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Construction Engineering and Project Management (CEPM)

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Construction Engineering

and Project Management


(CEPM)

An Equal Opportunity University

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Sections
• Introduction to Construction Industry
• Personal Background
• CEPM Curriculum and Research
• Construction Engineering Career Paths
• Questions

An Equal Opportunity University

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Construction Project Participants
• Owner
– The Public Owner
– The Private Owner
• Architect/Engineer (A/E)
• Prime Contractor (General Contractor)
• Sub Contractor (Specialty Contractor)

• Regulators (Banks, Insurance, Inspectors, etc.)

An Equal Opportunity University

٢٥

Professional Experience
• Project Engineer
– Bid solicitation
– Document control
– Site layout
– Quality control
– Estimating
– Scheduling
– Safety Inspections
– Pre-construction services

An Equal Opportunity University

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Projects

Biological Pharmaceutical
An Equal Opportunity University
Complex Building, Lexington, KY
$134M
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Construction Engineering Career


Paths - Industry

0-5 5-20 20+


years years years
• Project Engineer • Project Manager • Vice President
• Safety Engineer • Lead Safety • Senior Project
• Estimator Engineer Executive
• Lead Estimator • Senior Safety Director
• Senior Estimator

An Equal Opportunity University

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Bridge: Things to Consider
• Maintenance of traffic
• Laydown area(s)
• Materials management

An Equal Opportunity University

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The Engineering Design Process

 Creative process

 Problem solving – the big picture

 No single "correct" solution

 Technical aspects only small part


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Elements of Design the Process

 Problem Identification
 Research Phase
 Requirements Specification
 Concept Generation
 Design Phase
 Prototyping Phase
 System Integration
 Maintenance Phase
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Problem Identification and


Requirements Specification

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Needs Identification

 What is the Problem?

1. Collect information
2. Interpret information
3. Organize needs
4. Determine relative importance of needs
5. Review outcomes and process

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Requirements Specification

 Identifies requirements design must


satisfy for success

1. Marketing requirements
 Customer needs
2. Engineering requirements
 Applies to technical aspects
 Performance requirements

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Example Engineering
Requirements
 Performance and Functionality

 Reliability

 Energy

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Concept Generation and


Evaluation
 Explore many solutions
 Brainstorm
 Select the best solution
 Based on needs and constraints
 Creativity
 Development of new ideas
 Innovation
 Bringing creative ideas to reality

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Strategies to Enhance Creativity

 Lateral thinking
 Question
 Practice
 Suspend judgment
 Allow time
 Think like a beginner
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Design Considerations

1) WORST CASE DESIGN

 Component variation

 Environmental conditions

 Use computer simulations

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Design Considerations

2) RELIABILITY

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Design Considerations

3) SAFETY
identify failure modes
provide protection
4) TEST
design for ease of test
5) PRODUCTION/MANUFACTURING
consider ease of assembly

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Design Group (Team)

 Engineering projects require diverse skills


 This creates a need for group (team) work

 Select members based on skills


1. Technical
2. Problem-solving
3. Interpersonal

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Design Group (Team)

 Develop decision making guidelines

1. Decision by authority (leader)


2. Expert Member
3. Average member opinion
4. Majority

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Design Group (Team)

 Teams that spend time together tend to


be successful teams
 Respect each other
1. Listen actively
2. Consider your response to others
3. Constructively criticize ideas, not people
4. Respect those not present
5. Communicate your ideas effectively
6. Manage conflict constructively

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Project Management

 Define for each activity


1. Work to be done
2. Timeframe
3. Resources needed
4. Responsible person(s)
5. Previous dependent activities
6. Checkpoints/deliverables for monitoring
progress
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Project Communication

Focus on needs of specific audience


 Who?
 level of knowledge
 their motivation – needs

 Why?
 to persuade
 to inform
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