GCA© – HOME BUILDING COURSE
Winter Session
- January 22, 2024, to March 11, 2024
- Monday and Wednesday 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Saturdays 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
- 3626 Aristides Lane Decatur, GA 30034 (470) 875-5494
- (210) 544-3229
Last Day of Enrollment: Saturday, January 27, 2024
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GCA© – HOME BUILDING online and in-person COURSE
Whether you’re looking for investment property, planning to build, renovate, or repair your home or maybe enhance your current status, or make a career change, this course is worthy of taking. Once you understand “building principles” you can build anything!
The GCA-Home Building Course has been taken by people from all walks of life; engineers, architects, developers, suppliers, manufacturers, real estate personnel, nurses, contractors, high school and college students, building trades, homeowners and many others.
Join us in the most intensive and thoroughly prepared course of its kind. This three-section course described below provides an excellent brief and general overview into the principles and fundamental methods of building “A” house without the fluff. Students may have the opportunity to participate in stages of building a house on construction sites.
First of a three-section series, introduces its participants to the mental stages of planning and preparation used to develop researched information into preliminary plans & work drawings.
Topics covered:
- Zoning Ordinance & Regulation
- Construction Personnel
- Permit Requirements
- Designed Building Considerations
Students discover how it’s both easier and economical to correct or make changes during the planning phase, rather than after the structure is built! For these reasons, great emphasis is placed on Introduction and Preparation which is essential in the building of any project or career.
This second section explores the process currently used in the construction of homes and light commercial building. GCA-2 involves the whole physical erection stages.
Topics covered:
- Site Work
- Foundation/Structural
- Framework
- Roofing & Enclosure
- Mechanicals: HVAC, Plumbing & Electrical
- Insulation & Finish Works
- Renewable Energy
- Landscaping
- Site Inspections
A study of local, state, international and environmental codes will be reviewed, to enrich knowledge of laws that govern all works performed. Students participate in optional on-site building inspection exercises.
This final section deals with the importance and use of specifications as it relates to architectural drawings. It will highlight considerations made between the owner, architect or draftsman, and contractor as to finalize a clearer understanding in agreement. The best possible results in any building project done right, requires clear and good communication with all parties involved. The end results of this relationship are written in specifications and contract. This course examines that formulation.
Whether you’re planning on going into business, participating in a construction bid process, or just wanting to know how to estimate, you’ll need this short course.