Construction Engineering and Management

Research Facilities

The Construction Computer Systems Laboratory provides a cluster of microcomputers, workstations, E-size digitizers and plotter, and other hardware for construction engineering and management research. Included are time-lapse and video equipment for productivity studies plus a variety of software for computer-aided design, estimating, scheduling, process and system analysis. The laboratory is frequently used by students for both class assignments and a variety of computer assisted thesis and project research.

The Department's substantial research laboratories have expanded into the recently completed Constructed Facilities Laboratory, a part of the new Engineering Graduate Research Center. The state-of-the-art facility contains laboratories for construction engineering, structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, and materials.

Department computing facilities for students include numerous microcomputers, and over 70 workstations. These facilities are networked to the university mainframe computer and a super-computer for larger scale numerically-intensive computing.

Due to the broad range of interests of construction graduate students, specific research may also involve any of several other departmental facilities such as the materials, geotechnical, structures, surveying, environmental, coastal, or hydraulics laboratories. For a description of other research facilities of the Department, College of Engineering and University, see Civil Engineering Facilities.