is the Program Leader and a Professor of Construction Management, in the School of Planning, Design and Construction at Michigan State University. He conducts research on construction management, sustainability and energy. Recent research and outreach projects include: construction project closeout process, change orders, vendor performance assessment, Post Occupancy Evaluation, construction management of steel construction, warehouse worker safety, application of LEED R to design and construction, energy codes, and energy assessments.c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Safety Training on Warehouse Worker Hazards for Structural Steel Latino Workers: Phase 2 Implementation and AssessmentStructural steel workers are at an increased risk of work related injuries due to the nature of their work. Past research has shown that increasing awareness of warehouse hazards through formal training reduces the risk of workers being involved in accidents that may lead to injuries or fatalities. Latino workers are particularly exposed to workplace hazards because the safety training that they receive is often not delivered in a language and manner that they can understand. In order to address the barriers to adequate training for Latino workers, the research team successfully obtained a training grant from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to develop an English and Spanish Warehouse Worker training curricula for use with worker training. The first phase of the project included developing the safety training curriculum which consists of six contact hour worker training that covers potential hazard exposures that result from warehousing and processing tasks. The second phase of the project included administering the training to structural steel workers and assessing the training. The objective of this paper is to assess the Spanish version of the training which includes analyzing the demographic characteristics of participants, the knowledge gained and their perceptions about the quality and usefulness of the training in their workplace. In order to meet the objective, a demographic survey and a knowledge pre-test were administered prior to the training. A knowledge post-test and an exit survey were administered after participants completed the training. The training was completed by 104 structural steel workers in the metropolitan area of San Juan, Puerto Rico in summer 2015. The results from the demographic survey indicate that 99% of participants were male and 42.2% of participants had less than 5 years working in the structural steel industry. The results from the knowledge pre-test and posttest indicate that while the training significantly increased participants' knowledge about common warehouse hazards (average pre-test score 41.3%; average post-text score 55.2%), the scores are still low. This is a common challenge when training Latino workers that needs to be addressed. The results from the exit survey indicate that 97.9% of participants believe that the training was good or excellen...

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Educating Construction Engineering and Management Students Through Real University ProjectsIn recent years there has been an increased concern over the insufficiency of funds to adequately maintain campus infrastructure. The funding requirements needed to remodel existing campus buildings and build new facilities are not keeping pace with the number of students enrolled in public universities and their needs. In order to satisfy the demand and provide educational facilities to create an environment that is conducive to learning, universities are having to search for innovative solutions for their campuses. This paper explores the involvement of Construction Engineering and Management (CEM) graduate students to assist in the pre-construction phase of university projects. The pre-construction phase includes all the work required to develop construction documents starting at the conceptual phase and ending at the point where the construction contract can be awarded. Having graduate CEM students working in real university projects benefits the university by lowering the costs that they would ordinarily incur by either having their architecture/engineering team and facilities maintenance staff or outside consultants working in the pre-construction phase of a project. It benefits CEM faculty who supervise the graduate students because it provides them relevant and current experience working on projects and an opportunity to interact with campus administrators and personnel outside their department. Finally and arguably most important, it benefits CEM graduate students by providing them a meaningful experience to participate in projects that have the potential to be built on their campus. This paper presents two solutions that were developed by CEM graduate students to address specific infrastructure needs at a land-grant university. The first solution involves a feasibility study to determine the amount that university students would be willing to pay to build a parking garage through a Public-Private-Partnership. This solution also includes a conceptual design of a solar energy sculpture that aims to blend art and technology to raise awareness about renewable energy. The second solution involves a conceptual design of a new space for a Building Information Modeling (BIM) lab. This paper contributes to the body of knowledge by highlighting specific projects that have benefited from CEM graduate student involvement and discussing ways to make student involvement in university projects more efficient and beneficial for all parties involved while managing risk.