Hack The Gap in Building Tech

Our goal is to assist more minorities with entry into the building construction and engineering industry by creating a program which allows minorities to learn essential tools and skills to gain a position at the entry level.

Majority of the Architecture firms, construction companies, and engineering organizations lack diversity and representation not because they chose to but because of a lack of resources.

The AIA ( American institute of Architects) Minnesota directory list shows about  200 plus architectural firms in the Twin Cities. And a wide range of other organizations that utilize drafting software to produce various types of project documents.

Primarily most of the firms and organizations use the following software:

• Autodesk AutoCAD

• Autodesk Revit

• Sketch Up

• ArchiCAD

• Microstation

What we intended to do is create a program with a curriculum that focuses on AutoCAD and Revit training. Proficiency in these tools is required to meet industry entry position standards.

The entry level salary for a typical drafting position is between $33k to $50k.

Revit Curriculum

Week 1: Core Concepts and Introduction

Week 2: Interface Basics

Week 3: Starting a project

Week 4: Modeling Basics

Week 5: Links, Imports and Groups

Week 6: Sketch Based Modeling Components

Week 7: Stairs

Week 8: Rooms

Week 9: Schedules and Tags

Week 10: Annotation and Details

Week 11: Sheets, Plotting, and publishing

Week 12: Conclusion

AutoCAD Curriculum

Week 1: Use units and Options 

Week 2: Draw more objects

Week 3: Modify Objects

Week 4: Hatch and Gradients

Week 5: More Text Techniques

Week 6: Dimensioning Techniques

Week 7: Reuse content

Week 8: Attributes and Tables

Week 9: External References

Week 10: Conclusion