CM 2018 Fall Highlights

A publication of the Department of Construction Management at Colorado State University.

Volume 12, Issue 2 Fall 2018

In This Issue: CM Awards - Recognition..............1 CM Awards - Teaching...................2 CM Awards - Creativity...................2 CM Faculty Overseas......................3 Heavy Construction Update...........3 Graduating Students Spotlight......5 CM Graduate Student Spotlight.....5 CM BoD Annual Clay Shoot.........7 CM Float for CSU Homecoming....7 CM Faculty Hosts Study Abroad....9 Key Service Project........................9 Scholarship Awards Banquet........11 CM Cares & Extreme Makeover......12 Upcoming Events...........................12

Advancing the knowledge and practice of construction management for the betterment of society through teaching, applied research, and service to local, national, and global communities.

Construction Management’s Own Brings Home Awards!

College of Health and Human Sciences Reognizes Outstanding CSU Construction Management Alumnus, Rick Tucker The College of Health and Human Sciences (CHHS) Alumni Awards recognize alumni of the College who have distinguished themselves through their career achievements, community service, and volunteer efforts. This award honors outstanding alumni from the College who, through their distinguished careers and/or service to the university, state, nation, or world, have brought honor to Colorado State University and to themselves. One or more honorees may be selected each year among alumni from any department/school within the College.

The ideal candidate must have: * Obtained a degree from one of the departments/schools in CHHS; * Have a record of distinction and accomplishment in his/her field; * Have demonstrated service to the university, state, nation, or world; * Have demonstrated achievements that have brought honor to CSU, CHHS, and to himself/herself.

This year, one of the distinguished awards fell to CM’s own, Rick Tucker (B.S., ’90), Executive Vice President of Hensel Phelps Construction. Tucker’s twenty-seven year career with Hensel Phelps has included work across the country, and he’s been responsible for projects including healthcare, aviation, hospitality, government, correctional facilities, and a winery, all with a total value of $3.4 billion.

Rick began his post-CSU career with Hensel Phelps in 1991, based in Greeley, Colorado, and now serves as the Executive Vice President with oversight of the Plains District, Southwest District, Western District, and Corporate Program Development.

Currently he serves as the Past Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Associated General Contractors of Colorado (AGC), and is a member of the AGC Management Committee. Rick is also an active participant with the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and is a Past Chair of the Colorado State University CM Professional Advisory Development Board (PADB).

Mostafa Khattab with Rick Tucker

Giving back is an important aspect of Rick’s life.

With a commitment of his time and personal contributions, Rick is actively involved in supporting local, regional and national organizations, including the American Cancer Society, United Way, and Colorado Youth Outdoors.

His service as a past co-chair and chair of the department PADB is testament to Rick’s commitment to construction education and CSU. He is highly engaged in promoting the quality of the CM program, and encourages and promotes the involvement of the construction industry in supporting construction education at CSU. As a Chair of the PADB he wrote, “I am proud to declare the CSU Construction Management program as one of the best in the United States.”

The College of Health and Human Sciences Alumni Awards are sponsored by the CHHS Executive Leadership Council and CHHS Emerging Leaders Council.

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Construction Management’s Own Brings Home Awards! (continued from page 1) Svetlana Olbina Earns Certificate of Completion for Teaching Best Practices Last year, Construction Managment’s faculty member, Svetlana Olbina, participated in the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Program in “Effective Teaching Practices.” The program provides research-based best practices in teaching, ranging from course design to active learning techniques, to developing higher order thinking skills. CSU’s program included 16 modules of online topics out of a total of 25 in the ACUE program. At the end of the course last spring, the offer was extended to allow the opportunity for faculty members to complete the full 25 modules over the course of the summer. Participants typically invested 2-3 hours per module, as well as implementing the recommendations in their classes. Olbina chose to complete the full 25 modules over the course of the summer, and has earned a Certificate of Completion from ACUE. Dr. Daniel Bush, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, and Ms. Katy Little, from the CSU Institute for Learning & Teaching, presented the certificate to Olbina to acknowledge this significant achievement. Going forward, these participants will become catalysts for promoting teaching best practices on campus, and even potential future University Distinguished Teaching Scholars.

