Conference Session

BIM and Other New Construction Practices

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Althea Arnold, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Construction

to cutting edge technology currently beingused by progressive industries, give students experience working in teams and making bothwritten and oral presentations. These objectives are in line with the ABET requirements forcapstone courses: (1) “draw together diverse elements of the curriculum,” and (2) “developstudent competence in focusing both technical and non-technical skills in solving problems.” TheSenior Design capstone course is a two semester course pair required of all graduating seniors inthe degree program. Students in these courses closely follow actual construction projects over thenine month course duration. Students choose from projects in commercial construction,residential subdivision construction, heavy highway or

Conference Session

Sustainable Construction Practice

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phil Lewis, North Carolina State University; Michael Leming, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

AC 2010-899: INVOLVING INDUSTRY PARTNERS IN CONSTRUCTIONENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT CAPSTONE COURSESPhil Lewis, North Carolina State UniversityMichael Leming, North Carolina State University Page 15.816.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Involving Industry Partners in Construction Engineering and Management Capstone CoursesAbstractThe objective of this paper is to share the experiences of faculty using a case study project in aconstruction engineering capstone course as part of a construction engineering and managementcurriculum. This case study may be used by others as a model for incorporating industrypartners in capstone courses

Conference Session

Construction Classroom Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Whitney Lutey, Montana State University; Penny Knoll, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Industrial and Management Engineering from Montana State University.Penny Knoll, Montana State University Professor Knoll was in the commercial design-build sector of construction in Phoenix, Arizona, from 1987 to 1999 and owned her own design-build construction firm for eight years before retiring the firm to take the full time position at Montana State University in 2000. She is the program coordinator for the Construction Engineering Technology (CET) program as well as the graduate program, Master of Construction Engineering Managment. These programs are housed in the Department of Civil Engineering. Professor Knoll teaches the CET capstone course, CET 408, Construction Project Management

Conference Session

Construction Classroom Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Chowdhury

Tagged Divisions

Construction

18 18 Senior YearFirst Semester Sem. Hrs. Second Semester Sem. Hrs.CMG 400 Construction Accounting 3 MGT 352 Entrepreneurship 3CMG 410 Concrete/Steel/Wood Des. & Con. 3 CMG 450 Construction Codes & Quality Control 3CMG 420 Internship 3 CMG 460 Capstone Project 4CMG 430 Advanced Const. Cost Estimation 3 12