Major Minor
Major in Construction Management
Manage construction projects • Get job site experience • Graduate ready for the construction profession
John Brown University
2000 W. University St.,
Siloam Springs, AR 72761
479-524-9500
jbuinfo@jbu.edu
What are you looking for?
In the construction management major, you'll get practical, hands-on experience to prepare you for your career in managing complex building projects. You'll start on construction sites your freshman year and lead projects by your senior year.
Start your applicationThe construction management major boasts a 100% job placement rate with new graduates. Global companies consistently come to JBU to recruit our CM students for internships and jobs.
Through JBU's Eagle Construction, you'll work on real-world projects starting as a freshman. Students learn how to work with contractors, managers and other workers and then as a senior are assigned to manage a construction project.
Learn the software construction professionals use to design, schedule, estimate and manage projects.
As part of your capstone course, you'll oversee a project from start to finish by planning, estimating, procuring materials, executing projects, supervising underclassmen students and coordinating subcontractors for the job.
The full-time and adjunct faculty at JBU CM have extensive experience in the construction field and provide students with a clear perspective on the professional or service world they are preparing for.
JBU’s Balzer Technology Center, built in 2011, houses CM classrooms, a computer lab, technical labs (concrete, soils, and safety) and shop areas (high bay) for year round building projects with equipment, tools, and technology for hands-on application of classroom concepts.
JBU CM students are recruited for internships and after college employment by numerous industry-leading companies like Turner, Nabholz, Crossland, Flintco, Caddell, and Rausch Coleman, all of whom appreciate the value of the JBU construction management graduate. Graduating seniors have a high placement rate, with some receiving multiple offers.
Our CM students compete against other schools in regional and national competitions to demonstrate their skills. Students develop a project proposal for a major project at the TEXO/ASC Student Competition or tackle tough ethical issues at the AIC Ethics Competition. JBU teams place every year.
The CM program integrates engineering and design concepts, project management and business skills, the latest computer applications, hands-on experience, and communication skills to develop individuals prepared to become the problem-solving leaders sought after in the construction profession.
There is a great call to create shelter. Our experienced faculty members will teach you how to manage construction projects, sites and teams.
Instruction in and application of basic construction techniques by involvement in an actual construction project. Also included is instruction adequate to earn the ten-hour Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Certificate.
A comprehensive study of the roles and responsibilities of the professional construction manager. Includes a survey of the various construction industry sectors (residential, commercial, industrial, highway, etc.) and other professionals involved in the built environment (architects, engineers, owners, trades, etc.). Also includes orientation to work on a construction site.
A capstone experience involving application of management techniques on an actual construction project. Planning, estimating, procurement, project execution, supervision of CM 1101/CM 1011 students, and coordinating subcontractors is included.
A study of the management aspects of the construction industry including firm organization, roles and responsibilities, contracts, specifications, bonding and insurance, labor relations, and labor law. Ethical issues relevant to construction are discussed.
Rick Faust, Assistant Professor, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Minnesota State University at Moorhead in 1979. In 1986 he finished an Associate’s degree in Building Construction from JBU and spent the next several years designing and building homes and other wood frame structures in NW Arkansas and at various U.S. and Mexican locations where he lead church teams on short term mission projects. In 1991 Rick settled in Siloam Springs and started his own residential design company - Upright Design, Inc. which specializes in designing local custom homes and custom stock home plans for publication on the internet and through local magazine outlets such as Lowe’s. Rick is also a Certified Professional Building Designer (CPBD). Along with his design experience, Rick has a great deal of firsthand knowledge in construction methods and materials from all the structures he has both designed and built himself. He completed Master’s in Engineering Technology with an emphasis on Construction at Pittsburg State University May, 2013. He and his wife, Connie, have three children and two grandchildren.
Associate Professor of Construction Management
Equip yourself for a successful career and a life of purpose.
John Brown University
2000 W. University St., Siloam Springs, AR 72761
479-524-9500 jbuinfo@jbu.edu
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