Daniel Bush, Svetlana Olbina, Katy Little

CSU Faculty Member Wins Award at the 2018 ASEE Conference and Exposition

Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez – Construction Management The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) held its 2018 annual conference and exposition in June in Salt Lake City, Utah. Its purpose is to “foster the exchange of ideas, enhancing teaching methods and curriculum, and providing prime networking opportunities for engineering and technology education stakeholders such as: deans, faculty members, and industry and government representatives.”

The conference features more than 400 technical sessions, with peerreviewed papers spanning all disciplines of engineering education.

The poster submission was part of the President’s Farewell Reception and International Forum Poster presentations, featuring poster board presentations from faculty members of the ASEE International Forum.

Valdes-Vasquez’s poster focused on sharing best practices for the development of successful study abroad programs.

One particular aspect with study abroad programs is the development of strong partnerships with institutions hosting the students. The poster presentation provided a discussion of some of the main challenges and lessons learned from a successful partnership between CSU and EARTH University that have created a study abroad program focusing on sustainable building practices with the aim to prepare students for global sustainability challenges. The study abroad program incorporates lectures, guest speakers, field trips, students’ presentations, as well as individual and group activities. The varied activities of the serviceNEWS

Congratulations to Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez

learning project impact student thinking, cultural awareness and social connectivity.

The poster showcased lessons learned to help other institutions better understand the challenges of developing a successful partnership among international universities.

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Building Information Modeling Technology Reviewed in International Symposium Building Information Modelling (BIM) has been gaining a lot of traction within the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industry. With the increase in the utilization of BIM, it has become clear that there are some legal as well as contractual issues.

While the technology is rapidly growing in sophistication, these issues may be acting as obstacles for BIM’s even wider adoption. Given this, it is important that the current and potential users of BIM become aware of these issues to make better-informed decisions with respect to implementing BIM in their projects.

Mehmet E. Ozbek, Ph.D., was invited as one of the keynote speakers to give a talk on this very topic at the symposium entitled “BIM and Beyond: Digital Transition in Construction” held in Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, on October 12-13, 2018. This symposium brought together leading academic researchers from the US, Canada, and Europe together to share their extensive knowledge and experience.

Ozbek, 2nd from left, on ITU Panel

Mehmet Ozbek at International Symposium

In the symposium sessions, technological advancements, best industry practices, and case studies on a range of BIM-related topics were discussed. The symposium was well attended with over 500 professionals representing various sectors of the construction industry, governmental

Ozbek Presenting in Turkey

organizations, and academia. Ozbek’s talk focused on the legal and contractual considerations associated with BIM such as model ownership, intellectual property issues, liability and allocation of risks, professional design responsibility, insurance, compensation, and BIMspecific contract language.

Ozbek was also a panelist in the closing session of the symposium in which he shared his opinions on a number of BIM-related issues with the audience and answered questions.

Heavy Construction Partnership Celebrated After reaching the $3 million goal for the Heavy Construction Endowment this past year, donors and supporters were celebrated at the Heavy Construction Recognition dinner on October 25.

The event recognized alumni and industry friends in appreciation for their commitment in supporting our Heavy Civil initiative in the CM program.

was instrumental in securing the first half of the endowment goal, with support from over 80 companies, organizations, foundations, and individuals.

The initiative began over 15 years ago to secure an endowment to support heavy civil education in the program. In Phase 1 over $1.5M was raised toward an endowed chair position.

Together with APC Construction, Kiewit, and other alumni, another $1.5M was invested to create an endowment to enhance the endowed chair, providing funding for: CM Heavy Civil student competition teams, curriculum development, boot camps, industry guest speakers and other opportunities to enhance students’ understanding of the industry.

