Construction Technology Course

Every member of the Project Team requires a working knowledge of the construction process. This Course provides the core knowledge necessary to effectively participate in the planning, managing and construction of these demanding projects. Now, for the first time, this material is available online! 

Construction Technology - A Practical Guide to Construction Techniques and Practice is an online course providing an overview of basic construction techniques and practice. The media rich content includes slides and videos of recent infrastructure projects, narrated by a construction industry expert with over fifty years of hands on construction experience. 

This is an eighteen session course providing a background in heavy construction techniques and practice. This core knowledge is invaluable in effectively planning, managing and constructing these challenging projects. The course is offered in 3 parts with two (2) one-hour classes per week. Visit http://www.csites.com for session schedules and additional information. Live courses are offered Tuesdays at 8PM Eastern Time and Thursdays at 12:00 Noon Eastern Time. Recorded sessions are available to registered students to make up a missed class or to review a class.

Rates: $60/PDH for individual registrations, $250/PDH for group registrations. Group rates apply to one group assembled in a conference room with a single computer projecting on to a screen and a single speaker phone for the conference call with the instructor.

Class 1-2 Support of Excavation: Parts 1 & 2  Tuesday, 5/29/2012, 8:00pm ET Thursday, 5/31/2012, 12:00 noon ET
Class 3-4 Secant Pile Walls / Slurry Walls Tuesday, 6/5/2012, 8:00pm ET Thursday, 6/7/2012, 12:00 noon ET
Class 5-6 Cut and Cover Tunnels - Parts 1 & 2 Tuesday, 6/12/2012, 8:00pm ET Thursday, 6/14/2012, 12:00 noon ET
Section 1: Classes 1-6 $360 individual / 6 PDHs    
       
Class 7-8 Underpinning, Construction Equipment Tuesday, 6/19/2012, 8:00pm ET Thursday, 6/21/2012, 12:00 noon ET
Class 9-10 Urban Highway - Parts 1 & 2 Tuesday, 6/26/2012, 8:00pm ET Thursday, 6/28/2012, 12:00 noon ET
​Section 2: Classes 7-10 $240 individual / 4 PDHs    
       
Class 11-12 Concrete. Remove and Replace an Overpass Tuesday, 9/11/2012, 8:00pm ET Thursday, 9/13/2012, 12:00 noon ET
Class 13-14 Remove and Replace a Bridge Tuesday, 9/18/2012, 8:00pm ET Thursday, 9/20/2012, 12:00 noon ET
Section 3: Classes 11-14 $240 individual / 4 PDHs    
       
Class 15-16 Commercial Towers, Steel Frame Tuesday, 9/25/2012, 8:00pm ET Thursday, 9/27/2012, 12:00 noon ET
Class 17-18 Residential Towers, Concrete Frame Tuesday, 10/2/2012, 8:00pm ET Thursday, 10/4/2012, 12:00 noon ET
​Section 4: Classes 15-18 $240 individual / 4 PDHs    
   

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About the Instructor

Irwin Weinbaum began his career as a Civil Engineer in a design office working on the Interstate Highway System. At an early stage he recognized the value of knowing how things were built in order to produce effective designs, schedules and budgets. He left to go to work for a General Contractor engaged in Public Works construction. He rightly assumed that would be the best way to get the knowledge that he lacked.

He fell in love with construction and after 30 years of managing projects of ever increasing scope and complexity he retired as a Vice President of Slattery Skanska. His career at Slattery Skanska was interrupted when he was selected to become President of a Public Development Corporation where he played a lead role in the Times Square Redevelopment and the improvements to the Times Square Subway Station. He has deep experience as a designer, contractor and owner.
 
From these three perspectives he has watched the knowledge gap between designer, owner and contractor grow, at a time when projects become more complex and construction skills are the very key to success. He created these classes in an attempt to close the gap by providing every member of the project team with the fundamentals of the construction process. As the team becomes more knowledgeable, contract documents will become more constructible and schedules and engineer’s estimates more realistic. Most importantly, change orders, delays and cost overruns will diminish and projects will be completed closer to their original budgets.