Educating Construction Engineering and Management Students Through Real University Projects

Abstract

In 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