CON 4902 - Construction Management Capstone II2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 4 credits
Course Description
This course is the second of a two-course Construction Management capstone project experience. Students form multidisciplinary teams and produce programs and designs that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety and welfare. Students consider global, cultural, social/societal, environmental, and economic factors in their projects. The team members work together to provide leadership within a collaborative and inclusive environment where they establish goals, plan tasks, and meet deadlines, and analyze risk and uncertainty.
This course focuses on project management details for the project from CON 4901 - Capstone I. The students develop cost estimates, detailed schedules, reports, and other details in order to thoroughly convey the construction agenda to faculty and stakeholders. Knowledge and skills learned in prerequisite course work are integrated into this course. Students must effectively communicate their plans to stakeholders throughout the semester and defend their solutions to a panel of experienced construction professionals at the end of the course.
The CAECM Capstone Handbook applies to this course, and the handbook provides full details for the student’s entry to and satisfactory completion of the course. (prereq: CON 4901 , senior standing, cumulative and major GPA greater than or equal to 2.00)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Develop an entire project from conceptualization to completion, including construction feasibility, selection of methods of construction, schedule, budget, logistics and economics
- Utilize the student’s knowledge of prior course work
- Develop advanced presentation and communication skills, building on the student’s basic skills learned from prior course work
- Integrate elements of sustainable design into the project
- Compare and contrast reasonable solutions and decide on the optimal solution
- Generate and facilitate work relationships with faculty and fellow students akin to those found in industry
- Successfully collaborate in a multidisciplinary, team-based environment
Prerequisites by Topic
Laboratory Topics
(Subject to change based on the current year’s project):
- Finalization of detailed budgets, schedules, construction logistics plans
- Design and develop a quality assurance/quality control process
- Finalization of general conditions and construction contracts
- Presentations to clients and other industry professionals
Coordinator
Mark Rounds
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