Conference Session

Industry Collaboration in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcel Maghiar, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

understanding ofa scheduler’s job. Their pragmatic preparation would be orientated to success if they test thecurrent business practices and/or direct applications of the subject matters in the constructionjobsite. Early in the nineties, Benjamin et. al.1 created a knowledge‐based prototype forimproving scheduling productivity; the results confirm the system's effectiveness and support thefurther development of knowledge‐based systems as tools for improving the productivity of theconstruction industry. Real-world learning based on industry project-specific context and best business practicesmay make students a lot more marketable to industry. Every student from each group is sharingcomments, opinions, concerns and experiences, field trip notes

Conference Session

Construction Safety and Risk Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jing Du, University of Texas at San Antonio; Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San Antonio; Rui Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Education, 2014 Interactive Probabilistic Risk Analysis for Construction Engineering and Management Jing Du, Ph.D.1, Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, Ph.D.2 and Rui Liu, Ph.D.31 Department of Construction Science, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX;PH (210) 458-3053; email: jing.du@utsa.edu2 Department of Construction Science, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX;PH (210) 458-3099; email: yilmaz.karasulu@utsa.edu3 Department of Construction Science, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio,TX; PH (210) 458-3054; email: rui.liu@utsa.eduAbstractRisk analysis is critical to the success of construction projects. Traditionally, probabilistic riskanalysis is based

Conference Session

Construction Materials and Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rui Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Construction

constructionrelated program started to integrate BIM concepts and skills into their programs1. Severaluniversity level BIM courses with different educational approaches were developed andimplemented in the recent years. Based on the survey distributed to members of AssociateSchool of Construction, as of 2008, less than 1% of the construction programs had a stand-aloneBIM course while 9% incorporated BIM as part of the existing courses2. By the year 2011, 56 %of all surveyed programs offered BIM courses3. Becerik-Gerber et al. noted the lack ofadequately trained BIM personnel was the major reason hindering BIM adoption in theArchitecture-Engineering-Construction industry 3. By 2013, 54 % of the programs had dedicatedand fully developed BIM class included in

Conference Session

Construction Contracts, Law and Ethics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Tymvios, UNC Charlotte; John Hildreth, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Construction

asked to state if they consider these actions to be “cheating”,“Unethical but not cheating”, or “Neither unethical nor cheating”. The students were then askedto state the number of times they performed these actions in the past year. A total of 162 studentsresponded to the first survey, of which 86.4% of them were male, and 9.9% female. In addition13.6% of the students stated they were freshmen, 17.9% sophomores, 32.1% juniors and 34.6%seniors. The percentages for both the “M/F” question and the “Year” do not sum to 100% sincethe students had the option to leave that question blank. The survey questions and the results areshown in Table 1.When the results of this survey were compared with the results from 4 it was observed that thestudents

Conference Session

Construction Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph O. Arumala, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Construction

(Hibiscus cannabinusL), it is related to cotton and okra, and grows well in many parts of the world.Kenaf grows quickly, rising to heights of 16-20 feet in as little as 4 to 5months. U.S. Department of Agriculture studies show that yields of 6 to 10tons of dry fiber per acre per year are generally 3 to 5 times greater than theyield for Southern pine trees, which can take from 7 to 40 years to reachharvestable size [1].Kenaf has two fibers: the outer fiber called "bast" and comprises roughly40% of the stalk's dry weight and the whiter, inner fiber called "core". Uponharvest, the whole kenaf plant is processed in a mechanical fiber separator,similar to a cotton gin. The separation of the two fibers allows forindependent processing and provides raw

Conference Session

Methods of Teaching and Learning in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Casey Cline, Boise State University; Kirsten A. Davis, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

: 1) Document existing training practices regarding fall protection in the construction industry, focusing on small construction companies. 2) Assess employee’s perceptions of the effectiveness of training by: a) Assessing the types and methods of training provided to employees. b) Assessing from whom employees perceive training to be most effective.A Likert scale survey instrument was developed to assess the process by which employees learnsafety techniques. Research study participants were a representative convenience sample ofconstruction personnel employed by construction entities located within the Pacific Northwestregion of the United States. All of the construction entities participating in the survey agreed

