School of Planning, Design and Construction

CM News

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  MSU Student Builders and Contractors Association receives 2nd place for NAHB Outstanding Student Chapter Awards

  Published on April 2, 2019
  On Feb. 20, 2019, the MSU Student Builders and Contractors Association won 2nd place for the Outstanding Student Chapter Awards at the National Home Builders Association International Builder’s Show.

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  MSU Construction Management professor delivers keynote address at 12th annual Symposium on Sustainable Development in New Delhi, India

  Published on March 28, 2019
  Matt Syal, PhD, professor of construction management in MSU’s SPDC, attended the 12th annual Symposium on Sustainable Development in New Delhi, India. He served as the symposium chair and delivered the keynote address.

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  MSU students place first at the 2019 National Association of Home Builders Competition

  Published on March 13, 2019
  On Feb. 20, 2019, the MSU Construction Management Residential Construction Competition team took first place out of a competitive field of 37 four-year university teams from across the U.S. at the NAHB Student Competition in Las Vegas.

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  Harbor Bay Real Estate Advisors’ Mark Bell engaged audience at the April 2018 SPDC Industry Seminar Series

  Published on March 12, 2019
  The MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction held its 12th Industry Seminar Series event on April 20, 2018, in East Lansing.

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  MSU Construction Management program dominates at National Association of Home Builders Show award’s ceremony

  Published on February 28, 2019
  Construction management students, faculty and alumni from MSU’s School of Planning, Design and Construction received several awards at the National Association of Home Builders International Builders’ Show on Feb. 20 in Las Vegas.

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  MSU Construction Management alumnus Dan Hamilton works on MSU Billman Music Pavilion project

  Published on February 7, 2019
  The MSU College of Music is adding 37,000 square feet of new space to the music building, naming it the Billman Music Pavilion. This project also includes an additional 8,500 square feet of renovations.

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  MSU construction management students work to improve energy efficiency at Belle Isle

  Published on February 6, 2019
  Eight students from the MSU School of Planning, Design, and Construction Construction Management program worked on a team to assess energy performance and make recommendations for energy improvements to the Belle Isle Boathouse Building.

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  SPDC PhD student Leah Mo earns ESPP’s Summer Fellowship to support her urban environmental data analytics research

  Published on January 17, 2019
  Construction Management PhD student Leah Mo, in the MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction, was selected for the 2017 Environmental Science & Policy Research Summer Fellowship.

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  Panel of construction industry leaders to speak at Feb. 13 SPDC Industry Seminar Series

  Published on January 11, 2019
  The SPDC is hosting the 13th Industry Seminar Series Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, at the MSU Innovation Center in East Lansing. This event will feature a panel of speakers who will address the topic of residential development and construction.

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  SPDC director's message 2019

  Published on December 14, 2018
  It is a great honor to write this year-end message as I complete my first year of administration at Michigan State University’s School of Planning, Design and Construction. This year has been full of change and transformation for both SPDC and MSU.

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  SPDC construction management students travel to Barton Malow to gain experience in Building Information Modeling

  Published on December 4, 2018
  On Oct. 31, students in the SPDC’s CM Program and in the College of Engineering’s Civil Engineering Program had the opportunity to visit the Virtual Design and Construction Center at Barton Malow where students gained firsthand experience in BIM.

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  Professional Women in Building provides Michigan State University construction management students with mentors, awards scholarships

  Published on December 4, 2018
  On Oct. 24, the SPDC's Construction Management Program hosted the Greater Lansing Area National Association of Home Builders PWB Council’s monthly meeting. This event served as MSU’s Professional Women Builders Student Organization kick-off.

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  Construction Management’s Dong Zhao receives 2018 American Society of Civil Engineers ExCEEd Faculty Fellowship

  Published on November 20, 2018
  Dong Zhao, PhD, assistant professor of construction management in the MSU SPDC, was recently selected as a 2018 American Society of Civil Engineers ExCEEd Faculty Fellow and was invited to participate in the ExCEEd Teaching Workshop in June.

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  MSU Construction Management graduate student earns $2,500 Irvin Yackness Foundation Fellowship to attend program in Washington, DC

  Published on November 15, 2018
  Shay Chakraborty, a CM graduate student in SPDC earned a $2,500 fellowship from the Irvin Yackness Foundation, which enabled her to travel and attend an urban development executive program related to her master’s research at George Washington University.

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  MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction participated in the Design & Build Day at Impression 5 Science Museum

  Published on November 12, 2018
  On Oct. 13, the SPDC participated in the Design & Build Day at Impression 5 Science Museum. This was the second year that HBA of Greater Lansing and Impression 5 organized this event, and this year, SPDC was one of the 11 participating facilitators.

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  MSU receives $417K NSF grant to study impacts of social network interventions on engineering project outcomes

  Published on November 12, 2018
  In August, the MSU Construction Management Program in the SPDC was selected by the National Science Foundation to conduct research on “Understanding Impacts of Social Network Interventions on Engineering Project Outcomes.”

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  SPDC Students traveled to San Francisco in August on the 2018 Peter and Linda Riguardi Travel Fellowship

  Published on October 2, 2018
  In August, 12 MSU School of Planning, Design, and Construction students had the opportunity to travel to San Francisco, CA, on the 2018 Peter and Linda Riguardi Experiential Learning Travel Fellowship Program.

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  SPDC’s Dong Zhao selected to be a 2018 MSU Academy for Global Engagement Fellow

  Published on April 10, 2018
  Assistant Prof. Dong Zhao, PhD, in the Construction Management Program at SPDC, was named one of 12 fellows for the 2018 MSU Academy for Global Engagement program.

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  MSU receives $201K grant from Michigan Department of Transportation to conduct research on speed feedback signs

  Published on April 10, 2018
  The MSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering with SPDC have received funding from the Michigan Department of Transportation to conduct research on the operational cost and benefit of speed feedback signs.

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  MSU receives $231K grant from Federal Highway Administration to conduct research on work zone safety

  Published on March 30, 2018
  The MSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering with SPDC received funding from the FHWA to contribute to the development of highway work zone safety guidelines materials.