Graduate construction management programs in the U.S.: Lessons learned from leading institutions

Lee, Sangwook; Esmaeilzadeh, Afshin; Lee, Dong‐Eun

doi:10.1007/s12205-013-0493-8

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“…Currently, managers lead projects and organizations in the construction industry aiming to improve productivity and competitiveness (Goodman and Chinowsky 1997;Abbudayyeh et al 2000;Chinowsky 2002;Hegazi et al 2013;Lee et al 2013). Employers (i.e.…”

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Market Demands on Construction Management: View from Graduate Students

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J. Prof. Issues Eng. Educ. Pract.

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The construction industry demands managerial skills for professionals working within it, especially from those having an undergraduate civil engineering degree, which is generally pursued through graduate programs (M.Sc. degrees) in the construction management field. This paper checks how graduate students' views are relevant in order to assess and improve these M.Sc. programs. The research is performed through a survey based on a sample of 534 graduate students from several American and European universities. Using confirmatory factor analysis with the survey data, it has been corroborated that the construction management field can be mapped according to two dimensions: the infrastructure life-cycle and the organizational breakdown. Furthermore, by means of an exploratory factor analysis, six components or approaches for a graduate program in the construction management field are highlighted as important by the respondents: leadership, built environment stakeholders, innovation and quality, economics, business management, and project management. The organizational point of view is clearly identified by the students: its four variables are highlighted as principal components. However, regarding the infrastructure life-cycle, certain important facets, such as feasibility

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“…Very often this has been pursued through graduate programs (M.Sc. degrees) in construction management (Oberlender and Hughes 1987;Tatum 1987;Oglesby 1990;Lowe 1991;Walesh 1997;Chinowski 2002;Lee et al 2013;Pellicer et al 2013).…”

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“…La sociedad actual demanda nuevas competencias a los profesionales que requieren el dominio de destrezas y habilidades específicas (Vila y Poblete, 2007;Lee et al, 2013;Paslawski et al, 2015). La Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, siguiendo el objetivo estratégico de la Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), está impulsando la evaluación de las competencias transversales, en particular en el grado de Ingeniería Civil.…”

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Desarrollo y evaluación de la competencia transversal “pensamiento crítico” en el grado de ingeniería civil

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Martí

García-Segura

2016

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La comunicación presenta una metodología para el desarrollo y evaluación de la competencia transversal “pensamiento crítico” en el grado de ingeniería civil, en el ámbito de la asignatura “Procedimientos de Construcción II” de segundo curso. Se presenta una actividad de trabajo individual y en grupo basada en la discusión del procedimiento constructivo de un puente y de sus cimentaciones. Dicha actividad permite la evaluación de la competencia de “pensamiento crítico” basada en una rúbrica, así como la evaluación de competencias específicas de la asignatura. Se ha realizado un análisis estadístico, de correlación y de regresión lineal múltiple de las calificaciones obtenidas en la actividad y en la prueba de evaluación contínua individual. Los resultados muestran como casi tres cuartas partes de los alumnos han alcanzado suficientemente la competencia. Sin embargo, los resultados muestran cierta desconexión entre los resultados relativos a las competencias específicas y los resultados relativos a la competencia transversal. Estas evidencias manifiestan que la adquisición de la competencia transversal del pensamiento crítico se ve favorecida por los trabajos de discusión en grupo. No obstante, la adquisición de competencias específicas por parte de los alumnos requiere no sólo de trabajos en grupo, sino también de trabajos individuales.

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“…In the case of both Construction Management and Risk Management, the high number of contributions was mostly contextualized within the construction phase, which is recognized as an attractive thread of continual and progressive research in the United States. According to a study by Lee et al (2013), it was noted that research within construction management in universities attracts an average of USD 250K, and in some universities can reach up to USD 1$. Another study indicated The first paper related to BIM was published in 2006 (Gier et al, 2006) and it mainly contributed to academia in terms of teaching productivity analysis.…”

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ASC Conference Proceedings: Thematic Review of Considerations, Contributions and Capturing Trends in Academia and Industry

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EPiC Series in Built Environment

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For over half a century, the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) conference has progressively contributed to the built environment both in academia and industry. ASC Conference uses education and practice as the main themes to channel papers that range across different built environment disciplines. Although most contributions to the ASC conference were facilitated by US-based institutions, there is a growing international interest, hence, it is vital to recognize conference considerations, contributions to academia and the industry and shed the light on future trends. This paper attempted to thematically review ASC proceedings from 2002-2021 retrieved from ASC archives with a total of 1317 manuscripts. The findings revealed that the main themes of academia and industry have been equally recognized in the ASC conference proceedings with a noticeable rise toward industry-based publications in recent years. As resulted from thematic analysis, 11 main publication disciplines were proposed. The construction management, risk management and sustainability disciplines have been mostly served among the proposed disciplines. The trend analysis highlighted the growing tendency to integrate technology features into academia and industry research. Finally, the key research findings facilitate a robust mechanism to determine future ASC conference themes while unveiling avenues to expand international outreach and exposure.

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Graduate construction management programs in the U.S.: Lessons learned from leading institutions

Cited by 6 publications

References 15 publications

Market Demands on Construction Management: View from Graduate Students

Market Demands on Construction Management: View from Graduate Students

Desarrollo y evaluación de la competencia transversal “pensamiento crítico” en el grado de ingeniería civil

ASC Conference Proceedings: Thematic Review of Considerations, Contributions and Capturing Trends in Academia and Industry

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