Conference Session

Construction Industry Issues in the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, State University of New York, Farmingdale

Tagged Divisions

Construction

23.239.3Among the respondents, 35.7 % were architects, 28.6% were engineers, 14.3% were contractorsand 21.4% were under others that included project managers, A/E firms, and vendors.71.40% indicated they were very familiar with sustainable practices and 28.60% (fig. 1)indicated they were somewhat familiar with it. However, 31.70% mentioned the main source oftheir sustainability knowledge came from personal research whereas only 14.60% came from thecompany training. Prior education counted for 14.60%, voluntary educational workshopscounted for 26.8%, and 9.8% came from the clients and 2.4% from other sources. 78.60%indicated they were involved in sustainable projects within the last 5 years. Very Familiar

Conference Session

Novel Methods of Construction Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca N Macdonald, East Carolina University; Erich Connell, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

its unique setting and unchartered territory. With an absence ofestablished structures or any previous student involvement, it provides a baseline for theexperience of all students and a blank canvas to see if how their knowledge or experiencestransfer to an unfamiliar site. The authors were aware of a similar project that engaged architectsand wanted to try a similar problem within their discipline.7 BOTM was developed as an openedended problem statement that would allow the instructors to engage and assess students. Theinstructions for the assignment are provided in Figure 1. The intention of allowing students todraw upon their construction experiences was for the purpose of engaging them in the learningprocess as well as their ability to

Conference Session

Incorporating Technology into Construction Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Namhun Lee, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Paper ID #7821A Conceptual Framework for Technology-Enhanced Problem-Based Learn-ing in Construction Engineering and Management EducationDr. Namhun Lee, East Carolina University Namhun Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Management at East Carolina University, where he has been teaching Construction Modeling and Information Technology, Construc- tion Planning and Scheduling, Construction Estimating, Equipment Management, and Advanced Cost Estimating and Cost Analysis. Dr. Lee’s main research areas include: 1) Information Visualization and Decision Support Systems, 2) Building Information Modeling

Conference Session

Global Education in Construction Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Grau, University of Alabama; Edward Back, University of Alabama; Guillermo Mejia, University of Alabama and Universidad Industrial de Santander

Tagged Divisions

Construction

-experimental approach fits with the assignmentof a convenience sample of engineers for the instructional intervention. The findings ofany of such quasi-experimental study, though, are still generalizable to an entirepopulation (Shadish et al. 20029; de Vaus 200210). Thus, we assessed the impact of anintensive training intervention in the knowledge and work practice of a sample ofengineers within a large Engineering-Procurement-Contractor (EPC) firm. A board ofadvisors was brought together with senior managers from the firm for the intensivetraining intervention in order to: 1) define the goals of the training intervention; 2)oversee the implementation of the intervention; and 3) provide feedback to the firm basedon the results of this study. The

Conference Session

Capstone Courses in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose L. Fernandez-Solis, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

separate ranking isdone for the oral presentations. Grades are influenced by team rankings asdetermined by outside jurors. Students peer evaluate each other for performanceaccording to posted rubrics; student project grades are affected by the peerevaluation. This approach has been very successful in the past four years and thecurrent class of 23 attracted 1 landscape urban planning, 6 civil, 7 architecture,and 9 building construction students, resulting in a truly interdisciplinary classand team composition.The goal of this paper is to showcase the framework, structure, and logic forintegrating the two courses and compares the results in terms of grades andquality of the responses from the faculty and the jurors. All classes were asked tokeep

Conference Session

Innovative Course Developments in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiong Hu, Texas State University-San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos; Yaoling Wang, Texas State University, San Marcos

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Science (BS) degree program called Concrete Industry Management (CIM). TheCIM degree is patented by the National Steering Committee (NSC) of CIM. Partnerships that theNSC initiates with target universities leads to the establishment of a CIM program in particularuniversities. At Texas State University-San Marcos, the CIM program was established in 2009.The objective of the CIM program is to produce graduates grounded in the basics of concrete’sproduction techniques and its use in a multitude of construction applications.1 The heart of theCIM curriculum is a nine-course CIM core, which covers both the technical and managerialknowledge related to the concrete industry. In this set of courses, students are provided withample “hands-on” opportunities

