Programs for Sustainable Planning and Development
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT Pratt Institute Construction Management students engage in the act of building by participating in field trips, competitions, and rigorous and relevant course work. Through their interaction with construction management professionals and hands-on experience Pratt Institute’s Construction Management students gain valuable exposure to the construction management profession that yields immediate rewards, and often leads to employment upon graduation. Some students are able to apply the knowledge from their coursework during internship experiences in construction management firms while studying at Pratt. In October 2013 the Introduction to Construction Management (CM-201) class visited a New York School Construction Authority construction site under construction by Pavarini Construction at 10 East 15th Street in New York, NY. The project included a total of 130,000 square feet over 9-floors. The students observed the construction in process for structural steel, concrete deck, exterior wall installation, ductwork, electrical, plumbing, sprinklers, and carpentry. In November 2013 six construction management students participated in the 2013 Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Region 1 Annual Competition. Pratt Institute competed against 14 construction management program teams in the Commercial Construction division. The students were provided with a set of construction document drawings and specifications, and were required to develop a complete construction management proposal in one day. They then created a slide presentation and made a presentation to the sponsor company the following day. The students also met with and submitted resumes to industry professionals during a job fair. In December 2013 the Capstone Project class presented their final construction management proposals for the Vernon E. Cleaves Regional Vocational Technical High School to a panel of construction management industry professionals. The Capstone class is the culmination project for Pratt’s Construction Management students, and includes elements from all four years of construction management courses including: schedule, budget, site logistics, site safety, value engineering, constructability, sustainability, and Building Information Modeling (BIM).
Kent Hikida, faculty Harriet Markis, Chair of Construction Management a b c
a. Pratt CM student team at Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Region I competition b. Capstone Project c. Site Visit