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February 2010

American Council for Construction Education

Final Report

ACCE Round Table Construction Programs Industry Advisory Board

Best Practices

Spring 2010

Prepared by: Tulio Sulbaran – The University of Southern Mississippi

Jason Hefley – Human Resources Charles McIntyre – North Dakota State University

David Mendes – American Subcontractors Association

Under the Supervision of: Michael M. Holland - Executive Vice President

Steve Nellis - President Mark Benjamin – Past President

With the Sponsorship of:

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ACCE Industry Advisory Boards Roundtable - Spring 2010 1 | P a g e

Table of Contents Description ...................................................................................................................................... 2 Participants Information.................................................................................................................. 2 University Represented ................................................................................................................... 3 Roundtable Details .......................................................................................................................... 3 Results Roundtable ......................................................................................................................... 4

Roundtable Breakout Session 1 .................................................................................................. 4 Roundtable Breakout Session 1 - Group 1 .................................................................................. 4 Roundtable Breakout Session 1 - Group 2 .................................................................................. 5 Roundtable Breakout Session 1 - Group 3 .................................................................................. 5 Roundtable Breakout Session 1 - Group 4 .................................................................................. 5 Roundtable Breakout Session 1 - Group 5 .................................................................................. 5 Roundtable Breakout Session 2 .................................................................................................. 6 Roundtable Breakout Session 2 - Group 1 .................................................................................. 6 Roundtable Breakout Session 2 - Group 2 .................................................................................. 6 Roundtable Breakout Session 2 - Group 3 .................................................................................. 7 Roundtable Breakout Session 2 - Group 4 .................................................................................. 7 Roundtable Breakout Session 2 - Group 5 .................................................................................. 8

Summary ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Appendix A - Final Agenda .......................................................................................................... 10 Appendix B – Facilitator Guidelines - Seed Questions ................................................................ 11 Appendix C – Facilitator Guidelines - Process ............................................................................. 12 Appendix D – Scribe/Spoke Person – Discussion Form .............................................................. 13 Appendix E – Presentation Slide .................................................................................................. 14 Appendix F – Roundtable Photos ................................................................................................. 47

Table of Photos Photo 1 - Roundtable Breakfast and Networking ......................................................................... 47Photo 2 - Mark Benjamin Presenting the ACCE Overview ......................................................... 47Photo 3 - James Smith Presenting the ACCE Accreditation Requirements ................................. 48Photo 4 - Team Discussion during the First Breakout Session ..................................................... 48Photo 5 - Team Discussion during the Second Breakout Session ................................................ 49Photo 6 - Mike Holland presenting final Remarks ....................................................................... 49Photo 7 - Snapshot of the Sandia Peak Tram ................................................................................ 50Photo 8 - IAB Participants entering the Tram .............................................................................. 50Photo 9 - IAB riding to the peak ................................................................................................... 51Photo 10 - Participants having lunch at the top of the peak .......................................................... 51Photo 11 - Jason Hefley and Charles McIntyre Enjoying the View ............................................. 52Photo 12 - Group picture at the Peak ............................................................................................ 52Photo 13 - Entrance to the Nuclear Museum ................................................................................ 53Photo 14 - IAB Participants enjoying the Nuclear Museum ......................................................... 53Photo 15 - Tulio Sulbaran in front of Nuclear Bomb ................................................................... 54Photo 16 - Plane on Display at the Nuclear Museum ................................................................... 54Photo 17 - Fellowship and Networking during Closing Dinner ................................................... 55Photo 18 - Mike Holland Thanking Participants during Closing Dinner ..................................... 55


Description On February 18th a roundtable was held by the American Council for Construction Education to share Construction Programs – Industry Advisory Board (IAB) – Best Practices. There were 38 participants representing 17 IAB of programs across the nation.

