Course Overview
This concise, self-paced online course introduces how Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing (SSMUH) projects are delivered, with a practical focus on workflow, sequencing, and coordination across the shop and the jobsite. Learners will build a clear, plain-language understanding of the end-to-end project timeline—from early decisions and approvals through procurement, fabrication readiness, delivery, and installation—highlighting how these activities often run in parallel and where common handoff issues can delay or require rework. The course also introduces off-site construction workflows and shows how prefabrication and manufacturing-style planning can be applied to SSMUH typologies to improve speed, predictability, and coordination. Participants will be exposed to the key shop-to-site handoffs (information, packaging, logistics, installation readiness) and common “stress points” that lead to delays or rework. The course concludes with an overview of the regulatory and policy context shaping SSMUH delivery in British Columbia, including Bill 44 and local approvals considerations.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
1.0
- Not offered this term
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe common Small Scale Multi-Unit Housing (SSMUH) typologies and the key delivery challenges they aim to solve (time, cost, density, predictability).
- Explain where off-site construction approaches can be applied to SSMUH projects and summarize the benefits and constraints at a high level.
- Map an end-to-end SSMUH project timeline, identifying major phases, milestones, and decision points from concept to occupancy.
- Differentiate the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders (owner, designer, builder/GC, trades, fabricator/manufacturer, AHJ) across the timeline.
- Outline parallel workflows between shop/fabrication and on-site construction, including the information and material “handoffs” that connect them.
- Evaluate why conventional CCDC-based contracting and risk allocation often misalign with SSMUH/off-site delivery and identify alternative procurement and collaboration approaches that better support integrated design, prefabrication, and schedule certainty.
- Identify common coordination and workflow risks (e.g., late decisions, scope gaps, tolerance conflicts, procurement lead times, inspection constraints) and predict their typical impacts on schedule and cost.
- Apply basic readiness checklists to verify prerequisites for fabrication release, delivery planning, and installation start.
- Summarize the regulatory and policy context influencing SSMUH delivery in BC (including Bill 44 and local approvals) using plain-language interpretations.
- Interpret how approvals and inspection requirements influence sequencing, documentation needs, and risk management strategies.
- Formulate phase-specific “key questions to ask” that support clearer coordination among stakeholders and more predictable delivery outcomes.
Effective as of Winter 2026
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