential construction practice skills through interactive, practice-oriented learning.
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