Department Head Mostafa Khattab recognized Tom Peterson, Tony Milo, Jeff Keller (CM ‘81), and Ken Couson for their leadership in leading the industry heavy civil committee that

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In 2015, Phase 2 began with Doug Patterson (CM ’76) coming forward to join The Beavers to leverage a great matching opportunity.

CM Faculty and Heavy Civil endowed chair, Mr. Jeff Wilkes (CM ‘14), talked about new activities and content that have been added to the heavy construction courses to enrich the student exposure to this sector of industry.

Wilkes also highlighted the CCA student chapter, Heavy Civil competitions teams, and new Heavy Construction boot camp courses being offered, as well as new opportunities for the future. Said Wilkes, “Because of the commitment and dedication to construction education, CM at CSU is positioned to enrich the heavy civil curriculum in the program.”

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Senior Spotlight: Glenn Brink and Franklin Alvis Glenn Brink spent 14 years in the U.S. Army, rising to the rank of staff sargeant while serving two tours of Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was medically retired in 2010 after being hit by IEDs three times and suffering from PTSD, a traumatic brain injury, and numerous other issues.

The Rawlins, Wyo., native spent five years recovering from his injuries and reacclimating with society. When he moved to Loveland in 2014 he started looking at colleges and discovered that CSU has a highly regarded construction management program. He enrolled in fall of 2015 and, after just 3½ years, will graduate in December.

Building a future through education

Brink, who spent nearly five years in relative isolation during his recovery, became president of CSU’s Student Veteran Organization and helped form a new club called Vet Net in construction management.

“The thing I really like about CSU is they don’t baby veterans, but they do provide you

with all the resources to be as successful as you want to be,” he said.

“They go above and beyond for vets.”

Brink had his choice of four job offers and will begin work for a Fort Collins construction firm following graduation.

-- CSU Source writer, Tony Phifer

Fall 2018 CHHS Outstanding Graduate

As an honor student and leader of various CSU organizations, combined with his willingness to serve others, it is no surprise that senior Franklin Alvis was selected as a recipient of the 2018-2019 CHHS Outstanding Senior Award.

When he was in high school, Alvis of Colorado Springs, was convinced he’d attend college out of state. Then his family home burned to the ground in the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire, which made him want stay in Colorado.

Participating in the design of his family’s new home made Alvis consider a career in architecture. But after he learned more about the long, expensive path to becoming an architect, a friend suggested CSU’s top-notch construc-

tion management program, where Alvis has flourished. He served as president of the student chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, and captain of the sustainable design team in the Associated Schools of Construction’s annual competition.

Then, in January 2017, about a month before the ASC competition, Alvis was diagnosed with testicular cancer. His doctors advised him to start treatment immediately, but Alvis asked if he could postpone chemotherapy until he could lead his team members in the ASC competition they had spent five months preparing for.

“It was all about who has control of the situation,” he recalls. “I said to myself, ‘There’s no way I’m missing this.’” His doctors agreed to the postponement, and the team won first place.

After the ASC competition, Alvis completed nine weeks of chemo, while maintaining a reduced course schedule. Now he has a clean bill of health, and the Honors Program member will graduate Dec. 15 with a 3.8 GPA. Like most of CSU’s construction management graduates, Alvis has had multiple job offers. He will start as a project engineer with Skanska next April, after he tours Europe.

--CSU Source writer, Jeff Dodge

CM Graduate Spotlight: Oluwatobi Oluwalaiya Oluwatobi Oluwalaiya, or “Tobi” to her friends, hails from Lagos, Nigeria.

She has a Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria after which she proceeded to work for a Quantity Surveying Consultancy firm in Lagos, Nigeria.

Passionate about the construction industry, she decided to pursue a Master’s degree in Construction Management under the supervision of Dr. Mehmet Egemen Ozbek at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. Her study focused on a “Comparative Assessment of Transportation Sustainability Rating Systems”.

During her program, she worked with the Department of Construction Management as a Teaching Assistant for Estimating II where she helped third year undergraduates build their estimating skills. She was also involved with the Associated General Contractors CSU Chapters where she served as a Graduate Liaison. She is presently working as an Engineer with Clark Construction.

