NUST eLearning

Course Description:

The aim of the course is to enable the students to translate technical drawings of multi-storey building works into quantifiable work items as per the standard method of measurement.

Course Content:

Measurement and description of the following elements of multi-storey building works:

·        Concrete framed structures.

·        Steel framed structures.

·        Cladding.

·        Underpinned works.

·        Basements.

·        Abstract and billing using Microsoft Excel.

 Reference to manufacturer catalogues and the Model Preambles regarding the following:

·        Precast and pre-stressed concrete beams and floors.

·        Standard metal doors and windows.

·        Standard timber doors and windows.

·        Glass.

·        Prefabricated timber trusses.

·        Abstract and billing using Microsoft Excel.

This course is intended to provide students with critical and new premises of knowledge on holistic, multi-disciplinary, multi-dimensional debate regarding development theory, philosophy, method, strategy, and management and policy issues. It will also expose students to the integrated approach, developmental characteristics, challenges and opportunities. This course is further intended to provide students with enhanced knowledge on the meaning, significance, forms, organisation and limitations of community development in Africa as well as gender and development.