Participants Information Name Company Phone Number John Alley Layton Construction Co 801 563 3586 Mark Benjamin Morley Builders, Inc. 310 399 1600 Mark Bentfield PCL Construction Services, Inc 952 882 9600 Page Browning Home Builders Institute 202 266 8918 Mark Castellana Accedo, Inc 972 248 1739 Brett Christiansen Palmer-Christiansen Company, Inc 801 466 1679 David Dorsch David Dorsch Consulting 301 377 1979 Pan Dullum Gervasio & Associates 602 285 1720 Laurence Favalora Favalora Constructors, Inc. 504 466 1448 Cheryel Goodale PCL Construction Inc. 780 733 5033 Thad Goodman Serious Materials Inc 614 403 2747 Marla Guy J.B. Henderson 505 292 8955 George Harries G.E Johnson Construction Company 719 473 5321 Jason Harrington HB Construction Eric Hedlund Sundt Construction 480 293 3000 Jason Hefley HR Manager 619 921 4565 Christina Helgesen Dekker Perich Sabatini 505 918 8264 Michael M. Holland, ACCE 210 495 6161 Sean Hollister Barton Malow Company 248 996 0013 Tim Homer Wasatch Electric 801 487 4511 Jerry Hoog Bartlett Cocke General Contractors 210 665 1031 Jack Kinnaman Kinnaman Consulting, LLC 501 224 7606 Greg Korte The Korte Company 702 228 9551 Susan Labas Van Zelm Engineers 860 284 5064 Steve Lords Martin-Harris Construction 702 474 8232 Sharon McGuinness Great American Insurance Company 480 367 6803 Charles Mcintyre North Dakota State University 701 231 7194 Richard Palmer Texas A&M CIAC 214 687 1363 Chip Reid Current Builders 954 977 4211 Cynthia Schultz Bradbury Stamm Construction 505 765 1200 Carla Sly National Center for Const. Ed. & Res 352 334 0911 Kelly Stackaruk Weber State University 801 626 6978 Tulio Sulbaran Univ. of Southern Mississippi 601 266 6419 Adam Triolo AUI Inc. 505 242 4848 Brent Vaughn CIAC @ LSU 225 578 8756 Marcus Vitiello Bechtel 415 768 4970 Edward Wygnal Rockford Construction 616 443 0577 Andrew Yantis Holder Construction Company 770 998 3235


University Represented Name of the University Construction Program Director Arizona State University Edd Gibson Auburn University Richard Burt Brigham Young University Kevin Miller Central Connecticut State University Jacob Kovel John Brown University Jim Caldwell Louisiana State University Thomas Ray Michigan State University Scott G. Witter, North Dakota State University Charles McIntyre Texas A&M Joe Horlen University of Florida Abdol Chini University of Louisiana – Monroe Keith Parker University of Nevada – Las Vegas David R. Shields University of New Mexico Jerald Rounds University of Southern Mississippi Desmond Fletcher University of Wisconsin - Stout Michael Bowman Weber State University Chris Soelberg Wentworth Institute of Technology Craig Capano

Roundtable Details The intention of this first roundtable was for the ACCE to provide to the Accredited Programs Industry Advisory Board members an avenue to share best practices. All the chairs of the accredited programs were sent an invitation to encourage their IAB members to participate in this event. Additionally, email and regular mail invitations were sent to the IAB contact list provided by the chairs of the construction programs. The response to this first ACCE roundtable by the IAB members and program directors was very positive resulting in a very diverse, knowledgeable and engaged group of registered participants. Upon arrival to the venue, the registered participants were given a package of information containing:

• Information about the ACCE and its Board of Trustees • Meeting Schedule • Roundtable Attendees Contact Information • IAB Summary Research Results • IAB Comparative and Benchmarking Studies • List of Possible IAB Meeting Activities • Sample IAB Bylaws

The roundtable started with a reception on Wednesday evening (Refer to Appendix A for Full Agenda) that allowed the participants to network with industry professionals and faculty from other construction programs. On Thursday, the main roundtable activities started with Tulio Sulbaran – Chair Development Committee welcome remarks to the attendees and Mark Benjamin – Past President short ACCE overview. This was followed by a brief explanation of the ACCE accreditation requirements by James Smith – Chair Accreditation Committee.