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CM BoD Annual Clay Shoot Attracts Close to 100 On Friday, November 1st, the Construction Management Board of Directors hosted the annual CM Clay shoot with 49 students and 45 industry members participating. Located at Colorado Clays in Brighton, Colorado, there were several companies represented at the event, allowing students and industry the opportunity to socialize and network outside of the classroom and offices.

This annual tradition is focused on having fun and reaping the reward of hard play for hard work. While the weather was a bit cool, most were dressed warmly for the occasion, with hand-warmers distributed.

The industry supported the event by sponsoring ammo for the shoot as well as providing prizes for the raffle afterwards. A big thank you is extended to Mark Young for ammo sponsorship, and also to others,

and began the clay shoot. Some great shooters were present, not only from industry but also from our student body, including some from CSU’s shotgun team.

who helped make the event such a success: Catamount, Saunders, GH Phipps, and US Engineering.

Throughout the day our competitors moved from station to station mingling with one another on the way, and having fun with their day off of work and school competing and making new connections. Once the participants finished, they met back at the clubhouse to eat lunch, and winners were announced. Sturgeon Electric took first place and also had the best shooter on their team. After settling into the clubhouse and eating the pulled pork sandwiches that Colorado Clays provided, the raffle began.

There were 10 stations set up, and each shooter was given one hundred rounds of shotgun ammo. Once teams were established, they were given a brief safety meeting and ammo was distributed. The teams then walked to their starting points

There were some great prizes this year including a yeti cooler, automated pistol safe, and boot-warmers among others. Ending the day with a big thank you, everyone departed, and it went down as another great clay shoot event!

CM’s Record Stands for Homecoming Float Win! The CSU homecoming parade is an annual tradition that brings the campus and community together to celebrate CSU and Ram pride. The 2018 parage began on the corner of Washington and Laurel and traveled east on Laurel to the historic Oval and into the heart of the campus.

The 2018 Homecoming theme was “Tradition.” Both the CM Club and KEY floats took that to heart in their float designs this year, which really paid off! The CM Club had a 12 year winning streak to defend. They came through and won 1st Place in the CSU Float Division, and tied for the Overall Sweepstakes Award with the CSU Chinese Club.

The KEY float, which is completed through the Key Academic Cluster 5 Leadership course taught by Jeff Wilkes and Anna Fontan through the CM Department, took home a trophy for the first time, taking 2nd Place in the CSU Float Division.

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CM Faculty Hosts Study Abroad The CM European Perspectives course took 13 students and one faculty member, John Killingsworth, from the Department of Construction Management, through five European countries. The group visited 15 cities in 21 days, traveling from Belgium, to the Netherlands, to Germany, to Luxembourg, and to France.

5 Countries, 15 Cities in 21 Days

Royal Plaza - Brussels

communities visited, and their own experiences from home. They They studied the full spectrum of the examined the perceived value system built environment, from medieval sites through the many architectural Group at Cube Houses - The Netherlands of the European people, how this impacts what and how they build, periods, to the modern. The group were almost entirely destroyed and what they preserve from the met with building professionals, who during WWII from the bombing. past. All made some great new led them through some of Europe’s Only two buildings remained after friendships and redefined their lives greatest cities and architectural sites, the war, so they became the through these friendships and new such as the Cube Houses in impetus for building more modern experiences.

Rotterdam, The Netherlands. They and sustainable buildings from that point forward.

Rotterdam - Open Market Building

The group also had the opportunity to meet the humble workers who maintain 17th century windmills, and masons who work to clean h undreds of years of pollution from the cathedral stones. The daily discourse challenged the students to consider the differences and similarities between the cultures and

Zaanse Schans - Amsterdam

KEY Service Project Meets Practical Need

The Key Communities are highly diverse first and second year learning communities designed to assist students with their transition to and through the university. Based on active and experiential learning, Key aims to increase retention and academic performance of participants, encourage campus and community involvement, and promote diversity awareness. CSU KEY is an organization designed to support freshman who are mostly first generation and minority students. Students sign up for a “Cluster,” attend three classes together, and are assigned a junior/senior level student to mentor them. This creates a community of support; statistics show that students who participate in programs like this go on to have a higher success rate at CSU.

