Conference Session

Development of Collaborative Skills in Construction Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa K. Thevenin, Colorado State University; Jonathan Weston Elliott, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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Construction

significant and positive for female(r = 0.31, p < 0.05) and male students (rs = 0.25, p < 0.001). However, while having a person ofinfluence was significantly and positively correlated with construction education self-efficacy formales (rs = 0.20, p < 0.001), the correlation was positive but not significant at the 0.05 level forfemales (r = 0.18, p = 0.175). Perceived self-efficacy, motivation, and the presence of mentorsand role models have value as predictors of career choice and student success. This papercontributes to the body of knowledge by increasing the understanding of the influence of otherson students’ academic performance within the construction education domain. Conclusions andopportunities for continued research are

Conference Session

Teaching the Business Side of Construction

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jake Smithwick, Arizona State University; Kristen Caroline Hurtado, Arizona State University; Anna Thurston, Arizona State University; Kenneth Timothy Sullivan, Arizona State University

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Environment at Arizona State University (ASU). Currently, Kristen’s research is in the fields of measurement of adult learning in the built environment and how that relates to organizational change management. She is a lecturer and project manager at the Performance Based Studies Research Group (PBSRG), at ASU. Kristen has her undergraduate and graduate degrees in Construction Management, with an emphasis on Facilities Management from ASU. In her career, she has had the opportunity to work in the building industry for large international contractors, owners, consulting entities, and recently as an educator in the field. She has seen projects in the public, private, transportation, health, and manufacturing sectors. While

Conference Session

Development of Collaborative Skills in Construction Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele M. Herrmann Esq., Mississippi State University; Lyndsey N. Miller, Allied ASID, IDEC; Alexis Gregory, Mississippi State University; J. Suzanne Powney, Mississippi State University, Department of Art,

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Construction

professional careers. Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) is theemerging project delivery method of the time and is often accompanied by the use of BuildingInformation Modeling (BIM). Construction management programs across the nation haveadapted to the changing industry needs and trends by incorporating IPD and BIM into existingcourses or creating new courses. Although educating students about the differences between IPDand other more traditional project delivery methods is seemingly straightforward, teaching thecollaborative skills needed for IPD is difficult, especially when students lack the discipline-specific expertise upon which IPD relies. These educational challenges make the relationshipbetween industry and academia of utmost importance.This

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tripp Shealy, Virginia Tech; Audra Ann Kiesling, Clemson University; Timothy R. Smail, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes

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Diversity

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Construction

management, architecture, and civilengineering programs (2-year, 4-year, and graduate degrees, 950 in total), only seven percentprovide courses with IRC related learning outcomes. A follow-up national survey toconstruction, architecture and civil engineering faculty suggests the barriers to teach codes arethe lack of available resources and low cognitive student learning perceived in teaching about theIRC. In response to these findings an online course was developed. Students learn how codeswill influence their professional careers, identifying the difference between prescriptive andperformance based codes and communicating how codes relate to the performance of a structure.Student learning outcomes are created through multiple active learning

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Torres, Texas State University, San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos; Evan Humphries, Texas State University - San Marcos ; Eric Adams, Texas State University, San Marcos

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in theConstruction Science Management (CSM) degree plan in the Engineering TechnologyDepartment at Texas State University and is a required course for the American Council forConstruction Education (ACCE) accreditation. Additionally, the ACCE accreditation requires aspecific course outcome related to using modern technology to solve construction relatedproblems through the use of computers in the scheduling of construction projects. It has becomeincreasingly essential for students pursuing a career in the construction industry to have anunderstanding of Project Management Software (PMS)7-10. Therefore, it is required and vital tothe students’ education to learn how to use modern PMS. The CPMS course at Texas State University has been

Conference Session

Mobile and Emerging Technologies in Construction

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric A. Holt, University of Nebraska, Kearney; James M. Benham, JBKnowledge, Inc.; Ben Fitzgerald Bigelow, Texas A&M University

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26.595.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Emerging Technology in the Construction Industry: Perceptions from Construction Industry ProfessionalsabstractAlthough historically the construction industry has been a slow adopter of technology, in recentyears the technology available to increase productivity and thus profit margins has seen rapidadoption and advancement. As these advances have taken hold the need for students to beexposed to this technology, to better prepare them for their careers has arisen. Projectmanagement, estimating and building information modeling (BIM) technologies are nowcommonly found in construction higher education. However, as technology in the

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Construction Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andre Lucena MA, NAIT; Don Mah P.Eng., Northern Alberta Institute of Technology; Faisal Arain, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)

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Construction

training our professionalsbetter to address the needs of BIM practices in the construction industry. There is a need for acertificate program that provides the required skillset to produce career ready professionals toenable BIM practices in the construction industry. The study findings would be of interest toBIM experts, construction professionals, and faculty involved with BIM education. Page 26.596.3Introduction Building Information Modeling (BIM) is commonly defined as the creation of a model tosupport the exchange of various types of information to multiple users involved in the design,delivery, and operation of a building through a

Conference Session

Construction Project Delivery and Control

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Tingerthal, Northern Arizona University; Robert Bruner; Alan Merrill Francis, Northern Arizona University

