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A Case Study On Achieving 100% Customer Satisfactory Homes In Production Home Building, Garrett Whitlock
A Case Study On Achieving 100% Customer Satisfactory Homes In Production Home Building, Garrett Whitlock
Construction Management
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Photovoltaic Installation In Ecuador And The Amazon, David Mulder
Photovoltaic Installation In Ecuador And The Amazon, David Mulder
Construction Management
The Photovoltaic Installation in Ecuador and The Amazon is part of a collaborative effort between two major construction clubs at Cal Poly: NECA and MCAA. Four students, two from each club, traveled with two faculty to install photovoltaics for two different communities. The first project was a solar installation to provide fresh water for the community of Santa Rosa. Project number two, was a sixteen-panel installation in Shell, Ecuador for the non-profit Reach Beyond. The main goals of each project were to provide fresh water, and achieve net zero electrical consumption.
Technology Adoption By California Central Coast Contractors, Nicholas A. English
Technology Adoption By California Central Coast Contractors, Nicholas A. English
Construction Management
Technology is trending in Construction, but it is unclear if smaller contractors have kept up with these trends like larger national companies have. This survey of San Luis Obispo County specialty and general contractors queried technology adoption, specific software use, estimator age, and opinions of various estimating attributes. It found that the majority of contractors use traditional estimating and quantity takeoff methods, the majority of contractors are 31 years old or older, and that local estimators value experience and knowledge as opposed to computer expertise. Local contractors recognize the value technology can provide, but have not adopted it in a …
Carpenters Apprenticeship Internship: Student And Industry Perspectives, Chris Falco
Carpenters Apprenticeship Internship: Student And Industry Perspectives, Chris Falco
Construction Management
The Carpenters Apprenticeship Internship program is designed to provide students the opportunity to work as a construction laborer and get hands-on work experience. The goal of this study is to address the perceived benefits of the Carpenters Apprenticeship Internship with respect to the students, the industry members, and the union. In looking at the benefits this opportunity presents, any value that is aligned among the parties involved will be highlighted to convey the mutual advantages. Lastly, the demand among students for experience such as this will be assessed to see what the perceived value of labor experience is among students …
Feasibility Study Of Using Recyclable Polyethylene (Pet) Materials As Coarse Aggregate For Concrete Mixtures, Philip M. Angelo
Feasibility Study Of Using Recyclable Polyethylene (Pet) Materials As Coarse Aggregate For Concrete Mixtures, Philip M. Angelo
Construction Management
The feasibility of using recyclable household plastics, specifically those made of polyethylene, commonly used in water and soda bottles, as a replacement for concrete coarse aggregate, was assessed. A method was developed for cutting polyethylene materials into fibrous strips. These strips were then used as a replacement for the rock coarse aggregate in batches of concrete. Standard 6” x 12” test cylinders were made using the concrete mixture and subject to destructive compressive testing in order to yield the compressive strength of the concrete mix 7, 14, 21, and 28 days after pouring. Three mixtures were tested, one control with …
Kihefo Vocational Center: Kabale, Uganda, Jason Matthew Angerer
Kihefo Vocational Center: Kabale, Uganda, Jason Matthew Angerer
Construction Management
Journeyman International (JI) is a non-profit organization which acts as a platform for bringing together volunteer Architects, Designers, Engineers, and Construction Managers with humanitarian projects around the world. Kigezi Healthcare Foundation (KIHEFO) a non-profit NGO located in Kabale, Uganda is a client seeking to build a vocational center to educate the workforce of Uganda. The center will include multi-purpose class rooms, a dining hall, rabbit farm, carpentry shop, and living complex. The Architect on the project was Courtney Wedel from Cal Poly. As the Construction Manager on the project my responsibilities include; Design Assist, Feasibility Analysis, Scheduling, Estimating, and Managing …
Construction Of A Chicken Coop For Use By An Early Education Facility, Luke Cypress
Construction Of A Chicken Coop For Use By An Early Education Facility, Luke Cypress
Construction Management
