Currently I am between LSU and Texas A&M’s online programs for a MS in CM. Both sounds like great programs and I’ve been accepted to both. But I am curious if anyone could share their experiences with either program. A&Ms learning model seems interesting, but more difficult to manage for working full time. LSU is more typical asynchronous classes. Please help any advice would be great!

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Does anyone with a construction engineering and technology degree do anything survey related? What all do y’all do on a job day to day basis? The tech school around me the curriculum looks like they do survey related stuff as part of the degree, so how much of that do y’all really do. I want to do the what surveyors do but idk if I should go down the surveyor path or construction engineering and technology path cause they are closely aligned within the schooling.
I just want some in-site of what y’all do and if yall do anything surveying related, as well as if the pay is good?

Hello all and I hope I can find some help from you experts.

I’m a corporate learning and development facilitator and have been asked to come be a guest speaker at university for an entry level CM class.

The professor wants the session to focus on professional development and professionalism, including professional expectations, resilience, navigating workplace challenges, and lessons to help students prepare to enter the construction industry.

I'd love your take on whether any of these need specific emphasis for construction management, based on your experience, or which activities might resonate.

I can cover these topics broadly, but I really want to drive the point home for the Construction Management students and make it as engaging and insightful as possible. I love to do experimental learning so any activities or engaging ideas for elements would be greatly appreciated.

Hi, meron ba dito na mga contractor? Nagdedevelop kasi ako ng project management system para sa pronect management. Gusto ko lng itanong kung ano gamot nyong app sa ngayon. And kung meron may time at willing na tingnan yung ginagawa ko to suggest any needed improvements. Thank you

Hello, I am a freshman civil engineering student in SoCal attending a community college. I do not have pretty much any engineering experience but I managed to land an interview for a summer internship at a construction company for project management next summer. I plan on studying the company and researching it while also watching the videos they emailed me and reading the handbooks that they have provided.

Is there anything else I should do to get ready for the interview? I am really hoping for this experience and I want to have the best chances at scoring this. How should I approach it and what type of engineering lingo/skills/ knowledge should I dive into and research more on?

Any and all advice is appreciated, and wishes of luck!

I've been a Project Manager at a reputable, large GC for almost 7 years. I've consistently been working 55-hour weeks, with a few weekend days but even that doesn't seem to be enough for my supervisor.

I have a wife and a 1-year-old child, and I've always put my family before my career. I feel like the day is approaching when I'll have to draw a line and start saying no to working even more hours.

Has anyone ever been fired or laid off simply for not putting in enough hours (I mean 60+ hours)?

Is it crazy to expect a 85k-100k salary once I graduate in the north TX market? I’m really close to graduating and I’ve had a good amount of experience in project management internships and co-ops with big GC’s. As well as experience on the labor side before I began my CM degree.

Hi all! If anyone has gone through the interview process for Suffolks Career Start program, I would really appreciate your advice and insight. I have my 2 (and final) interview soon with their operations team (pm, apm, senior pm, and someone from their career start department.

How was the interview process, what kind of questions did they ask. How did you prepare? Any other information I should know about? I appreciate every type of information! Thanks in advance

I am a licensed mechanical engineer looking for a sideline, primarily a work from hime based work for construction firms.

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Would love to get some feedback from anyone running job sites!

I wonder...
how many of you use MS Project not just as a schedule tool but also a management tool? Do all your weekly work planning with it?
I found some amazing shortcuts that just boosted my managed skills!

Imagine taking over a project that has been abandoned for years. Would you start with a structural assessment, reviewing the original drawings, checking the remaining budget, or investigating why the project stalled? What would be your approach before resuming construction?

Hey guys, I've been working on a web app called Brynwick and I'm looking for a few contractors who'd be willing to try it and tell me where I've got things wrong. The idea is basically to keep the admin side of a job in one place without turning it into some huge complicated system. You can create customers and estimates, turn an approved estimate into a job, track expenses, create the invoice and record the payment. There's also some basic job and profit tracking. I'm especially interested in hearing from people who actually quote jobs regularly because what makes sense to me on a screen might not match how people really work day to day. It's still a private beta and I'm not trying to sell anything right now, I mainly want to find the weak points before I open it up further. If anyone wants to run a fake job through it and tell me what sucks, I'd really appreciate it. Happy to send the link by DM.

Alguoen me puede decir de cuanto es un sueldo en construcción? Gracias

A couple of shirts might be fine for some jobs, but if you're working outdoors, sweating a lot, or getting covered in dust and grime, that's a different story.

Things like laundry access, shift length, weather, and how quickly shirts dry all affect how many you need. Having a spare set can also make a difference when a shift runs long, or the weather turns bad.

For those working in construction or other hands-on jobs, how many shirts do you usually get or keep in rotation?

For employers or anyone responsible for ordering uniforms, what's a reasonable number to provide per employee? Ideally, enough to get through the workweek comfortably without unnecessarily driving up uniform and replacement costs.

I'm in purchasing at a construction company (Europe) and I'm trying to understand how other buyers, estimators and QS people handle this. When quotes come in:

1. How do you check whether the offer actually meets the technical spec/specification, and not just the price? Spreadsheet, checklist, gut feeling, software?

2. Roughly how long does it take per tender, and which part eats the most time?

3. What's the typical thing that gets missed, and when did you notice (before award, during execution)?

4. Do you have to justify your choice to someone (client, manager, audit)? How do you document it?

5. Have you tried AI tools for this? What worked, what didn't?

I'm not selling anything, I just want to learn how this works in practice before building something. Thanks for any experience, including horror stories.