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Construction

Paper ID #13608Integrated Construction Laboratory - Lessons LearnedDr. John Tingerthal, Northern Arizona University John Tingerthal joined the Construction Management faculty at Northern Arizona University in 2007. His engineering career spans a variety of design and forensic engineering experiences. He spent the first eight years of his career performing structural consulting engineering in Chicago. He earned his Doctorate in Education and is currently the Associate Chair of the Civil Engineering, Construction Management and Environmental Engineering Department. His academic interests lie in the field of discipline-based

Conference Session

Construction Project Delivery and Control

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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MaryEllen C. Nobe, Colorado State University; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University

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. However, an introductory construction managementcourse provides an excellent opportunity to combine course objectives with facilitatingdevelopment of students’ self-reflection skills through discussion of the project control cycle.Particularly, this paper represents a qualitative case study conducted with first year studentsenrolled in CON 101: Introduction to Construction Management on how to convey theimportance of evaluating project performance – regardless if the project was a success or not –and facilitate development of their self-assessment skills. The purpose of the introductory courseis to provide students with a fundamental understanding of the construction industry including:different industry sectors, different career paths, and the

Conference Session

Construction Education Topics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George D. Ford, Western Carolina University; Aaron K. Ball, Western Carolina University; Sungho Tae, School of Architecture & Architectural Eng., Hanyang Univ., Ansan, Korea; Michael E. Smith Ph.D., Western Carolina University

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Construction

instructional quality. Most seniors were very pleased with instructional quality. There were negative comments about instructional quality by 12% of the seniors. 2. Career advising and career fairs were mentioned by 25% of graduating seniors as effective and important. 3. The WCU student Construction Management Club was rated as important by nearly all respondents in the sample.One notable finding was that many of the students attended Western due to the cheaptuition. Western is currently among the lowest priced universities in the University of NorthCarolina System. Several students (20%) also mentioned a need for an AIC exam preparationcourse and also for a building information modelling (BIM) course (5%).The current exit

Conference Session

Teaching the Business Side of Construction

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Construction

careers. After couple years of employment, constructiongraduates realize that they need more than technical knowledge for their advancement. Theyare expected to lead diverse group of people in every single project including owners,architects, engineers, subcontractors, suppliers and many more. Their conduct throughout theproject cultivates relationships and generates potential business opportunities with existingclients. In addition to that, there is a need for structured effort to identify and contact potentialclients in every organization. Construction project management is a profession where Page 26.413.2professionals are busy with

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Torres, Texas State University, San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos

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and anunderstanding of each document that they would encounter in their future career. They alsolearned how to formally present, organize, and articulate the necessary information required foreach construction document. The project milestone breakdown is as follows:Milestone 1: Soil Characteristics and Recommendation The purpose of this milestone is to introduce and educate the students on a major factor Page 26.1262.4that can affect concrete construction. Since most of concrete construction is placed on the soil,the type of soil and compaction of the soil can directly affect the concrete above. This projectprovided students’ an

Conference Session

Construction Education Topics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeed Rokooei, University of Nebraska, Lincoln ; James D. Goedert, University of Nebraska

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Engineer in Indiana and Nebraska. His entire career has been dedicated to the construction industry beginning in a family owned construction company. He spent eight years in the residential and commercial construction industry before joined academia. He taught con- struction engineering and management courses at the University of Nebraska for twenty three years and was Department Head for eight of those years. His current research interests include project-based ed- ucation, educational gaming, building energy modeling, sustainable construction practices, and energy conservation. He is particularly interested in the impact of his research on humanitarian initiatives partic- ularly socially and economically disadvantaged

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Construction Education Topics

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rui Liu, University of Texas at San Antonio; Rogelio Palomera-Arias, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Construction

programs had dedicated and fully developed BIMclasses included in their curriculums, while 52 % claimed BIM content was embedded inconventional courses[3]. New positions, such as “BIM engineer” or “BIM manager”, are nowavailable to current college graduates that might develop into their career paths. As thestakeholders in the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, especiallymedium to large size contractors, are progressively taking advantage of BIM technology, thestructured BIM education at construction programs is progressing at a slower pace. It is critical Page 26.1502.3to address this need with an efficient and effective BIM

Conference Session

Development of Collaborative Skills in Construction Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Jason Mischung, Arizona State University; Jake Smithwick, Arizona State University; Kenneth Timothy Sullivan, Arizona State University; Anthony Perrenoud, University of Oklahoma

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Construction

facilitate thought, the ability to understand emotions, and the abilityto manage emotions. Although researchers have adopted and recommended the use of theMSCEIT9, limitations with the measurement tool still exist.5 Even with the existing limitationsthat are present in research with EI, researchers have identified positive correlations with EI andperformance. Higher EI scores have been shown to improve performance within the workplace,amongst teams, and in leadership situations; all three of which are critical elements in theconstruction industry. Improved EI has been suggested to improve career performance due to theability to handle stressful situations that exist in the workplace.13 EI is suggested to have agreater impact on team

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Construction Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norman Henry Philipp, Pittsburg State University

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Construction

structure they designed is an invaluable opportunity that can directlyapply towards their future careers. Incorporating the competition within a constructionmanagement curriculum allows for cross-collaboration between multiple courses (e.g., buildinginformation modeling, safety, structures, project management) emulating the collaborative natureof the design-build industry. Faculty and universities who want to compete in this type ofdesign-build competition need to understand the level of commitment required for successfulparticipation. Overall university support is beneficial, but fabrication space is a necessity.Additional support from multiple academic departments and administrative units at theuniversity may also be needed. The event also