Ledbetter, B S (1985) Pioneering construction engineering education. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 111(1), pp. 41-51. ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
In the 1930's, a small number of educators and contractors began to advocate that colleges and universities develop programs in construction engineering. Through the Great Depression and World War II, they debated what the nature of construction engineering education ought to be. Following World War II, the climate among educators and contractors was receptive to the ideas which the pioneers in construction engineering education had been advocating for 15 yr. Colleges and universities began to offer construction engineering options in their civil engineering curricula.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Index terms: | option, war, construction engineering, depression, program |
| Subjects: | decision analysis, health conditions and diseases, conflict and crisis studies, software systems, engineering methods |
| Topics: | Legal Issues, Digital Applications, Research Practice, Engineering Principles, Risk Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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