Ruben Rodriguez

As a current student from University of Texas at Arlington , I am focused on launching my upcoming career in Construction Management, so I can help aid in the advancement of a company’s Business Initiatives and also learn hand on activities from the company . Success in Construction Management requires core skills: Basic knowledge of technology, mathematics, relationship building based on trust, strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to be a self-starter with great organizational skills – anchored by a deep knowledge of the technology.

• Create, Complete and interpret simple engineering drawing manually based on multi-view orthographic
• Create, Complete, and interpret simple architectural drawing with AutoCAD
• Create, Complete ,and interpret simple engineering drawing using AutoCAD
• Understand basic techniques of graphic communication and begin to confidently and effectively communicate by graphic means .
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of manual drawing instruments .
• lmprove ability to visualize objects in 2-dimensional as well as 3-dimensional.
• Visualization and graphics in design , construction , manufacturing ,landscaping , and engineering .

• Characteristics of the construction industry ; types of construction companies , contracts , people involved in a project , their responsibilities and interrelationships ;ethical conduct ; evolution of a project;interpreting working drawings; construction bonds; construction bonds ; contract documents.
• Understanding the basics of the dynamics of the construction industry.
• Understanding the context of the construction industry .
• Understanding the principles project management .
• Understanding how contractors win jobs/projects .
• Understanding the legal environment of contracting .
• Understanding the typical management of a construction project .

• Learning the introduction of surveying including distance measurement, corrections , leveling ,measurement of angles and directions ,traverse adjustments , volumes ,cross section and area computations , and error theory . Using methods and technologies such as excel , MathCAD , Civil3D Imperial , global positioning system , and geographic information systems that is used to manage in surveying and to emphasis on the use of total stations.

• Learned the materials , methods and sequences of the constructions process ; emphasis on design, specification, purchase and use of concrete , steel , masonry and wood . An understanding the uses of construction materials.