Prerequisites

2A Building Layout, 2B Footing & Foundation Forms

Safety

Personal protective equipment, hand tool and power hand tool procedures

Objectives

Construct forms for slabs, walks, and driveways. Understand excavation, sub grade, and vapor barrier practices and procedures. Understand concrete reinforcement, placement, finishing, and curing for flatwork.

Teaching aids

Outdoor area

Instruction

text with lecture, demonstration, and guided practice

Math Skills

calculate volume, Pythagorean theorem, conversion of fraction to decimal, and conversion of feet, tenth, and hundredths of a foot to feet and inches.

Safety

Personal protective equipment, hand tool and power hand tool procedures, materials handling

Tools

transit or builders level, dry line, 50' or 100' tape measure, level, sledge hammer or maul, hammer, plumb bob, concrete finishing tools: garden rake, shovel, screed board, wheel barrow, vibrator, trowel, bull float/float, edger, control jointer, etc.

Materials

concrete and concrete reinforcement, fill material, vapor barrier, material for forms and bracing, stakes

Processes

establish elevations, install formwork, use line and block method to brace and straighten formwork, concrete placement and finishing

Additional

References

concrete supplier information

Materials

concrete and concrete reinforcement, fill material, vapor barrier, material for forms and bracing, stakes

Tools

transit or builders level, dry line, 50' or 100' tape measure, level, sledge hammer or maul, hammer, plumb bob, concrete finishing tools: garden rake, shovel, screed board, wheel barrow, vibrator, trowel, bull float/float, edger, control jointer, etc

Procedures

per project

Directions

Project(s)

as assigned by instructor

Homework/Study

related chapter in textbook

Assessments

proper completion of projects and assignments