After completing the ACCE overviews, the facilitators created five groups out of the registered attendees taking in consideration that members from the same institution should be in different groups. The five groups were moderated by: Jason Hefley, Jack Kinnaman, Steve Lords, Sharon McGuinness, and Page Browning (all industry professionals with several years of experience with the ACCE). The participants and moderators were arranged in five groups in an attempt to diversify and spur discussion of the lesson learned from each group. Each group was also responsible for appointing a scribe/spoke person to record the discussion of the group. Each group was assigned to a table in the room and was provided standard procedures and forms (Refer to Appendix C and D) to record the specific issues, lessons learned and proposed remedy discussed during the breakout session. There were two breakout sessions the first one focused on the IAB bylaws; and the second one focused on three to five issues of particular interest for each group. After each of the two breakout sessions, each group presented a summary of the results discussed during the breakout session. At the end of the roundtable Michael Holland – ACCE Executive Vice-president presented several very important remarks. Michael Holland inspired and challenged the participants to take their IAB and their construction programs to the next level of excellence and recognition. After the work session, the participants were taken to the Sandia Peak Tram to have lunch at the top of the Sandia Peak - High Finance restaurant followed by a visit to the Nuclear Museum. The day ended the ACCE Leadership Dinner that promoted fellowship and networking among the participants. Additional information regarding the presentation and the results of the roundtable can be found on Appendix E and the next section. Additionally, photos of the event can be found on Appendix F.

Results Roundtable The results presented in this section correspond to the conclusions presented at the end of the two breakout session (1- Bylaws and 2- Particular topics of Interest) by the Industry Advisory Board Members participating in the round table from each Group. Roundtable Breakout Session 1 During this first breakout session, 13 bylaws of Industry Advisory Board of programs across the nation were given to the participants. The participants were encouraged to discuss titles of the optimal bylaws based on their own experiences putting special effort on issues, lessons Learned and proposed remedy. Roundtable Breakout Session 1 - Group 1 Result of the Discussion:

• Bylaws need to be reviewed on regular bases. • Need to get members to participate in the preparation of the bylaws, especially with the

right decision maker from academia. • Leadership of the IAB need to train their successors. • Lack of a champion for the bylaws. Someone needs to drive the process to modify the

bylaws.


• Decision makers from academia are already over scheduled to be able to create IAB bylaws.

• Motivate the IAB to recruit members for the boards. Roundtable Breakout Session 1 - Group 2 Result of the Discussion:

• Indicate in the bylaws the timing of the meeting. Perhaps link meetings with career fairs. • IAB bylaws need to express clear expectations. • Include in the bylaws time for the students to raise concerns about the program and/or

faculty • Term limits need to be included in the bylaws. • The bylaws need to promote participation that has a real impact on the program. • It is important to review bylaws periodically. • Timing of meeting is challenge. Perhaps include in the bylaws the use of electronic media

for meetings • Need to be sure that the IAB has authority to make changes in the program. • If dues are going to be included in the bylaws, they need to be tailored to the institution

Roundtable Breakout Session 1 - Group 3 Result of the Discussion:

• Importance of contents of the bylaws has not been emphasized. • Development of the bylaws should be developed by Academia (Tells industry the rules

and put us to work) • Get industry involved and be sure that industry people make a different.


• The bylaws should describe the involvement of volunteers to participate in the sub-committees.

• The bylaws should provide more guidance on standing committees (i.e.: Curriculum, Research, Membership, Fundraising, Budget, etc).

• Bylaws should include fundraising activities every year or every two years. • Afford a director of the IAB to focus on fundraising. • The bylaws should include junior Membership programs (Reduced rate for membership

and help students to prepare for competitions) • The economy is a challenge. Establishing more networking opportunities. • Interaction by the board with the faculty to balance the activities.


