Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 4

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Paz Muñoz, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Monica Quezada-Espinoza, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

,who, within their respective areas of competence, is responsible for executing the tasks orworks referred to in the General Law on Urbanism and Construction and the presentordinance" [3].In general, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degrees experiencesignificant early-stage dropout due to several factors: course failure, for example, in subjectsincluding physics and mathematics [4]; a low perceived importance of these courses forengineering [5-6]; a general perception of an excessive workload in engineering courses [7];and the modality of the course in question, including asynchronous online courses [8], amongothers.Related literature reports that remedial courses are used to address bottlenecks and students'delayed

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Okere, University of Cincinnati; Raymond Paul Giroux Dist.M.ASCE, NAC, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

stressful, and effective strategies are needed to help contracting parties amicably resolve issues.Proposed course design and developmentCourse Format - The course could be designed as a dual-level course that can be taken by bothundergraduate and graduate students. The class meetings could be offered once a week or as needed. Ifdesigned as once a week evening class it may attract young construction professionals who may beinterested in taking the class. The course delivery options are:  Face-to-face method  Synchronous online method  Asynchronous online methodCourse Description - Construction projects rarely go as contracted or as planned. Contract changeshappen for various reasons. Contract changes may cause work

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Cribbs, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Hariharan Naganathan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

the contracting firm and utilize the knowledge in their future semesters. The uniquenessof this faculty residency performed by one of the authors is that the author was able to transferknowledge gained to the students weekly while working on the residency. It helped the facultyresident to pre-plan the course before the beginning of the summer semester since the AGCapplications are usually approved around January of every year, and the applications detail the12-week learning outcomes. The author was able to develop the course syllabus and outlinebased on the application learning outcomes. As a new course elective, the author, who is also afaculty resident, was able to decide on the course topics and outcomes months before thebeginning of the

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raissa Seichi Marchiori, University of Alabama; Siyuan Song, The University of Alabama; Sepehr Khorshid, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

your company use to break the barriers to applying BIM? Q.2 Which dimensions of BIM does your company use? Q.3 Which BIM software and platforms does your company use? Q.4 Which methods are you using to make your employees understand BIM and its benefits? Q.5 Does your company provide any BIM training? Q.6 Which suggestions do you have to improve our current syllabus on Senior Design Class?Questionnaire for the Senior Design ClassThe second section of this study was a 10-minute questionnaire survey that was provided tostudents by the end of the semester, using an online survey software called Qualtrics. The goal ofthis questionnaire was to assess students’ feedback about the Senior Design