There is a demand in the early education field for methods of exposing early learners to where our food comes from and how it’s produced. An excellent source of this exposure is commonly utilized in an onsite chicken-coop. These coops are in essence working farms, producing eggs and in some cases meat. While coops are not prohibitively expensive they often fall outside the scope of normal operating or educational budgets and can be difficult to fund. The purpose of this project was to identify a school that could use and benefit from a coop at no cost to the school. …
Value Engineering Of Construction Quantities: "The Golden Report", Chad J. Cornwell
Value Engineering Of Construction Quantities: "The Golden Report", Chad J. Cornwell
Construction Management
The common materials that are seen everyday on a construction project are concrete, slab dowel baskets and base. Each of these materials can be most seen on highway and road construction. This is often taken for granted since it is in our everyday life. Each of these materials were gathered from a heavy civil project in the greater San Diego area. When collecting my information in the field we gathered existing quantities of concrete, slab dowel baskets, and aggregate. After all of this information is compiled and sent to the project manager hopefully this will result in a decrease in …
Benefits Of Personalized Construction Management Software: A Case Study, Mitchell S. Brodnansky
Benefits Of Personalized Construction Management Software: A Case Study, Mitchell S. Brodnansky
Construction Management
In today’s construction industry, one of the most important aspects of any project, aside from health and safety, is the ability to increase productivity through proper management applications. There are an abundance of programs available to today’s industry (Patterson, 2015); however, some companies are creating their own versions. Many of these programs are tailored to the specific needs of the individual companies. This case study is an in-depth evaluation of personalized construction management software that was implemented by NOVO Construction. It also evaluates the employee preference of personalized software versus software readily available on the market today. The result of …
Far West Water Ski Club Floating Dock Replacement, Jeffery L. Hadley
Far West Water Ski Club Floating Dock Replacement, Jeffery L. Hadley
Construction Management
A project based senior project, the Far West Floating Dock Project included the design, procurement and construction of two 20’x 20’ floating docks for the Lake Nacimiento based nonprofit Far West Water Ski Club. Constructed of polyethylene coated floats, 4x Pressure Treated lumber, hot-dipped galvanized hardware and composite decking, the dock is designed to have a lifespan of at least 35-40 years. This case study provides an overview of the complete project delivery, beginning with the conception and research, transitioning to design and procurement, and finishing with construction and lessons learned. The overall project cost landed at $21,712.00, made possible …
Rammed Earth Compressive Testing Using Soils From San Luis Obispo, Nicholas J. D'Ambra
Rammed Earth Compressive Testing Using Soils From San Luis Obispo, Nicholas J. D'Ambra
Construction Management
Rammed earth is a sustainable building technique that has been around for thousands of years, and is still being used today. It minimizes environmental impacts by reducing the need for the many resources we use to produce building materials. The purpose of this paper is to test soils in San Luis Obispo to see if they contain the strength characteristics needed to build structural components using rammed earth. After the soils have been collected they will be mixed with a small percentage of cement, and compacted into test cylinders. A compressive test will be conducted after 7 days, and the …
An Educational Research Paper On The Integration Of Competitive Reno Skills & Knowledge Withinthe Cm Curriculum, Ivan Margaretic
An Educational Research Paper On The Integration Of Competitive Reno Skills & Knowledge Withinthe Cm Curriculum, Ivan Margaretic
Construction Management
The California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo serves as a well-respected university holding a prestigious program within the Construction Management department. The Construction Management program offers a wide variety of courses covering topics of business, engineering, communication, and most of all construction. It utilizes a learn-by-doing motto which greatly aids the students of construction as they are able to experience hands on activities and truly learn the building blocks of the industry. This is one reason why graduates from the Cal Poly construction management program are highly sought after in the construction industry outside of the college as well …
Comparison Of Energy Analysis Platforms For Title 24compliance, Holli L. Tripp
Comparison Of Energy Analysis Platforms For Title 24compliance, Holli L. Tripp
Construction Management