Conference Session

Global and Cultural Issues in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daphene C. Koch Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Construction

to social needs and an enhanced sense of civic responsibility.”2A very popular diagram to visualize this concept is through the Furco diagram in Figure 1. Themain objective of this model is to differentiate volunteering and field experiences to overlap withthe academic component to produce a true service learning experience. Page 25.341.2 Figure 1: Furco Service Engagement Diagram 7Much of the research concludes that service learning enhances the student’s education includingthe areas of: work ethic, critical thinking, problem solving, social issues, and reasoning. 1,2,3When these service learning activities have occurred during a study

Conference Session

Current Issues in Construction Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Ilyas Bhatti, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Construction

elevated highway (I-93) and putting itunderground; and building a bridge over the Charles River as part of the I-93. All in all, theproject was completed at a cost of $14.7 billion in 2003. The initial estimates were in the rangeof $2.5B - $4.5. The Massachusetts Transportation Department had contracted with the jointventure of Bechtel/Parsons, Brinckerhoff (B/PB) for providing construction managementservices including design and construction phases. 1 Page 25.342.2Biggest Challenge during Construction: Although the project had to go through an exhaustiveenvironmental review process that took several years to complete, nobody had envisioned

Conference Session

Innovative Course Developments in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; David S. Cottrell Sr. P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Candace Mazze, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Construction

engineering curricula andacademic experiences with the challenges and opportunities graduates will face in the workplace,emphasizing the importance of student-centered education and student learning outcomes thatare focused on performance characteristics needed in future engineers1. The Accreditation Boardof Engineering and Technology (ABET) has set standards for engineering curricula to focus onthe skills needed to integrate future engineers into the real world2. As advised by ABET, highereducation programs in the engineering discipline are expected to (1) create opportunities forstudents to adopt a systems approach capable of considering short and long-term environmental,societal, political, regulatory, and economic issues while identifying

Conference Session

Current Issues in Construction Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth J. Tiss AIC, CPC, State University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Construction

for newly hired personal. A current review of the Associated Schools ofConstruction websites employment page lists thirty one position descriptions with two of thesebeing for multiple positions2. When analyzing these position descriptions see table 1 for thebreakdown of educational requirements. Twenty of the descriptions required the PhD while anadditional seven of the descriptions indicate that the PhD is preferred. An important revelation isthat the emphasis on teaching is not as strong as one would expect for Construction Managementprograms. As you can see in Table 2 the teaching requirements are rather minimal and aresecondary in nature. Twelve of the descriptions did not address teaching experience at all

Conference Session

Capstone Courses in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vivek Sharma, Texas State University, San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos

Tagged Divisions

Construction

project to facilitate comparison ofscheduling and estimating numbers with the industry.In addition to the traditional instructor based lectures, this course will also include lecturesdelivered by industry personnel and laboratory activities that may vary depending upon theselected project. This assures at least six hour contact time among the faculty, the industrypersonnel and students every week. After the lecture sessions, each team has been allotted timeto seek guidance from industry sponsors on specific aspects of the project. The course topicsinclude the following as shown in Table 1. Table 1: Course Topics Topic or Subject Description Introduction

Conference Session

Construction Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas, San Antonio; Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio; Pardis Pishdad-Bozorgi, University of Texas, San Antonio; Jude W.P. Patin, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Construction

technology.IntroductionAssessment of learning outcomes for academic programs is an essential part of quality controland quality assurance. This process becomes rather intensive for professional degree programsbecause of the specific discipline requirements combined with institutional approaches andindustry expectations. Accreditation agencies, at national, regional, and discipline levels, defineoutcomes assessment as an important component in their evaluations.The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) 1 for engineering andtechnology programs, and the American Council for Construction Education (ACCE) 2 forconstruction programs place a large emphasis on the outcomes assessment and define a versionin their respective accreditation requirements. ABET

