CVEN 5206 (3 credits). Design Development.
Investigates the interrelationship between design decisions and building costs, and the impact of each major building system and building trade on project budgets, and schedules. Gives students the opportunity to prepare technical, marketing, and financial packages for investors as well as regulatory and financial institutions. Culminates with detailed presentations of student-developed project prospectuses.
CVEN 5216 (3 credits). Applied Construction Financial Management.
Interpreting commonly used financial reports in the construction engineering industry sector will be explored. Skills developed in this course will prepare students to become competent consumers of financial information. Students will develop cash flow models for a construction project, forecasting the impacts of the construction plan.
CVEN 5226 (3 credits). Quality and Safety.
Comprehensively studies quality and safety in the construction industry. Statistical techniques for quality assurance and control will be reviewed and applied on active construction projects. The course also extensively focuses on advanced safety management issues such as accident causation theory, economic modeling, safety risk quantification and analysis, design for safety, and emerging technologies. Skills developed in this course will prepare graduate students to be effective quality and safety managers on dynamic and complex projects.
CVEN 5246 (3 credits). Legal Aspects of Construction.
Applies law in engineering practice; contracts, construction contract documents, construction specification writing, agency, partnership, and property; types of construction contracts; and legal responsibilities and ethical requirements of the professional engineer. Prerequisite: graduate standing or instructor consent.
CVEN 5256 (3 credits). Strategic Issues in Construction.
Studies and analyzes construction top- and upper- middle management responsibilities, particularly relating to union craft labor, on- and off-site production and workmanship, construction financing, total quality management, value engineering, disputes and claims, and engineering technology. Stresses investigations to improve construction management efficiency.
CVEN 5276 (3 credits). Engineering Risk and Decision Analysis.
Acquaints students with the fundamental principles and techniques of risk and decision analysis. Oriented toward project-level decisions in which risk or uncertainty plays a central role. Introduces students to Monte Carlo analyses, influence diagrams, and various types of multi-criteria decision analyses. Culminates in a larger term project.
CVEN 5286 (3 credits). Design Construction Operations.
Considers topics associated with the effective and efficient design of construction operations. Topics include construction productivity measurement systems, methods improvement, and short interval scheduling. Introduces and applies several computer-based simulation techniques to real-world problems. Concludes with a discussion of quality control and quality assurance emphasizing statistical QC procedures.
CVEN 5306 (3 credits). Building Reuse and Retrofit.
Explores the issue that the building industry in the 21st century will be dominated by reuse and retrofit of existing structures. Analyzes the financial, marketing, design, and construction aspects of retrofitting U.S. building stocks such as the Empire State Building and the Seattle Kingdome. Develops and evaluates appropriate reuse and retrofit schemes through student teamwork.
CVEN 5326 (3 credits). Construction Project Controls.
Examines tools and techniques employed to control design processes and construction operations. Students apply advanced scheduling and estimating techniques, culminating in the concept of earned value project management. Introduces high tech project control tools.
CVEN 5336 (3 credits). Construction Project Delivery
Analysis of construction project delivery, including traditional, design-build, construction management, and multiple prime contractors. Related contractual issues and associated financing are also covered. Focuses on the owner's role in the construction process.
CVEN 5386 (3 credits). Special Topics: Engineering Organizations.
Provides an overview of the concerns facing executives in today’s engineering and construction industry. Uses case studies to introduce topics including affirmative action and human resources, project financing, company expansion, company organization, and project development.
CVEN 5386 (3 Credits). Special Topics: Global Engineering and Construction
Explores the issues associated with global engineering ventures. Students explore the political, cultural, economic, and geographic issues associated with established and emerging markets. Discussions of globalization including; (1) market issues, (2) offshoring, and (3) project scope for global projects.
CVEN 5836 (1-3 credits). Special Topics for Seniors/Grads.
Supervised study of special topics of interest to students under instructor guidance. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
CVEN 6836 (3 Credits). Research Methodology
The fundamental purpose of the course is to convey knowledge about the fundamentals of research design as it pertains to CEM. The complex and transient nature of the construction industry make CEM research extremely difficult. Often, the presence of confounding factors makes objective, standard research methods unrealistic. Therefore, CEM researchers must be aware of alternative research methods, their appropriate uses, and adaptations necessary to obtain rigorous, defendable, and reliable results.
