Construction Program

The Construction program focuses on developing the business cases and skills to integrate, manage and innovate construction projects globally and sustainably to maximize product value. The Construction Program offers three tracks at the MS level: Construction Engineering & Management (CEM); Design-Construction Integration (DCI); and Sustainable Design & Construction (SDC).

Our innovative approaches include broadening the definition of projects to include many project stakeholders not traditionally considered in construction projects. We take a "cradle-to-cradle" view of projects encompassing the entire life-cycle: definition, design, fabrication, construction, operation and demolition.

Through our research, we have developed novel, breakthrough technologies and methods that integrate the products, organizations, stakeholders, and processes of construction.

These new methods and technologies hold the promise of both a sustainable use of energy and other natural resources as well as producing greater overall value for owners, operators and consumers of modern construction.

Stanford University is pleased to announce that Gary Griggs has joined the Construction Program of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department as a Consulting Professor.

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Welcome party for new Construction students at the home of Professor and Mrs. Levitt. October 5, 2008

Stanford Wins First Place Twice Running in 2009 ASC National Graduate Student Competition.

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Stanford Students to Green County Jail

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KCBS) -- Prof. Martin Fischer is interviewed by KCBS about Santa Clara County's Green Jail Project. CEM researchers will work with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to complete an as-is Energy Plus model of the building, evaluate energy efficiency retrofit options, implement the retrofit options and then assess how well they actually work. Read Press Release »

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Listen to Martin Fischer's interview on KCBS

John Walker Fondahl
November 4, 1924 – September 13, 2008

John Fondahl passed away on September 13 from melanona cancer. He was recognized worldwide as an expert on the Critical Path Method for construction management, and was a founder of the Project Management Institute (PMI), and president of the Construction Data Systems Corporation. John taught construction management courses worldwide.
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Congratulations
to the CEM
2008 Grads!

Dr. Paul Teicholz wins Turner Prize

CIFE's founding Director, Paul Teicholz, wins the National Building Museum 2006 Henry C. Turner Prize for Innovation in Consruction Technology.
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CE258 students on Homer Tunnel field trip.