EDUCATING CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS

The speed with which the Construction Management (CM) system has entered the daily practices of the construction industry has caught educators in a lag. The management of construction and construction management were considered synonymous until construction management became a formal contracting system. Educators designed construction education programs around the needs of the general contractor and the requirements of the general contracting system. As CM became popular, educators began teaching the CM process but have not yet totally modified instructional programs to accomodate the unique requirements of construction managers. This paper establishes the differences between the educational requirements of a contracting-oriented program and a construction management-oriented program with respect to the management tools and the philosophy of those using the tools.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Riggs, L
• Publication Date: 1988-6

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 279-285
• Serial:
  • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
  • Volume: 114
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9364
  • EISSN: 1943-7862
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/journal/jcemd4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction industry; Construction management; Contracting; Education; Management; Training
• Old TRIS Terms: Management training
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Education and Training; Highways; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00470840
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1988 12:00AM