DEA 3050

Construction Documentation: CAD and BIM

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Construction documents are the written and graphic documents used to communicate a project design for construction and administration in the built world. In this course, students will gain exposure to leading industry tools, methods, and standards for producing construction drawings. Through a series of hands-on activities and assignments, students will explore components and details commonly used in design and construction, meet with practitioners in the field, and complete a basic set of drawings and documents in a BIM environment (REVIT).

Prerequisites DEA 1150 with B- or higher, or permission of instructor.

Enrollment Priority Enrollment preference given to: DEA undergraduate majors.

Distribution Requirements (D-HE, LAD-HE)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

Outcomes

• Introduce formats, components, and accepted standards required for an integrated and comprehensive set of interior construction documents.
• Provide context for understanding the layers of information contained in construction documentation and their interrelationship with building components and systems.
• Develop two-dimensional drawing interpretation skills and explore how they correspond to three-dimensional elements in the built environment.
• Gain exposure to construction document requirements of the NCIDQ and ARE exams.
• Produce construction documentation for a small interior project to gain experience in modeling, detailing, and scheduling. Autodesk REVIT (BIM software) will be introduced in class through a series of hands-on activities.
• Introduce the conceptual basis of BIM (Building Information Modeling) and its role in contemporary practice.

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