The 2013 Building Energy Efficiency Standards for Low-Rise Residential Buildings allow users to demonstrate compliance via two methods: performance or prescriptive. Prescriptive documentation requires analysis to be conducted by-hand while performance compliance utilizes computer modeling software to analyze trade-offs, and demonstrate compliance through alternative building design parameters. Typically computer demonstrated compliance via the performance method is the most popular choice because it allows for complex buildings to be analyzed using their actual metrics which results in a more accurate report of proposed energy consumption (Ross, 2016). This method however requires additional software outside of the tools that architects and designers …
A Survey Of Student Interest In Construction Management Students’ Involvement In Design Village Competition, Candace Nicole Stephens
A Survey Of Student Interest In Construction Management Students’ Involvement In Design Village Competition, Candace Nicole Stephens
Construction Management
Included in this paper are the results of two surveys that were designed to assess student interest in Construction Management students’ participation in the annual Design Village Competition hosted by Cal Poly every spring. Sixty-five Architecture and Architectural Engineering, and thirty Construction Management undergraduate students completed these surveys at the College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED), Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The overall student interest level in both groups was majority positive. To delve deeper into potential benefits and obstacles on this subject, along with quantitative data from the surveys, there is also qualitative data from faculty member interviews, …
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Roofing At Ac2 Auditorium: A Case Study, Jacob R. Hague
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Roofing At Ac2 Auditorium: A Case Study, Jacob R. Hague
Construction Management
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) has been used in several capacities in the manufacturing of products such as high performance cars and airplanes, as well as many other smaller products. In construction, it has primarily been used as a way to strengthen or repair existing structures, and in some more recent applications, in tension cables. This paper will examine a new way to use CFRP- as a roofing material, and will specifically focus on the design and installation of a CFRP roof installed at Apple’s new AC2 Auditorium, forming the roof for the main entrance lobby. Installed in February of …
Case Study: An Effective Model For Green Roofs In San Diego County, Charles Andrews Iii
Case Study: An Effective Model For Green Roofs In San Diego County, Charles Andrews Iii
Construction Management
Green roofs provide a myriad of environmental and financial benefits to a building and its owner. They can provide a pleasing outdoor aesthetic in an urban environment, as well as provide stormwater management and energy savings in an arid climate. California State University San Marcos completed a new University Student Union in 2014 that included a 2,540 square foot Live Roof system on its upper terrace. Supplier, contractor, and facilities team members were interviewed to analyze the success of the project from several viewpoints. The green roof was found to meet the University’s goals on aesthetic design, energy, and stormwater …
Is Zero Net Energy 2020 Actually Attainable, Perceptions Of Various Professionals Effected, Michael Aldridge
Is Zero Net Energy 2020 Actually Attainable, Perceptions Of Various Professionals Effected, Michael Aldridge
Construction Management
California has created a mandate that will require all new residential buildings to become Zero Net Energy by 2020. Some are already doing it others don’t know what it means, and some don’t think it will be possible. Those that already do it are doing it without any extra cost. All that is required is, on average, a 4KW roof solar panel system. This is something that easy to install and only requires a little more planning during the design phase. There are many other things that a designer and builder can do to successfully reach ZNE including focus on …
Integrating Bim To The Construction Industry: The Hardships, Benefits, And An Unyielding Educational Gap Between Technology And Field Application, Torrie Peth
Construction Management
In recent years, Building Information Modeling has taken the construction industry by storm and revolutionized the construction process entirely. It allows for trades to coordinate more efficiently and effectively, while providing a hands-on, 3D overview of a structure being built. Certain characteristics are more easily adoptable by existing companies than others, but there are vast "fallacies of hype" in the concept. This study will examine the effects as BIM, positive and negative, and its current usage in industry. In addition it will identify the gap developing between students exiting the university setting that has a strong emphasis on technological integration, …
Impact Of The Buildertrend Project Management Software On A Small Scale Residential Building Firm, Eric Tri Pham
