Maricopa Community Colleges  CRP116   20022-20025 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 12/11/01
CRP116 20022-20025 LEC 5 Credit(s) 5 Period(s)
Concrete Formwork for Carpentry
Building site and layout factors. Parts of forms and related hardware. Function of forms used in concrete form work of walls, columns, beams, decks and retaining walls. Wall form construction procedures. Residential foundation construction. Elements of flatwork construction. Heavy construction and precast concrete techniques. Manufacture, mixing, quality control, placement, stripping, transportation and curing of concrete. Prerequisites: Indentured status with Central Arizona Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee or permission of the Apprenticeship Coordinator.
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CRP116   20022-20025 Concrete Formwork for Carpentry
1. List factors used in the identification of specific building sites and layouts including soil conditions, site work, and heavy equipment evacuations. (I)
2. Identify specific parts of forms and hardware needed to erect a wall form, a column form, a spandrel beam form, a deck form, and a retaining wall footing form. (II)
3. Explain the function of the specific parts of a wall form, column form, spandrel beam form, deck form, and retaining wall footing form. (III)
4. Identify specific wall form construction procedures including prefabricated wall forms, using proper materials, components, and fastening devices. (IV)
5. Explain specific factors for residential foundations including foundation construction, full basement, crawl space, slab-on-grade, grade beam, stepped, stairways and entrance platforms, pier footings and anchoring devices. (V)
6. Describe flatwork construction including preparation of placement area, layout, elevation, edge forms, expansion joints, and post-tensioned slabs. (VI)
7. Examine safe heavy construction techniques used to construct large concrete structures such as office and apartment buildings, hospitals, highways and bridges. (VII)
8. Explain the advantages and specific construction techniques used precast concrete construction. (VIII)
9. Describe the manufacture, quality control, mixing, transportation, and placement methods in proper utilization of cement in heavy construction projects. (IX)
10. Estimate the amount of concrete needed for a wall, a spandrel beam, a deck, and a retaining wall when given a set of shop drawings. (X)
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CRP116   20022-20025 Concrete Formwork for Carpentry
    I. Building Site and Layout
        A. Soil conditions
        B. Site work
        C. Evacuations
      II. Parts and Hardware
          A. Wall forms
          B. Column forms
          C. Spandrel beam forms
          D. Deck forms and shoring
          E. Retaining wall footing forms
        III. Function
            A. Wall form
            B. Column form
            C. Spandrel beam form
            D. Deck forms
            E. Retaining wall footer forms
          IV. Wall Forms
              A. Wall systems
              B. Wall openings
              C. Materials and components
              D. Fastening devices
              E. Prefabricated walls
            V. Residential Foundations
                A. Construction
                B. Full basement
                C. Crawl space
                D. Slab-on-grade
                E. Grade beam
                F. Stepped
                G. Stairways and entrance platforms
                H. Pier footings
                I. Anchoring devices
              VI. Flatwork
                  A. Site preparation
                  B. Layout
                  C. Elevation
                  D. Edge forms
                  E. Expansion joints
                  F. Post-tension slabs
                VII. Heavy Construction
                    A. Foundation forms
                    B. Wall forms
                    C. Construction and control joints
                    D. Columns, girders, beams and floor slabs
                    E. Floor form construction
                    F. Shoring and bracing
                    G. Concrete stairway forms
                    H. Highway construction
                    I. Bridges
                  VIII. Precast Concrete Construction
                      A. Advantages
                      B. Prestressed concrete
                      C. Job site precast construction
                    IX. Concrete Mix and Placement
                        A. Composition
                        B. Water-cement ratio
                        C. Job site testing
                        D. Hot and cold weather concreting
                        E. Mixing and transporting
                        F. Placing and consolidating
                        G. Curing methods
                        H. Stripping and removal methods
                      X. Concrete Estimation
                          A. Wall
                          B. Column
                          C. Spandrel beam
                          D. Deck
                          E. Retaining wall
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