Construction Management - Program Outcomes

Associate in Construction Management

Program Outcomes

  • Communication will meet standards of business writing and contain standard industry language.
  • Oral communications will assert the speaker's position and invite others to share their opinions. Language and style of communication will conform to business standards.
  • Recognize the interrelationship among your own behaviors, values, attitudes, reputation and business opportunities.
  • Match your behavior and your words with the mission and values of your organization.
  • Identify skill strengths and challenges in others so that you can highlight strengths and provide constructive coaching on challenges.
  • Use active listening skills to understand and give feedback to others and to assist in decision making and business changes.
  • Negotiation and mediation is conducted by identifying obstructions between and among opposing positions, expressing "common ground", expressing your areas for compromise, proposing potential solutions, and seeking outside assistance (perhaps even legal) when necessary.
  • Explanations will include, but not be limited to (1) all elements of a construction project divisions 1-16 (CSI Protocol); (2) the interdependence or the organizational triad among construction owner, client and consultant; (3) relationships between assembly of materials and systems; and (4) prioritization and allocation of resources that meets a strict time line.
  • Orally explain project details originating from a blue print or specifications.
  • Written plan uses standard industry language and complies with all OSHA/WISHA standards.
  • Use CAD, databases and estimator software in the management of construction projects.
  • Using computerized industry software, produce a schedule that conforms to time limits based on "critical path planning."
  • Produce a completed estimate that accurately measures and calculates material quantities.
  • Know where to access and be able to understand the application of International Building Codes as they apply to construction management.
  • Based upon a forecast of project costs, create a job cost report and complete various accounting and billing processes.
  • Students are able to explain general principles of liens, taxes, bonds and insurance as stipulated in RCW's and that impact construction.
  • The business plan identifies markets and geographic areas to pursue, potential clients, competition, consulting firms in the market, potential projects, resources to support the plan, revenue goals, earnings goals, general administration expenses, and timelines.
  • Demonstrate the unique contributions, mission, and values of your business and your unique skills and abilities (branding).
  • The written contract uses standard industry language and clearly spells out details so that: (1) assumptions are clarified, (2) ambiguities are minimized, (3) business risks are identified and minimized, (4) the business can make a profit, (5) union and non-union hiring practices are distinct, and (6) the end product meets the clients expectations.

Core Abilites Outcomes

  • Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking:
    Graduates will be able to question, search for answers and meaning, and develop ideas that lead to action.
  • Responsibility:
    Graduates will be able to respond by examining the relationship between self, community, and environments, evaluating potential impacts and consequences of actions, and making choices and contributions based on that examination and evaluation.
  • Information Competency:
    Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.
  • Effective Communication:
    Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods and tools.
  • Multiculturalism:
    Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures and experiences and the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to engage others with civility and empathy.

Fundamental Areas of Knowledge Outcomes

Communication:
Graduates identify, analyze, and evaluate rhetorical strategies in one's own and other's writing in order to communicate effectively.

Humanities:
Graduates acquire skills to critically interpret, analyze and evaluate forms of human expression, and create and perform as an expression of the human experience.

Social Sciences:
Graduates use social science research methods and/or theory in order to analyze and interpret social phenomena.

Natural Sciences:
Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Quantitative & Symbolic Reasoning:
Graduates utilize mathematical, symbolic, logical, graphical, geometric, or statistical analysis for the interpretation and solution of problems in the natural world and human society.

Certificate in Contruction Management

Program Outcomes

  • Communication will meet standards of business writing and contain standard industry language.
  • Explanations will include, but not be limited to (1) all elements of a construction project divisions 1-16 (CSI Protocol); (2) the interdependence or the organizational triad among construction owner, client and consultant; (3) relationships between assembly of materials and systems; and (4) prioritization and allocation of resources that meets a strict time line.
  • Orally explain project details originating from a blue print or specifications.
  • Using computerized industry software, produce a schedule that conforms to time limits based on "critical path planning."
  • Produce a completed estimate that accurately measures and calculates material quantities.
  • Demonstrate the unique contributions, mission, and values of your business and your unique skills and abilities (branding).

Certifcate in Construction Management Safety

Program Outcomes

  • Ability to think critically about historical and current political and social trends surrounding the profession of occupational safety and health.
  • Awareness of diversity issues that affect historical and current trends as well as their affect on the communication and training process of diverse populations.
  • Ability to communicate effectively through writing, presentation, training and through daily interaction with others.
  • Comprehension of and commitment to best practices in sustainability and global consciousness.
  • Ability to utilize basic computation skills necessary to support the above basic skill set.

Core Abilites Outcomes for All Certificates

  • Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking:
    Graduates will be able to question, search for answers and meaning, and develop ideas that lead to action.
  • Responsibility:
    Graduates will be able to respond by examining the relationship between self, community, and environments, evaluating potential impacts and consequences of actions, and making choices and contributions based on that examination and evaluation.
  • Information Competency:
    Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.
  • Effective Communication:
    Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods and tools.
  • Multiculturalism:
    Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures and experiences and the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to engage others with civility and empathy.

Fundamental Areas of Knowledge Outcomes

Communication:
Graduates identify, analyze, and evaluate rhetorical strategies in one's own and other's writing in order to communicate effectively.

Humanities:
Graduates acquire skills to critically interpret, analyze and evaluate forms of human expression, and create and perform as an expression of the human experience.

Social Sciences:
Graduates use social science research methods and/or theory in order to analyze and interpret social phenomena.

Natural Sciences:
Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Quantitative & Symbolic Reasoning:
Graduates utilize mathematical, symbolic, logical, graphical, geometric, or statistical analysis for the interpretation and solution of problems in the natural world and human society.

 

Stephen Bridgeford
Program Coordinator / Specialist
253-964-6452