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- Effective Term:
- Summer 2014 through Fall 2024
- Course Number:
- BCT 223
- Course Title:
- Finished Stair Construction
- Credit Hours:
- 3
- Lecture Hours:
- 0
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 60
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Covers the material estimation and installation of both open and closed interior residential staircases. Includes newel posts, balustrades, handrails/guardrails, shoerails and tread caps. Emphasizes the methods used to construct finish stairs and relevant building codes. Audit available.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon successful completion students should be able to:
- Install interior staircase newel posts, balustrades, handrails/guardrails, shoerails and tread caps.
- Calculate and lay out stair parts to meet current building codes.
- Estimate materials needed for finish stairs.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
- Learners will demonstrate the safe operation of hand and power tools.
- Learners will collaboratively calculate, cut and assemble an instructor designed stair project that meets current building codes.
- Learners will effectively use class time to complete assigned project.
- Learners will demonstrate their knowledge of stair and balustrade parts and terminology.
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Themes, issues and concepts;
- A.W.I. standards
- Tool safety
- Jobsite safety
- Building codes
- Construction math
- Print reading
- Cooperative work practices
- Critical thinking
- Stair materials
- Stair and balustrade terminology
- Joinery
- Fasteners
- Adhesives
- Time management
Process skills:
- Calculate stair rise and run.
- Calculate evenly spaced balusters
- Layout, cut and assemble stair parts
- Use critical thinking skills to determine the best tools and materials for the task at hand
- Work collaboratively with team members to construct stair projects in given time frame
- Operate hand and power tools safely and effectively.
- Interpret and apply applicable building codes.
- Interpret and apply A.W.I. standards