Conference Session

Current Issues in Construction Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ifte Choudhury, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

, 2012 A Study of the Factors of Construction Time for Educational Projects in TexasAbstractStudies indicate that there is a relationship between project cost and construction time fordifferent construction markets. The purpose of this study is to validate the time-costrelationship model developed by Bromilow et al.1 in context with educational constructionprojects in Texas. The model was extended to include the magnitude of the projects in termsof gross floor area and project delivery methods to determine whether these variables alsohave an effect on project duration. Data related to 39 educational projects was obtained for thestudy. SPSS® program was for analysis of the data. The statistical technique used

Conference Session

Global and Cultural Issues in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla Lopez Del Puerto, Colorado State University; Jonathan Weston Elliott, Colorado State University; María de Jesús Torres, Universidad Iberoamericana Tijuana

Tagged Divisions

Construction

. in education and construction management. Prior to grad- uate school, Elliott worked in construction project management for an ENR Top 100 general contractor in Washington, D.C., USA. For the past four years, Elliott has been a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Construction Management, teaching estimating courses. For the 2009-2011 academic years, Elliott was promoted to Primary Instructor and given full responsibility for the Estimating 2 course. In addition, he has taught several lectures in scheduling for CSU’s construction certificate program at the Denver, Colo., campus and is an Estimating 1 instructor during the summer session at the main cam- pus in Fort Collins, Colo., USA. Elliott received

Conference Session

Methods of Teaching and Learning in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Godfrey Ochieng, Liverpool John Moores University ; Andrew David Price, Loughborough University; Ximing Ruan Ruan, Robert Gordon University; Yassine Melaine, Liverpool John Moores University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

evidence from this studysuggests that, construction project management students have a strong preference for andagainst active-like and passive-like teaching methods according to their capability andfamiliarity. In relation to active-like teaching methods, the survey results showed thatconstruction project management students highly rated class discussions/group discussions.IntroductionAccording to the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) 1, learningstyles are categorised as affective, cognitive and psychological behaviours that designate howindividuals perceive, interact and respond to the learning environment. Learning can bedefined as the attainment of or depending on your theoretical viewpoint, the construction

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Nejat, Texas Tech University; Muge Mukaddes Darwish, Texas Tech University; Tewodros Ghebrab, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Page 25.262.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 BIM Teaching Strategy for Construction Engineering StudentsAbstractAfter the introduction of Building Information Modeling to construction industry in 1987, todaywe are facing an increasing demand for the new technology and the well trained professionalscapable of implementing it. Recently, the new idea of having a comprehensive 3D intelligentmodel with the ability of being extended to a 4D model has caught a lot of attention and forcedthe construction companies to move toward adopting the new knowledge and implementing it intheir projects. This is due to a variety of reasons such as 1) acquiring the new technology tooptimize project

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Chen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; John Hildreth, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Construction

the country.IntroductionBuilding Information Modeling (BIM) has been widely used by today’s architecture, engineering,and construction (AEC) industry to address energy conservation, sustainability, andenvironmental compliance of construction projects from inception to disposal [1]. Consequently,there is an increasing demand for ConE and Construction Management (CM) students who arecompetent in the BIM technology. Many institutes have already provided accessible trainings tomeet this need. A recent survey [2] regarding the current status of BIM within the AEC educationin the U.S. indicated that, among 101 respondent programs, 51% were Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) accredited engineering programs; 44% of

Conference Session

Industry Collaboration in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rogelio Palomera-Arias Ph. D., University of Texas at San Antonio; Craig D. Capano, Everglades University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Industry Outreach and Miscellaneous ExpensesFigure 1 below shows the budget distribution among the various allocated internship expenses. Figure 1. AGC Faculty Internship Budget Allocations.The faculty member school managed the internship funds and process housing and travelallowance reimbursements, however faculty salary and payroll taxes were paid two-thirdsthrough the school’s payroll system, and one-third through the sponsoring company’s payrollsystem. This allocation of salary was used in order to satisfy jobsite, worker compensation, andinsurance requirements of the host company. Faculty salary was similar to compensation for afull-time course load of summer classes at the faculty’s institution. Health and

