Construction Engineering Management and RAPIDS flyer (PDF)

Technological
and managerial evolution of the
construction industry during the last
two decades demands a new
generation of modern construction
professionals. To successfully
compete in national and international
arenas during all phases of a project,
construction organizations need
managers with strong leadership and
interpersonal skills that supplement
solid technical and management
competence. These professionals
manage projects through vision,
strategic planning, and communication.
They also work within integrated
project teams and are committed to
total quality. They blend technical and
management skills, understand the
financial, legal and technological
issues involved in a project, and are
sensitive to environmental concerns.
The discipline of Construction
Engineering and Management (CEM)
is structured to develop this type of
professional. The academic program
includes a set of construction technical
core courses, supplemented by
electives that can be used to
customize a plan of study that adapts
to a student's specific career interests.
Students are encouraged to take
courses from other areas of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, and from
various other academic units at
Georgia Tech.
The program emphasizes managing
the close relationship among activities
throughout the life-cycle of a project,
from initial planning to ultimate
disposal, decommissioning and/or
rehabilitation. A unique aspect of the
CEM program is its close collaboration
with the various academic programs
within the college and the College of
Architecture, including the building
construction, architecture, and city
planning programs. Students benefit
from access to courses in these
disciplines. Georgia Tech's strong
university and industry interface
enables the CEM program to call upon
major local, national, and international
design and construction firms as
sources of data and a "living
laboratory" of construction activities.
They provide guest speakers for
seminars, special classroom activities,
data for team projects, assignments,
classroom examples, and
opportunities for site visits and field
trips.
A strong and active research program
in construction engineering and
management funded by the National
Science Foundation (NSF),
Construction Industry Institute (CII),
Georgia Department of Transportation
(GDOT), National Cooperative
Highway and Research Program
(NCHRP), and various industry
partners provide an excellent
complement to the educational
component of the program.
Courses offered:
• Construction Engineering and
Management
• Construction Operations & Methods
• Estimating and Scheduling
• Front End Planning & Monitoring
• Construction Project Planning
• Productivity and Project Controls
• Project Delivery and Procurement
• Construction Organizations
• Construction Field Engineering
• Computer Applications for
Construction
• Sensing in Civil Engineering Using
Emerging Technologies
• Construction Safety
• Construction Law and Advanced
Dispute Resolution
• Construction Best Practices
• Construction Industry Seminar
To receive application materials and information regarding graduate studies, please contact the
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate Program, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0355
Phone +1 (404) 894-2246 ● Fax+1 (404) 385-0571 ● E-mail: gradinfo@ce.gatech.edu ● Website: http://www.gradinfo.ce.gatech.edu

Today's
construction and transportation
operations lack communication of key
essential information under project
stakeholders. Tracking the location
and status of resources in real-time,
understanding the spatial constraints,
and monitor, analyze, and record site
activities and conditions are a few of
the facts that become increasingly
important to base decision making on
solid information content.
Dr. Jochen Teizer heads the Realtime
Acquisition and Processing for
Information Decision Systems
(RAPIDS) laboratory which is located
in the School of Civil and
Environmental Engineering at the
Georgia Institute of Technology. This
laboratory is supported by various
funding sources and uses commercial
as well as prototype sensing
technologies that allow the diverse
gathering of construction and
transportation project data. Presently,
this research group concentrates on
developing data processing methods
for an inference management
framework in the areas of real-time 4D
site management and real-time active
safety.
making. Due to the complex nature of
construction and transportation
projects, in recent years, visualization,
modeling, and simulation of
construction and transportation
infrastructure environments have
increased the interest in sensing
technologies to solve some of the
problems. A research objective of the
Real-time Automated Project
Information and Decision Systems
(RAPIDS)
laboratory is to apply existing and
emerging sensing technologies and to
assist in their development. Similarly to
rapids in the nature, "RAPIDS" quickly
transforms the vast flow of "data" into a
stable and useful flow of "information"
at a controlled level. To tackle some of
the existing problems in construction
and transportation, research efforts
focus on integrating these
technologies in the decision process
by first identifying and measuring data
accurately, then processing the data to
useful information, and finally to be
able to provide and assist decision
making with relevant information
values.
Technologies that are available in
the RAPIDS laboratory for real-time
data acquisition and processing are:
• High-Definition Laser Scanner (HD-
LADAR) and 2D Laser Scanners
• Ultra-Wideband Wireless 3D
Locating and Tracking (UWB)
• Near-Infrared 3D Video Range
Imaging Camera (Flash LADAR)
• Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
• Global Positioning System (GPS)
• Robotic Total Station
• Latest computational hardware and
software, etc.
Research currently focuses in the
following areas:
• Project Information Management
• Rapid Construction and Logistics
• 3D/4D Modeling and Constructability
• Bridge Infrastructure Assessment
• Real-time Active Work Zone Safety
• Security of Infrastructure Assets
• Monitoring Productivity and Progress
• Machine Positioning, Guidance, and
Control In Real-Time
• Tracking of Construction Resources
(Equipment, Material, Personnel)
• Cost-Benefit Analysis of Technology
• Pedestrian Safety and Automated
Signaling, Wildlife Crossing
• Queue Management and Vehicle
Counting using Range Sensing
• Building Evacuation Routes
• Image Processing/Machine Vision
Constructability, productivity, safety,
budget and schedule planning and
executing are critical tasks for
construction managers. They often
require fast and accurate decision
For more information concerning the research program, please contact:
Dr. Jochen Teizer, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0355
Phone +1 (404) 894-8269 ● Fax + 1 (404) 894-2278 ● E-Mail: teizer@gatech.edu ● Visit our website at http://www.rapids.gatech.edu