Language of instruction: English

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Language of instruction: English

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This course introduces the fundamentals for producing civil engineering drawings using industry standards.

Language of instruction: English

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This course introduces the fundamental elements of a building: construction materials, methods and terminology, and complete construction cycle, in particular for residential buildings. Construction drawings, estimates, planning, foundations, wood structures, and exterior and interior finishing are covered. Site visits will assist students in understanding the theory.

Language of instruction: English

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This course will give the student a general knowledge of health and safety on construction sites. This course will show the student how to take responsibility for occupational health and safety at construction sites by recognizing hazardous situations and assessing their consequences. The student will learn how to prevent workplace accidents by eliminating sources of danger. It will also make them aware of their rights and obligations as workers in the construction industry and the hazards that are directly or indirectly linked to working on construction sites.

Language of instruction: English

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This course is an introduction to Field Surveying. In the first semester, students will become familiar with linear measurements and measuring units and with the concept of leveling and elevation. They will learn the theory and do the practical exercises related to these topics. Furthermore, they will be working in teams, using the surveying instruments, establishing their work area, planning the work, and using the appropriate methods to obtain results that must be presented in a specific notebook according to professional standards.

Language of instruction: English

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This course introduces students to the basic properties of aggregates that are used in various construction applications, trains students to perform standard tests in a laboratory setting to determine some of the principle properties of construction aggregates and compare results with specifications. Specifically, to analyze construction materials and develop methods for producing them.

Language of instruction: French

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For specific course descriptions, please see the French Department's offering of courses.

Language of instruction: French

Course hours per week:

Course Description:

For specific course descriptions, please see the French Department's offering of courses.

Language of instruction: English

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For specific course descriptions, please see the English Department's website for their offering course for the following:

• 603-101-MQ - Introduction to College English

Language of instruction: English

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In this course students of Civil Engineering Technology learn the basic principles of statics, forces and structures with an emphasis on applications. The basic laws of mechanics will be applied to a wide range of phenomena of importance to civil engineering. Modeling as a tool will be introduced to analyze experimental data. The course prepares students for more advanced courses such as structural analysis.

Language of instruction: English

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This course introduces and demonstrates to the students the principles and practices of construction technology related to structural materials, construction equipment, construction procedures, structural systems and quantity estimates. It includes preparation and layout of construction sites; selection of appropriate construction equipment; concrete , reinforcing and formwork; beams, columns and floor slab systems; material, systems and installation procedures related to roofing for residential and industrial buildings. To understand the construction procedures, students will visit construction sites where a project is in progress.

Language of instruction: English

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This course is a continuation of the first surveying course. It is designed to elaborate on some of the aspects covered in Surveying I, such as elevations, horizontal and vertical distances, and slope angles, then to introduce more advanced applications in surveying. Notions about the global and local coordinate systems, calculation of construction quantities and field layouts will be seen. The Total Station, an electronic device, is the instrument that will be introduced to the students.

Language of instruction: English

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The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the field of soil engineering and to aid them in attaining the proper perspective on the role of laboratory testing in soil investigations. Students will also become familiar with the methods of taking and recording information gathered from field investigation, interpreting results and evaluating their significance. This course deals with the nature of soils; their engineering properties, classification, compaction, and laboratory testing and techniques. Laboratory tests include classification, atterberg limits, specific gravity, hydrometer analysis, and compaction.

Language of instruction: English

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For specific course descriptions, please see the Physical Education Department's website for their offering course for the following:

• 109-101-MQ - Physical Activity and Health
• 109-102-MQ - Physical Activity and Effectiveness

Language of instruction: English

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For specific course descriptions, please see the Humanities Department's website for their offering of 345-101-MQ - Knowledge courses.

Language of instruction: French

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Course Description:

For specific course descriptions, please see the French Department's offering of courses.

Language of instruction: French

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Course Description:

For specific course descriptions, please see the French Department's offering of courses.

Language of instruction: English

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For specific course descriptions, please see the English Department's website for their offering course for the following:

• 603-102-MQ - Literary Genres
• 603-103-MQ - Literary Themes

Language of instruction: English

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This course is designed to provide students in the Civil Engineering Technology Program with the necessary physics fundamentals required in their field of study. Topics covered include: internal reactions, Hooke's law, shear forces and bending moments in beams, shear and bending stresses in beams, and deflection of beams.

Language of instruction: English

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This course is a continuation of the Drawings I course and is designed to develop the student’s ability to interpret and convert the engineer’s design, data and sketches into engineering drawings in accordance with conventional drafting methods using AutoCAD and Revit.

Language of instruction: English

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Language of instruction: English

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Topics in this course include: cement and concrete industries, types of concrete - plain, reinforced, pre-cast and pre-stressed, selection and design of concrete mixes, air-entrainment and additives, sampling and testing of fresh concrete, ready-mixed and site-mixed concrete, transporting, placing, finishing and curing concrete, hot weather and cold weather concreting, testing hardened concrete, concrete mix design using computer programs.

Language of instruction: English

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This course is designed to introduce and demonstrate to the students the technical design of infrastructure projects such as drinking water purification plants and water distribution systems. It introduces to the students the basic principles of hydraulics as applied to the design, analysis, and operation of water distribution systems. It shall familiarize the students with the environmental laws, regulations and directives for water to protect public health. As well, the students will examine strategies that increase the water efficiency in cities to minimize the environmental impact on natural water resources.

Language of instruction: English

Course Description:

For specific course descriptions, please see the Physical Education Department's website for their offering course for the following:

• 109-101-MQ - Physical Activity and Health
• 109-102-MQ - Physical Activity and Effectiveness

Language of instruction: French

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Course Description:

For specific course descriptions, please see the French Department's offering of courses.

