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Construction Management

Study Plan

Before you begin looking for resources, spend a few minutes developing a research plan. This can help you focus your ideas and help determine where you should start.

  • Look at the assignment
    • What are you being required to create? A permit, plan, or drawing?
    • What resources do you need to complete it, such as equipment or schematics? 
  • What are the key topics?
    • Real Estate
    • Type of construction
    • Specific Infrastructure  
    • Budget
  • Statistics
    • Do you need to analyze or include statistics?
  • Law and Policy
    • Do you need a permit?

Keywords

When you search for articles, books, and other information, you need to use keywords. Below is a list of keywords/ phrases or categories of keywords that could be used in the library databases. You can use this on their own or mix and match them to narrow your results.

  • Architects of Record
  • Automated Construction Equipment
  • Blueprints
  • Building Engineer
  • Building Information Modeling (BIM)
  • Civil Engineering
  • Construction
  • Construction Management 
  • Construction Physics 
  • Commercial Building
  • Computer-Aden Design (CAD)
  • Construction Permit
  • Developer 
  • Embedding 
  • Homeland Security
  • Industrial Construction
  • Master Mason
  • Physics
  • Residential Building Construction 
  • Robotics and Automation
  • UAC (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)