2011 journal article
Linkages between Construction Engineering Education and Research
JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT-ASCE, 137(10), 887–894.
author keywords: Construction; Engineering; Education; Research; Standards
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
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The needs of the construction industry require that an appropriate balance be provided between construction engineering topics and management topics in both education and research. Because construction is less mature as a research area compared to other areas in civil engineering, limitations on research funding have made the investigation of construction management topics more feasible in comparison to construction engineering topics. Because faculty members are drawn from the pool of Ph.D. students who have primarily researched management topics, there has been a tendency for them to continue emphasis on management topics in both education and research. Other civil engineering disciplines form their research programs around the needs of design codes and standards’ development, and academic participation is high. Similar efforts exist within construction engineering; however, there is less academic participation. It is suggested that greater effort be invested in the improvement of construction process s...