Language of instruction: French

Course hours per week:

Course Description:

For specific course descriptions, please see the French Department's offering of courses.

Language of instruction: English

Course hours per week:

Course Description:

For specific course descriptions, please see the English Department's website for their offering course for the following:

• 603-102-MQ - Literary Genres
• 603-103-MQ - Literary Themes

Language of instruction: French

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Most programs include two complementary courses. These courses give you an opportunity to build a new skill or explore other areas of knowledge unrelated to your program. You can choose your complementary courses from the following domains (access to domains varies by program):

• Arts and Aesthetics
• Computer Science
• Contemporary Issues
• Mathematics Literacy
• Modern Languages
• Science and Technology
• Social Sciences

Language of instruction: English

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The objective of this course is to introduce and demonstrate to the students the major environmental concerns and to propose environmental measures for pollution protection. Students will identify and asses the environmental impacts that arise from various engineering projects, and will plan and carry out environmental impact studies. This course deals with environmental regulations; atmospheric emissions; global warming and greenhouse effects: acid rain; global climate change; effects of pollution on ecological systems.

Language of instruction: English

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Language of instruction: English

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Language of instruction: English or French

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Language of instruction: English

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This is an introductory course in planning and scheduling techniques and organizational structures for running larger construction projects. It includes the study of the critical path method for scheduling using microcomputer and CPM software, as well as cost control.

Language of instruction: English

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Topics in this course include the theory of circular, vertical, and spiral curves, the stakeout of a circular curve, analysis of topographic maps and aerial photography, area and volume calculations, and road profile design. Training is provided on electronic surveying techniques including the operation of data collectors, computer processing of survey data, and the production of surveying drawings using AutoCAD and Microsurvey CAD Pro.

Language of instruction: English

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The objective of this course is to identify the environmental aspects to design healthy and comfortable building environments. This course introduces students to the fundamental engineering concepts and design principles of building plumbing systems; ventilation systems for pollutant control; heating, air-conditioning systems; liquid and solid wastes in household; noise pollution and control; fire protection and smoke detection. Students will become familiar with the regulations and standards provided by the plumbing code as well as with the use of SPIPE and DPIPE software to design building water distribution and drainage systems.

Language of instruction: English

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The purpose of this course is to introduce and demonstrate to the students the technical design of sanitary, storm and combined sewer systems. The course also focuses on the storm water management techniques to prevent flooding in urban areas and pollution problems in surface water. The environmental laws, regulations and directives for sanitary sewage and storm water will be considered.

Language of instruction: English

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The course is a continuation of Estimating I and is designed to expand on the notions taught in the previous course. It will also introduce the student to additional costs such as indirect costs , insurance , general conditions, overhead, insurance, bonds, etc. An emphasis is also placed on reading and understanding construction plans

Language of instruction: English

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The student learns to design reinforced concrete beams, slabs, columns and footings based on the standards using in practice.

Language of instruction: English

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A continuation of course Soils I, this course includes consolidation and settlement, shear strength of soils and design of foundations. Laboratory tests include unconfined compression and California Bearing Ratio.

Language of instruction: English

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This course is designed to familiarize the students with the various environmental standards and regulations, to introduce the students the environmental technology of wastewater treatment plants, to study the municipal solid waste management, and to identify and analyze various methods for hazardous waste management and site remediation.

Language of instruction: English

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For specific course descriptions, please see the Humanities Department's website for their offering of 345-102-MQ - World Views courses.

Language of instruction: French

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Course Description:

For specific course descriptions, please see the French Department's offering of courses.

Language of instruction: English

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Course Description:

For specific course descriptions, please see the English Department's website for their offering course for the following:

• 603-BXE-MQ - Applied Themes in English

Language of instruction: French

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Course Description:

Most programs include two complementary courses. These courses give you an opportunity to build a new skill or explore other areas of knowledge unrelated to your program. You can choose your complementary courses from the following domains (access to domains varies by program):

• Arts and Aesthetics
• Computer Science
• Contemporary Issues
• Mathematics Literacy
• Modern Languages
• Science and Technology
• Social Sciences

Language of instruction: English

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This course involves the study of the manufacturing and properties of asphalt cement, full-depth pavement design and the design and testing of an asphalt-cement mix using the Marshall test.

Language of instruction: English

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Language of instruction: English

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This course is a continuation to project management I in which the framework of project management will be further discussed and applied. There will be specific concentration on project management knowledge areas such as project planning, scheduling and monitoring, quality control, scope management, resource management, changes to scope of work, budget monitoring and control and cash flow monitoring.

Language of instruction: English

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This course introduces the student to both manual and computer methods of road design. Topics including the historical development of roads, transportation project planning, pedestrian, driver, and vehicle characteristics, vehicle dynamics, stopping sight distance, passing sight distance, circular curve radius, and all stages of a road design project will be introduced. Students will work in groups to undertake a real highway design project from conception to completion, according to the Quebec standards of road design. During the implementation of the project, students will be introduced to all aspects of road design in detail.

Language of instruction: English

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This course introduces the student to the design of the basic structural steel elements using design tables and procedures; dimensioning and shop drawings of flexural, compressive, tensile steel members, framed and seated connections, bracing systems; and erection of steel structures.

Language of instruction: English

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This course is an introduction to the design of wood structures; wood structural elements used in residential, commercial and industrial buildings as well as formwork for concrete; and dimensioning of structural wood members using tables and design procedures.

Language of instruction: English

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For specific course descriptions, please see the Physical Education Department's website for their offering course for the following:

• 109-103-MQ - Physical Activity and Autonomy

Language of instruction: English

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For specific course descriptions, please see the Humanities Department's website for their offering of 345-BXH-MQ - Applied Ethics courses.

Language of instruction: French

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Course Description:

For specific course descriptions, please see the French Department's offering of courses.