Algebra in Construction Management

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Algebra in Construction Management

• Brutoco Construction Management Group, Inc.
• By
• Bob Braun and Mike Ucovich
• May 22, 2007
• Rialto High School Algebra I Classes

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Introduction

• Background
• Personal background
• Company background
• Interesting facts

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Examples of What We Do

• Sample blueprints
• Other Brutoco projects
• Examples of completed Brutoco Bridges

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Chino Hills High School
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Craning in the Pre-Fabricated Modular classroom
units. Can you figure out which building this is
from the preceding slide?
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Chino Hills High School
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Yorba Linda
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Newport Beach, CA
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Broken Bridges

• What if you know a bridge is going to break or
  collapse sooner or later?
• THE 10/215 RETROFIT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW A
  BRIDGE IS REPAIRED BEFORE IT IS BROKENBECAUSE IT
  WILL BREAK!

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10/215 Fwy Seismic Retrofit
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Diaphragm Construction
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Culvert Construction
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THE RAIN STORMS
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Math in the Field

• Estimation/Quantity Takeoffs
• Creating Sketches and reading scaled drawings
• Concrete design and estimating
• Wages
• Building a work crew

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Vocabulary

• Estimating - submit a price
• to assess something, such as an item to be bought
  or a job to be done, and to state a likely price
  for it
• Crews people working together
• a group of people working together on a project
  or task
• Take Offs calculate roughly
• to make an approximate calculation of something

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Example
It takes crew A 95 days to build a bridge. It
takes crew B 85 days to build a bridge. How long
will it take both the crews to build the bridge
together?
t total time
It will take the two crews together about 45 days.
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Guided Practice
It takes crew A 75 days to build a bridge. It
takes crew B 90 days to build a bridge. How long
will it take both the crews to build the bridge
together?
t total time
It will take the two crew together about 41 days.
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Independent Practice
It takes crew A 100 days to build a bridge. It
takes crew B 120 days to build a bridge. How
long will it take both the crews to build the
bridge together?
t total time
It will take the two crews together about 55 days.
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Thank You

• Questions?
• Final thoughts
• Comments