STUDENT REVIEWS OF COURSES IN THE CERTIFICATE IN CIVIL SITE WORK

Student Reviews

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Students enrolled in our construction night classes, which can be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week progress through the courses in the Certificate in Civil Site Work program at times that are convenient to busy professionals. Students can dive into subjects relevant to civil construction so they can increase their company’s resources and productivity.

Along the way, students learn everything they need to know about civil construction which includes equipment selection, productivity, civil blueprint reading, civil estimating and more. The invaluable skills and knowledge can be easily applied to their career and what they encounter in the field.

The Certificate in Civil Site Work brings together a diverse student body from various sectors which general contractors, demolition subcontractors, government contractors, landscapers, subcontractors, estimators, commercial and industrial developers, environmental and civil engineering firms to city wastewater authority engineers and more. Read what our students have to say about our construction night classes and Certificate in Civil Site Work below.

100 SERIES

BLUEPRINT READING, ESTIMATING CLASSES, MATERIALS AND PROCESSES, EQUIPMENT, AND CIVIL SITEWORK COURSES

"For me the best thing I learned in this course was the correlation between equipment and earthmoving. I think the assumption is to get the largest piece of equipment you can find and use that for the project, but it’s not always the most productive. I appreciated the dive into the CAT handbook and learning how to read and understand the equipment’s specifications and understand how to apply those to a specific project."

"I will say that this one has been the most challenging as well but I did learn a lot. In fact, I learned a lot in the other courses I have taken while pursuing this certificate but this one was definitely interesting because of the application of information on the job site."

"This course will help with properly preparing me and exposing me to comparing different equipment as a PM. Since I have minimal construction experience, except as general labor experience, I feel as if this course as well as the other courses I took will help out a lot."

"The class met my expectations as I wanted an overview of civil construction processes."

"The knowledge that I have gained from this class will and has already helped me in my day to day dealing with contractors and allows me to better assist them with solving problems as they occur in the field."

I enjoyed this class. I liked the homeworks a lot. It was good to have a step by step guide of what to do, instead of guessing and try for the best. I feel like I learned a lot by that way.

"There is so much I learned that is useful for the work I do! From different materials for backfill to piping. The other day my Superintendent asked me to find what kind of rock we were using in the past for fine grade materials. He told me one was regular rock and the other had fines in it, and I knew exactly what he was talking about."

"The most important thing I got from this class was a better understanding and exposure to different kinds of civil construction. I work in the construction industry in landscaping, so I have a very good understanding of landscaping, earthwork and irrigation drawings. Learning more about the Civil construction and having a better understanding of reading civil drawings will benefit me."

"I am new to civil work everything I learned was valuable and I literally applied some of the lessons as soon as I learned the material."

"I really enjoyed the communication and discussions with other classmates, learning about each other’s processes, and helping each other with work and homework. I also really liked learning about how to read contour lines. Finding averages and depths was really important in making more accurate excavation numbers, and learning from maps with plenty of visual examples is always enjoyable and helpful."

"I think there are several useful skills I’ve taken away from this class. The biggest is a better general understanding of sitework and how to break it down in order put together an estimate. I thoroughly enjoyed how everything is broken down into a mathematical calculation and I know I will be revisiting all the homework as well as setting up template sheets that I can use here at work. This class provided a great foundation for me to continue in learning base buildings and sitework estimating."

"I have been doing variations of civil site work estimating for years. It was good to get formal training to see what I had already known and to see things that I was not doing to complete the process. Two things that were cleared up for me were map measurements and sloping."

200 SERIES

SUPERVISORY TRAINING PROGRAM (STP)

"I have taken what I’ve learned and put it towards my estimating. It’s helped me understand a bit more on crews and timeframes to be able to estimate work that needs done. I am glad you had us try out some of the estimating software and our company is now looking at getting Primavera."

"I’m glad I had the opportunity to use and play around with Project Manager to create a Gantt chart for this class and understanding predecessor and successor activities and seeing the critical path."

"I am implementing some of the templates found in this course and the text to manage purchasing and material delivery. These are useful for just in time deliveries assuring the right materials are delivered shortly before the activity is scheduled."

"As a project manager this class has been extremely valuable. Contract documents has been provided more information than any of the other classes pertaining to project management. This is where all the eggs land when everything is said and done with a project. This unit provided several surprises consistently. But more than anything is helped me broaden what I know. One thing that really was awesome was the references to the census documents and reading through how AIA puts those documents together."

"I never fully understood delays until now. Now I completely understand non-excusable, excusable, compensable, and non-compensable. It is so important to know the contract. It helps a lot with my job because we deal with these at least once a month on our projects. This class has been great."

"I learned the most from this unit because it laid some good beginning practices you can take to ensure good documentation. For me this is most useful because of how important documentation is to support your side in potential disputes. I picture that all that I learned in this course will come in handy when I start my career in the construction industry."