• Bylaws should be more general in nature. • Regular review of the Bylaws (~ every 2 years). • Revision of the bylaws should include multidisciplinary team. • Bylaws should be very specific on participation requirement. • Meeting minutes, action items and responsibility should be explicit (set goals and

timeframes) in the bylaws.


• Industry does not want to participate in the changes of the bylaws. • Industry is much more interested on impact than on the rules. • The bylaws should structure the council, specifically the committees

Roundtable Breakout Session 2 During this second breakout session, 22 seed questions collected prior and during the meeting from the IAB members were given to the participants (Refer to Appendix B). The participants were encouraged to discuss issues, lessons learned, and proposed remedy to three to five questions in the list. Roundtable Breakout Session 2 - Group 1

• Q2: What is the role of an IAB member? Result of the Discussion:

o Provide solutions and support to the construction program o Quality control of the construction education provided by the program o Mentoring program

• Q3: What is the make-up of an IAB Board?

Result of the Discussion: o Architect, Construction Manager, Customers, Vendors, Etc

• Q6: What is done in the meeting? Result of the Discussion:

o Report from the department head o Meeting with students o Meeting with Deans o Follow-up action items

• Q18: What activities does the IAB do to increase interaction between students/faculty and

industry? Result of the Discussion:

o Speaker program o Help train student for competition o Establish communication channels o Establish a directory of IAB. o Hold regional events o List serve / Bulletin board o Best practice on the ACCE

Roundtable Breakout Session 2 - Group 2

• QN/A: Mechanism for IAB to learn about other IAB activities (May be through ACCE)? Result of the Discussion:

o Web Page, Mailing List, ACCE Forum

• Q18: Do you, as an IAB Member, feel you have created an atmosphere of open communication with academia that encourages them to be constructively critical of your performance? Result of the Discussion:

o The IAB can create a model formalized Internship program


o Sponsor student competition o Specialty construction trade to be represented

• Q4 and Q7: What committees are within an IAB and what is their function? and How do

programs engage industry? Result of the Discussion:

o Establish strategic planning o Promote diversity o Scholarship committee o Research Committee o Create Mentoring Program o Research and Development opportunities- Perhaps link with big companies


• Q18: Do you, as an IAB Member, feel you have created an atmosphere of open communication with academia that encourages them to be constructively critical of your performance? Result of the Discussion:

o All programs should have internships o Guess lectures from the industry o One-on-One mentoring. o The chairs of the programs should put the students in contact with members of the

IAB.

• Q11: What is the most effect way for an IAB Member to influence change within their CM Program? Result of the Discussion:

o You have to participate o For small program, the program chair should ask the right people (the mover and

shakers)

• Q13: Does the IAB raises money, if so how? Result of the Discussion:

o Dues range from $0 through $1000, all the way to $2500 Roundtable Breakout Session 2 - Group 4

• Q N/A: How do we network between IAB groups? Result of the Discussion:

o ACCE should serve as a host to share IAB contacts o IAB members may host other IAB members in own campus and visit other campus o IAB members participate in Visiting Team

• Q N/A: How do we encourage members to be involved with IAB and ACCE: Result of the Discussion:

o IAB encourage members to participate in the ACCE o ACCE member sitting in the IAB members o IAB members sitting in the ACCE committees o Suggestions from ACCE on IAB structures



• Q12: How does an IAB Member deal with problems/disagreements with a Dept. Chair/Head without undermining their authority? Result of the Discussion: o Solution: Strategic planning make sure that the expectations o Direct communication o Confirm with the University challenges and solution o Recruitment process for head of the programs

• Q10: How do IAB’s engage and keep track of grads?

Result of the Discussion: o Leveraging current technology (Perhaps Facebook – Linked-in) to distribute

information and keep in touch with alumni. People self update.

