Construction Management

Western Carolina University, Kimmel School of Construction Management and Technology

Research Profile

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  Construction industry

  
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  damages

  
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  Construction contracts

  
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  Construction project

  
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  Critical path method

  
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  Uniform Commercial Code

  
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  University education

  
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  Knowledge engineering

  
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  Engineering industry

  
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  Project scheduling

  

Publications

• 1.

  2012

  J.K. Yates

  University education dilemma: The challenge of balancing teaching with scholarship

  Leadership and Management in Engineering. 2012;12(2):91-93.

• 2.

  2012

  George Ford; C. Douglas Kinard III; Bradford Sims

  Measuring educational program effectiveness using the associate constructor exam

  Journal of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering. 2012;28(1).

• 3.

  2012

  George D. Ford; Robert Elliot Steffen; Robert Wayne Ford

  University freshman retention in North Carolina

  ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings. 2012.

Grants

• 1.

  Clifford Kinard; George Ford

  INTERNSHIP: Integrating Novel Technologies for Energy Revolution by Nurturing St

  4/1/2010 - 3/31/2012

  Sponsor: North Carolina State Energy Office

  Funding: $ 249,572.00

• 2.

  Ronald Mau; Donald Jensen

  Home Building Education Leadership Program (HELP)

  1/1/2010 - 12/31/2012

  Sponsor: National Housing Endowment

  Funding: $ 100,000.00

Journals

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  Publications
• Cost Engineering (Morgantown, West Virginia)
  7
• Journal of Construction Education
  7
• Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
  7
• Journal of Management in Engineering
  7
• Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
  5

Institutional Network

• Internal
  Shared Pub.
• Engineering & Technology
  4

• External
  Shared Pub.
• Western Carolina University
  6
• San Jose State University
  4
• Texas A and M University
  4
• Blach Construction Company
  2
• Zanis Corp.
  2
• Colorado State University
  2