Impact Of The Buildertrend Project Management Software On A Small Scale Residential Building Firm, Eric Tri Pham
Construction Management
For a smaller construction firm to maintain viability within the market place, it must adopt effective and more efficient means of promoting sales, managing subcontractors, and meeting increasingly short schedules in order to keep pace with competitors. The intent of this research is to compose a case study on a small-scale general contracting firm that is currently in the process of implementing the management software, BuilderTrend. It aims to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the firm’s standard practices prior to implementation, followed by an analysis of the software’s impact on key performance indicators including sales and project documentation. It will …
Pervious Pavement Systems For High Traffic Roadways, Kevin M. Smith
Pervious Pavement Systems For High Traffic Roadways, Kevin M. Smith
Construction Management
This report highlights the benefits and detriments of pervious pavement systems through research of existing knowledge and multifaceted experiments to determine the feasibility of implementing a pervious pavement system on high traffic roadways. With over 40,000 miles of highway in the United States alone and severe water crises in states like California and growing environmental and safety concerns, the need for pervious pavements is abundantly clear. The research conducted utilizes existing knowledge on pervious pavements and applies it to the application of high traffic roadways. The experiment tests four different pervious concrete mix designs to determine compressive strength and water …
Implementing The Last Planner System Into Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's Construction Management Curriculum, Breanne N. Forster
Implementing The Last Planner System Into Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's Construction Management Curriculum, Breanne N. Forster
Construction Management
The Last Planner System (LPS) is a method of scheduling created by the Lean Construction Institute. The purpose of this project is to introduce the LPS to current students by implementing this lean technique into a construction management lab at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Through discussions with construction professionals and college construction management professors as well as an in depth understanding of the Last Planner System, Forster has successfully created a lesson plan, complete with the necessary materials required in order to properly navigate students through the LPS. Forster is confident this exercise, when applied throughout the …
Case Study: Benefits For General Contractors Increasing Employee Knowledge Of Jobsite Safety, Joshua Salinas
Case Study: Benefits For General Contractors Increasing Employee Knowledge Of Jobsite Safety, Joshua Salinas
Construction Management
This case study examines the jobsite safety practices of multiple construction companies that have had Cal Poly student for employees. A student survey shows the different ways companies effectively or ineffectively taught their employees about jobsite safety. Since jobsite safety is the most important aspect of construction, companies should know the best ways to reach out to their employees and teach them proper safety on the jobsite. This case study consists of asking Cal Poly students questions about what they believed is the appropriate way to teach jobsite safety. According to the survey results, Cal Poly students believed that learning …
Malawi: Orphan Children’S Project, Jasmine A. Lomax
Malawi: Orphan Children’S Project, Jasmine A. Lomax
Construction Management
Habitat for Humanity International Global Village recruits and sends volunteers to work on various construction Habitat for Humanity construction projects around the world. The village of Khobili in the Mulanje District of Malawi, Africa was selected as the location to construct three homes for villagers that had lost their homes during severe flooding. For me this was an incredible opportunity to come together with a team of other volunteers to build homes for orphans and their caretaker in a rural Malawian village. The Habitat team worked with skilled local masons to build safe, durable and comfortable houses from the foundation …
Water Reduction In Single-Family California Homes, Jaclyn B. Hawkins
Water Reduction In Single-Family California Homes, Jaclyn B. Hawkins
Construction Management
Many Californian families do not realize how much water they use per day. Since California frequently experiences periods of drought, it is important for the public to understand how they can reduce their water use. This research paper explains ways that Californian families can easily reduce water consumption within their homes. The paper explains how much water is used per fixture, and how much water can be saved making modifications of updates to existing fixtures.