Pathway Power
This pathway focuses on designing and planning buildings before construction begins.
What is Design & Pre-Construction?
This professional designs buildings and coordinates their plans.
Who is an architect?
Roads, bridges, and water supply systems are examples of this.
What is infrastructure?
These detailed drawings show a building's layout and measurements.
What are blueprints or construction drawings?
This technician repairs a building's heating and air-conditioning systems.
Who is an HVAC technician?
This pathway includes building, installing, renovating, and demolishing structures.
What is Construction?
This skilled worker installs and repairs pipes and water fixtures.
Who is a plumber?
This term means updating or improving an existing building.
What is renovation?
These written documents explain the required materials, installation methods, and quality standards for a project.
What are specifications?
This type of maintenance involves regular care to prevent equipment breakdowns.
What is preventive maintenance?
This pathway focuses on caring for completed buildings.
What is Maintenance & Operations?
This professional measures and maps land boundaries.
Who is a surveyor?
This term means tearing down a building or part of a structure.
What is demolition?
This computer technology helps architects and designers create and revise detailed technical drawings.
What is CAD (Computer-Aided Design)?
This process involves finding the cause of a problem and determining how to solve it.
What is troubleshooting?
An electrician installing wiring in a brand-new school is working in this pathway.
What is Construction?
This professional calculates the expected costs of materials, labor, and construction.
Who is a cost estimator?
This training method combines supervised work experience with classroom instruction to learn a skilled trade.
What is an apprenticeship?
When two construction workers have different versions of a drawing, they should locate and use this version.
What is the approved, current version?
A school has its heating system serviced before winter to prevent breakdowns. This is an example of this type of maintenance.
What is preventive maintenance?
An electrician repairing faulty wiring in a school that is already open is working in this pathway.
What is Maintenance & Operations?
This professional coordinates construction workers, schedules, budgets, and project progress.
Who is a construction manager?
This process returns an older structure toward its original condition.
What is restoration?
These devices help save energy by adjusting lighting or other systems based on whether people are present.
What are occupancy sensors?
A construction crew discovers that a measurement does not match the approved plans. Before continuing the affected work, the crew should take this action.
What is reporting and verifying the difference?