Construction Management
The New Dickinson School of Law
University Park, PA
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| User Note: ● “Note: While great efforts have been taken to provide accurate and complete information on the pages of CPEP, please be aware that the information contained herewith is considered a work‐in‐progress for this thesis project. Modifications and changes related to the original building designs and construction methodologies for this senior thesis project are solely the interpretation of Steven Ayer. Changes and discrepancies in no way imply that the original design contained errors or was flawed. Differing assumptions, code references, requirements, and methodologies have been incorporated into this thesis project; therefore, investigation results may vary from the original design.” |
| Technical Assignments |
This Technical Assignment begins to examine the construction management aspects of the New Dickinson School of Law on Penn State’s University Park campus. It specifically looks at existing site conditions, preliminary project schedule, building systems, building cost, local conditions, specific client needs and expectations, the project delivery system used, and the staffing plan for the construction manager. This Technical Assignment looks at the construction management techniques employed on the new Dickinson School of Law project located in University Park, PA. The techniques used for management of this construction process were examined through a myriad of analyses including a detailed project schedule, a steel erection site layout plan, a fire protection assemblies estimate, a detailed structural systems estimate, and a general conditions estimate. This Technical Assignment starts to look at some of the potential areas for research in the future. It contains a description of the issues discussed at the PACE roundtable, a description for a BIM research effort, potential aspects of the building project that could be done differently to acheive a more favorable outcome, and finally a description on what technical analyses are planned for next semester.
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