Conference Session

Innovative Course Developments in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Kelting, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Eric A. Holt, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

alternativedelivery methods that have been recently adopted in the course. These methods are: 1) providingopportunities for students to build residential assemblies outside the classroom in collaborationwith industry professionals on full-scale projects by applying knowledge learned in class, and 2)new interactive electronic reading. This information may assist educators with developing theappropriate mix of delivery methods.IntroductionThe core subjects in construction management are scheduling, estimating and contracts, whichare typically delivered in a lecture, format in standalone classes [1]. “The traditional segmented,topic-based approach to construction management curricula clearly has been successful atfacilitating the attainment of specialized

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Wright, University of Wisconsin, Stout

Tagged Divisions

Construction

adversarial construction team relationships. It also explored ways in which such examplesof latest practice in construction may be integrated in the curriculum of an undergraduatecurriculum for construction management programs. It concludes by providing examples of goodpractice through the presentation of case studies.A Definition of BIMBIM has been defined as “the process of creating and using digital models for design,construction and/or operations of projects.”1 This definition is interesting in that it does notrestrict BIM to just geo-spatial images representing the geometry of the project as wouldnormally be associated with CAD packages. This definition also includes all digital informationrelated to the project from its inception through

Conference Session

Innovative Course Developments in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio; Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Construction

. Afterdeveloping a content understanding, in the fourth step students create complete MEP scopesheets. The fifth step, they use their scope sheets to perform digital takeoff. Lastly, in the sixthstep they assign unit costs to scope line items (Figure 1). Below, detailed descriptions have beengiven for respective steps.Step 1. Explaining the differentiating aspect of MEP specificationsThe technical trade specifications of a project are composed of architectural trades’ and MEPtrades’ work scope information. The general conditions and supplementary general conditionsare part of the technical specifications. They are provided in technical specifications in additionto individual trades’ (architectural and MEP) specifications.In general, all trades’ technical

Conference Session

BIM and Virtual Construction Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lacey Duckworth; Tulio Sulbaran, University of Southern Mississippi; Andrew Peter Strelzoff, University of Southern Mississippi

Tagged Divisions

Construction

occurbecause the server remains busy at all times updating the environments appearance andmaintaining user information. Scalability issues arise because there is no other method forquickly adding methods to the simulation which requires a complete rewrite of the script. Thesolution for this is to move the simulation external to the CVRE which entails the networkarchitecture as seen in figure 1, the communication protocol diagram. The idea is to let thesimulation language perform the calculations and report back to the CVRE the visual to be made.The reason for using this protocol for designing the simulation is to provide the ability to makesimple edits to the diagram and have the information needed to add elements to the simulation.This is a new

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhigang Shen, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Wayne G. Jensen, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Bruce Allen Fischer; Timothy G. Wentz, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Construction

of buildings is becoming easier, faster, and more accessible to theacademic community. This new accessibility to powerful modeling software is an innovativeteaching and learning tool for both instructors and students in building design and construction.The BIM modeling platform allows users to quickly identify and evaluate the impact of designand construction changes on a building’s sustainability. A review of the literature revealed avery limited number of publications that addressed how this critical development can beeffectively utilized in higher education.The objectives of this paper are: 1) to introduce an integrated, BIM-based building design andconstruction course; and 2) to demonstrate some of the teaching and learning methods

Conference Session

BIM and Virtual Construction Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Hildreth, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Construction

experience theeffect of the learning on operational performance.A graduate level course in construction planning and management techniques at the Universityof North Carolina at Charlotte included a course module on learning curves. The moduleincluded presentation of learning curve theory and an assignment requiring the repeatedperformance of a simulated operation and analysis of the resulting performance data. Studentknowledge related to the application of learning curve theory to construction was assessed on thefinal course exam.Bloom et al.10 presented a six level taxonomy of skills in the cognitive domain as, proceedingfrom the lowest order processes to the highest: 1. Knowledge – memory of previously learned materials 2. Comprehension