scholarly journals Innovation in Construction: New Course Development Within a Construction Management Curriculum

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. White ◽  
Veto Ray ◽  
Dan Koo
Keyword(s):  
Construction Management ◽  
Course Development ◽  
Management Curriculum

Development of a Building Information Modelling Threshold Capability Framework to Enable Global Curriculum Co-Integration

2021 ◽  
pp. 360-383
Author(s):  
Kerry London ◽  
Nicola Willand ◽  
Peng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Management ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Construction Project Management ◽  
Global Integration ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Information Modelling ◽  
Global Curriculum ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Management Curriculum

The construction and project management graduates are entering an ever-changing workforce that will require a smarter way of working. Creation, use, and management of building information modelling (BIM) models is a critical part of this smarter world. The aim of this research is to develop a threshold capability framework within the context of a broader digital construction project management curriculum to enable the global integration of BIM into a construction management curriculum. This chapter reports the evaluation of the framework through an analysis of 21 interviews with key stakeholder groups. Much effort is required to guide Australian construction practitioners to embrace a greater use of BIM in practice. This research identifies that the concept of graduate resilience skills in students is critical for the success of such a transition. Infusing construction management digital literacy is a long term and evolving exercise, and confidence in delivery capability must be simultaneously built.

Expected Competencies of Construction Management Graduates Working in China

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-24
Author(s):  
Yi Wang ◽  
◽  
Kam Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Construction Management ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Leadership Management ◽  
Management Curriculum ◽  
Traditional Roles ◽  
Early Training

Construction manager competencies in today's construction industry are the key factors of project success. Compared to traditional roles, they are faced with a situation showing a gradual shift in their roles and functions especially projects nowadays are encountering more and more complicated issues during construction phase and the increasing complexity of projects poses huge demand for construction managers possessing competencies capable to adapt to this changing industry environment by their knowledge and skills gained through training especially during their early years of construction management education received in polytechnics or universities. Such kind of training builds the foundations for construction managers enabling to develop further a way to adapt to the escalating expectations of the clients and more important related to the development of leadership, management and problem-solving skills construction organisations are looking for. This paper aim to evaluate the expected competencies of construction management graduates in China focusing on the development of construction manager during their early training and how the education institutes can make sure their curriculums capable to prepare learners for the changing needs of construction industry in China. The result of this study is to provide a theoretical basis for the excellent construction management curriculum design, thus encouraging education institutes to adopt industry-oriented approach to deal with ever-changing construction industry.

scholarly journals Evaluation of an Interview-Based Internship Class in the Construction Management Curriculum: A Case Study of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Ali Karji ◽  
Stuart Bernstein ◽  
Mohammadsoroush Tafazzoli ◽  
Arash Taghinezhad ◽  
Arefeh Mohammadi
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Construction Management ◽  
Internship Experience ◽  
University Of Nebraska Lincoln ◽  
Industrial Needs ◽  
The University ◽  
Management Curriculum

Internships have been shown to be impactful tools to connect students’ learning in academia with real-world industrial needs. To help the students to get more out of their internship experience, some universities provide a summer internship class in which students do class assignments based on their experiences during their internship. There have been numerous studies on the benefits of internships. However, the benefits of a potential internship class for students in construction management (CM) programs at universities have not yet been investigated. This paper demonstrates the structure of an interview-based internship class and investigates its effectiveness. We have focused on the CM program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) as a case study. We sent online questionnaires to the intern students who took the class, students’ mentors, and the professors who taught the class. The results indicate that despite some challenges to meet the requirements of the class, the students, their mentors, and the professor found the class beneficial. The results of this paper are expected to help CM programs with the establishment and improvement of internship classes in their curriculum.

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