PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The program offers BS, MS, and PhD degrees in areas related to engineering and management

of construction operations as well as science and technology of construction materials. The BS program in civil engineering is accredited by ABET.

CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT AT UHM

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Ph.D. PROGRAM Students complete a minimum of 50 credit hours in course work beyond the BS degree, pass qualifying and comprehensive examinations, and satisfactorily defend a doctoral dissertation. RESEARCH Recent research topics include safety, claims analysis, organizational effectiveness, housing, competitive bidding, project management, material sustainability, non-destructive testing, and durability of concrete. Funding agencies sponsoring the research include NSF, DOE, DOT, DLIR, and URC.
FULL-TIME FACULTY

August 2007

University of Hawaii at Manoa 2540 Dole Street, Honolulu, HI 96822

Amarjit Singh, Ph.D., P.Eng. Farshad Rajabipour, Ph.D. Randall Akiona, M.S.

Contact:

Dr. Amarjit Singh:

Tel: (808)-956-7550 Fax: (808)-956-5014 E-mail: singh@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu

Internet address:
http://www.cee.hawaii.edu/

Upper Division Courses

CEE 305: Applied Probability and Statistics (3) Data description; correlation and regression; statistical distributions; estimation of population parameters; hypothesis testing. Pre: Math 244 or 253A; or consent CEE 375: Construction Materials (3) Science and engineering of materials, properties of metals, wood, aggregates, cement, concrete, and other construction materials. Lab included. Pre: 305 & 370. CEE 405: Engineering Economy (3) Interest, ROR, payback, alternative analysis, accounting, depreciation, income tax. Pre: ECON 120/130, senior standing, consent. CEE 471: Construction Methods (3) Wood, steel, and concrete construction; masonry; foundations; walls, roofs, floors, finishes; disasters, failures; industrialization. Pre: 375. CEE 472: Construction Management (3) Management and supervision of construction, contracts, scheduling, planning, cost control, labor law, safety, partnering, dispute resolution. Pre: 375, consent. CEE 473: Construction Methods and Equipment (3) Equipment economics and balancing; compressed air, drilling, blasting, conveyor belts, foundation grouting, crushers, pumping. Pre: senior or consent. CEE 474: Construction Estimating (3) Estimating quantities, pricing, cost classifications, cash flow, overhead and profit, computerized estimating, bid preparation. Pre: 375, consent. CEE 476: Construction Planning and Scheduling (3) Planning & scheduling of construction projects; bar charts and CPM. Includes site visits/guest speakers, discussions, case studies, computers. Pre: 375, consent. CEE 491: Construction Internship (3) Internship with a construction company.

Graduate Courses
CEE 602: Construction Scheduling and Claims (3) CPM networking, resource leveling, computerized scheduling; proving claims, contract interpretation; other topics, term projects. Pre: Grad status & consent. CEE 604: Applied Cost Engineering (3) Probabilistic estimating, risk analysis; SQC; earned value analysis, C/SCSC; project control; linear programming applications. Pre: 472 and 474, consent. CEE 606: Analysis of Construction Operations (3) Line of balance, queuing systems, delay analysis, process simulation, MicroCYCLONE. Pre: 472, consent. CEE 610: Construction Productivity Improvement (3) Time-lapse techniques, crew balance charts, process charts, activity sampling; MTM, questionnaires, human factors. Pre: 472 + another construction course, consent. CEE 614: Negotiation/Alt Dispute Resolution (3) Theory and practice of negotiation and developing field of alternative dispute resolution methods and mediation. Cross-listed with LAW 508. CEE 620: Reforming Public Organizations (3) Explores reduction of difficult aspects of the bureaucratic form while increasing effectiveness and accountability. Cross-listed with PUBA 620. CEE 672: Project Management Systems (3) PMIS, org. power; conflict management; project success, team building, motivation, leadership, change and culture, OB research. Pre: consent. CEE 688: Concrete Technology (3) Properties and performance of concrete, strength and durability, economic and environmental issues, recycled materials, NDT, porous microstructure, admixtures, mixture proportioning. Pre: 485 or consent. CEE 696: Selected Topics in Civil Eng. (3) CEE 699: Directed Readings (V)

Undergraduate Electives
Students are required to take CEE 305, CEE 375, and one of CEE 472/473/474. They can select from six different construction courses to fulfill two technical electives. Students can thus enter the construction job market with excellent preparation. Graduate students also usually take the senior level construction classes.

M.S. Program
Students can choose between a thesis option (Plan A) and a non-thesis option (Plan B). Plan A includes 21 credits of course work and 9 credits of research thesis. Plan B includes 27 credits of course work and 3 credits of a technical report. A combination of graduate and upper division undergraduate courses can be taken towards the MS degree.