CEA Period 1 Lesson for Friday September 21, 2012

Good morning CEA Block 1 students. I am very sorry to be out again today. I have seen your 200b floor plan sketches and many of them reflect good concept sketching technique. Some of the work station configurations (where you place the computers) are very interesting.

Q. What is a work station?

A. It’s a space where one or more workers can achieve a high level of productivity.

Q. What tasks would a civil engineer/Designer/Architect do to be highly productive?

A. They would be sketching, computer modeling, prototyping designs through scaled physical model production, meeting with other team members, and keeping some equipment close by that would allow them to quickly leave the work space in order to go to the job site.

Today’s task: Would you please create an electronic document (Microsoft word) that will explore possible solutions for the following question:

What would an ideal work station for a student of civil engineering and architecture look like?

 You are to use your online research skills to find a minimum of 3 images of “work stations” that would look like they could achieve the following:

1.      Allow for comfortable sketching

2.      Have some storage space for the following tools, equipment, and safety clothing. (NOTE: look  up any unfamiliar terms in an image search so you can learn what they look like):

a.      Surveyor’s auto level and tripod

b.      Surveyor’s measuring rod

c.      100’ steel tape measure

d.      Hard Hat

e.      Safety Glasses

f.       1 Pair of steel toed work boots

3.      Have space for a Lap Top Computer that can connect to a large monitor ( 20” or more)

 How to complete this assignment successfully!!

1. Copy paste the 3 images into a Microsoft word document (  21 points per image)
2. For each image, use a text box (found in the insert tab) to create a caption.
3.  Each caption should explain the following: 
1.     what about the image is appealing to you (4 points per image) 
2.   how big you think this space is (width X Depth in feet) (4 points per image) 
3.   The website where you found this image ( 4 points per image)

Save the document in your Z drive as your name work station ideas (example: Robert work station ideas)