The CM Department hosts a Key Academic cluster called Breaking Ground - Building Future Leaders, facilitated by Jeff Wilkes and Anna Fontana. A big part of Key Communities is for students to get involved with their community, and the class completes a service project every fall. Key students in our cluster come from a variety of majors that have very different skills and interests, and don’t all have a desire to perform construction-related activities. With this in mind, service projects are often one part building project, and one part other service – as driven by class interest. This year, through a connection with CSU’s Institute for the Built Environment and Bike Fort Collins, the class is using the IS Lab to design and construct planter boxes, as well as completing a cold-weather gear drive for Poudre Valley Mobile Home Park near the north end of Fort Collins. The planning and delivery of the service project gets the students to think critically, engage in service-learning, leadership development, encourage community involvement, and promote diversity awareness, all objectives of the Key Academic Communities clusters.

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CM Banquet Recognizes Scholarship Recipients and Donors The annual scholarship and awards banquet has become a proud tradition of the Department of Construction Management. On October 17, nearly 200 students, donors, faculty and staff gathered to celebrate this year’s 65 scholarships that were awarded totaling over $100,000. The event honored generous donors for their continued support and commitment to CM students and the success of construction education. The night also celebrated the achievements of students, faculty and staff, and the strength of the partnership with friends and colleagues in the construction industry.

CM Department Head Dr. Mostafa Khattab closed with a toast, “Tonight we thank all our donors, students, faculty, staff, friends, industry members and all those who are contributing to promoting excellence within the CM program.

I am both proud and humbled by what we have achieved together, and I look forward to the continued advancement of the Ram Built experience at CSU.”

IFMA Deniz Besiktepe-Karaman CM Diversity: Diego Ruiz, Graciela ChairezMoreno, Ramiro Arroyo, Luis Jaquez

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of Construction Management, Jerry & Sue CraneDepartment Memorial John L. Hachmeister LegacyColorado State University CMBOD Student Leadership Fort Collins, - Ramiro Cervantes Arroyo 1584 Campus Delivery, - De’Ohndre Jackson Colorado 80523-1584 - Matt Ewertz Phone: (970) 491-7353 Fax: (970) 491-2473 www.cm.colostate.edu NEWS Submit comments or stories to: cminfo@colostate.edu

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CM Cares Partners with Extreme Community Makeover to Spruce Up Denver Homes - by Drew Smith for CSU CSU’s CM Cares program partnered with Extreme Community Makeover in Denver on Oct. 20 to clean up local residents’ homes.

Extreme Community Makeover recruited more than 150 volunteers to complete work for several projects; CSU volunteers tackled four.

The Department of Construction Management’s CM Cares program promotes service learning by infusing leadership traits, team building and ethics through community service activities. It focuses on teaming students, faculty, staff and industry partners to complete construction-related projects for people with special needs or local community service agencies needing assistance that cannot be provided by other sources.

John Tutherow, a junior transfer student at CSU, is also the student president of the veteran networking club. Tutherow took charge of the group of volunteers assigned to clear debris from the property and paint the owner’s backyard fence and porch awning.

“It is great to be able to help someone with the skills that you learn in the classroom,” Tutherow said. “Some people may not have the means to complete these kinds of projects, and I’m glad our program can support them.”

Residents Irene and Fidel Reyes greeted the CSU volunteers with coffee and doughnuts when they arrived. Everyone had some breakfast while Fidel explained what the team would be working on at their property.

Reyes Family with CM Cares Volunteers

Jackson Lines, a junior and civil engineering major, also volunteered his time to help clean up the home.

“I have lots of friends and fraternity brothers that are involved in the Construction Management program at CSU, and they recruited me to help out today,” Lines said.

“It’s cool to see they have the skills to manage a team of volunteers and also the ability to carry out the work themselves.

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