A Pedagogical Paradigm to Support Infrastructure Projects through Coupling Front-End Planning Techniques with Sustainability Practices

Rahat, Rubaya; Ferrer, Valentina; Pradhananga, Piyush; ElZomor, Mohamed

doi:10.1080/15578771.2022.2096156

Cited by 2 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 33 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Therefore, academic institutions must incorporate sustainability topics that encompass both building and infrastructure systems, thus establishing the path to constructing a sustainable and resilient built environment for future generations. However, CM students are rarely exposed to infrastructure sustainability concepts which may cause a lack of proper skills and proficiencies to efficiently plan, manage and deliver SI projects during their career (Rahat et al , 2022b). Furthermore, a lack of infrastructure sustainability knowledge may cause construction workforces to become incompetent to deal with risks and uncertainties in designing, constructing and building SI (McWhirter and Shealy, 2018a).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A step toward nurturing infrastructure sustainability and rating systems through construction management curricula

Rahat

Pradhananga

ElZomor

2023

IJSHE

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Purpose With the increasing demand for sustainable developments, higher education should focus on teaching both sustainable buildings and infrastructure systems. This study aims to investigate the existing sustainable infrastructure (SI) teaching efforts in sustainability courses; identify best practices to integrate SI throughout bachelor’s and master’s programs under the construction management (CM) curricula; and propose guidelines for students to obtain Envision sustainability professional (ENV SP) credential during sustainability education. Design/methodology/approach This study conducted keywords search within the sustainability course descriptions under the American Council for Construction Education accredited CM curricula to locate SI topics. Additionally, this research collected inputs from the Envision Academic Committee members to develop a matrix representing the best practices for integrating SI in higher education and provided a guide with a step-by-step procedure to obtain ENV SP credentials. Findings This study identified a gap regarding the availability of SI education and offered best practices on how CM curricula might nurture such knowledge. Phase I highlighted that only two CM programs taught infrastructure sustainability, and three programs offered sustainability credentialing processes under a bachelor’s degree. Phase II developed a framework that offered a variety of pedagogical approaches and outlined the process for obtaining the ENV SP certificate for CM students in the freshman, sophomore, junior and senior years. Originality/value The findings of this study can facilitate CM education to create awareness among the future workforce and encourage them to establish skills pertaining to the economic, social and environmental implications while designing SI.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A step toward nurturing infrastructure sustainability and rating systems through construction management curricula

Rahat

Pradhananga

ElZomor

2023

IJSHE

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The Envision rating system provides a structured framework to evaluate sustainability requirements for all types and sizes of infrastructure projects including transportation, water, energy, information systems, and so on [17]. This rating system was developed in partnership with the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) and the Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.…”

Section: The Envision™ Rating Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Training Construction Management Students about Sustainable and Equitable Infrastructure through Leveraging an Envision-Rating System in a Hispanic-Serving Institution

Rahat,

Elzomor,

2023 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

A Pedagogical Paradigm to Support Infrastructure Projects through Coupling Front-End Planning Techniques with Sustainability Practices

Cited by 2 publications

References 33 publications

A step toward nurturing infrastructure sustainability and rating systems through construction management curricula

A step toward nurturing infrastructure sustainability and rating systems through construction management curricula

Training Construction Management Students about Sustainable and Equitable Infrastructure through Leveraging an Envision-Rating System in a Hispanic-Serving Institution

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About