Construction Management Graduate Programs

The Future of Construction Management

The Construction Industry today challenges the world economy with a huge volume of infrastructure related projects annually. These projects become more and more complex as advancing technology demands. The future Construction Professional will typically not only be able to build a construction project but also be the manager of a diverse and technically competent labor pool, who is able to operate and supervise large agencies effectively and be an effective business leader who can give careful attention to delicate infrastructure, labor, management and environmental issues all within today's complex construction industry.
 

Professional Roots

The Construction Management Master's is designed and directed by Henry P. Dobbelaar, Jr., who is also an instructor for courses in the program.  In his role as Vice President of Facilties and Community Relations for Stevens Institute, he oversees construction, maintenance, community relations, and security of Stevens 55-acre campus. Dobbelaar has over 25 years of professional engineering management experience, is the first past president of New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers and is an active member in the engineering and construction community. With this experience driving the fundamental aspects of the Construction Management program, students are assured that they will complete the program with a holistic knowledge readily applicable to their professional roles.
 

Thorough Foundation in All Aspects of Construction

Construction Management courses at Stevens provide a thorough overview of all aspects of the construction process, from accounting and safety to environmental impact planning and labor relations. A major objective of the graduate program is to encourage research at all levels so that progressively more challenging problems with wider research scope can be undertaken by individuals as they gain confidence and competence.
 

Cutting Edge Research, Professional Application

With 140 years of innovation and engineering education on its side, Stevens provides Construction Management graduate students with a broad selection of rigorous courses throughout the engineering disciplines and access to research projects and labs progressing the state of the art in construction materials and engineering practices.  Students gain access to experts in high-strength concrete, erosion processes and control, soil mechanics and deep foundation systems, environmental practices, and waste management.