• Q1 Variation: What should the IAB expect from the ACCE? Result of the Discussion:

o Value of debriefing from ACCE back to the IAB. Not only the chair of the programs. Site visit exit interview. Industry did not know they could get access to the information

Summary In short (based on the industry roundtable evaluation form and discussion with the participants) this first roundtable was very well received by the stakeholders. The stakeholders found the roundtable very informative and useful. The participants were very excited about the ACCE activities and they suggested that the roundtable should be extended to a complete day to allow further and deeper discussions with other participants of the ACCE meeting. The participants also suggested that the ACCE should host this roundtable once a year.

Special Thanks The organizers would like to acknowledge the tremendous support provided by the participants of the roundtable and the sponsors of the event.

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APPENDICES

ACCE Industry Round Table 2010


Appendix A - Final Agenda

1:00 pm – 6:00 pm Wednesday, February 17, 2009

Registration Pavilion Court (2nd Floor)

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Reception

Fiesta Room

7:30 am – 8:00 am Thursday, February 18, 2009

Breakfast Sendero I (1st Floor)

8:00 am – 8:20 am Call to Order, Self Introductions and ACCE Overview

Mark Benjamin

8:20 am - 8:30 am Accreditation IAB Requirement Carl Roegner

8:30 am – 8:40am IAB By-Laws Elements Tulio Sulbaran

8:40 am – 9:30 am Round Table Session 1 – IAB Structure

Jason Hefley

Table 1

Jack Table 2

Kinnaman Steve Table 3

Lords Sharon Table 4

McGuinness Page Table 5

Browning

9:30 am - 9:50 am Synthesis, Discussion and Take Home Lessons 1 Team Scribes/Spokesperson & Jason Hefley

9:50 am – 10:00 am Break 10:00 am – 10:40 am

Round Table Session 2 - Operations

Page Table 1

Browning

Jason Hefley

Table 2 Jack Table 3

Kinnaman Steve Table 4

Lords Sharon Table 5

McGuinness

10:40 am – 11:00 am Synthesis, Discussion and Take Home Lessons 2 Team Scribes/Spokesperson & Mike Holland

11:00 am – 11:10 am Adjourn and Industry Round Table Evaluation Mike Holland

11:20 am Depart Hotel to Sandia Peak Tram Jason Hefley & Charlie Mcintyre

11:30 am – 2:00 pm Lunch at top of Sandia Peak High Finance

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Optional - Nuclear Museum 6:00 pm

Optional - Dinner with ACCE Leadership



Appendix B – Facilitator Guidelines - Seed Questions 1. What does ACCE expect of IAB’s? 2. What is the role of an IAB member? 3. What is the make-up of an IAB Board? 4. What committees are within an IAB and what is their function?

5. How frequent does the IAB meet for how long? 6. What is done in the meetings? 7. How do programs engage industry? 8. What innovative ideas are being used, given the current economic

climate?

9. What methods are used by IAB’s to assist the University (program?) in raising funds?

10. How do IAB’s engage and keep track of grads? 11. What is the most effect way for an IAB Member to influence change

within their CM Program? 12. How does an IAB Member deal with problems/disagreements with a

Dept. Chair/Head without undermining their authority?

13. How we as industry members can help/focus schools on preparing students for the Communications necessary for success in the industry?

14. How can we improve the interaction between design professionals and constructors? What are the Best Practices for preparing them for this role?

15. Does the IAB raises money, if so how? 16. What activities does the IAB due to increase interaction between

students/faculty and industry?

17. How does an IAB Member know if they are doing a good job themselves?

18. Do you, as an IAB Member, feel you have created an atmosphere of open communication with academia that encourages them to be constructively critical of your performance?

19. What relationship, if any, should an IAB Member have with the Dean of the School in which the CM Program resides?

20. What is the best action a program can take to better prepare its students for life in the construction industry?

21. How to recruit and developing future instructors for our programs?

22. Are there any major Initiatives (Building, Endowment) that the IAB has undertaken?



Appendix C – Facilitator Guidelines - Process

1. Select a person on your team that will serve as the

scribe/spokesperson for the team.

2. Brainstorm with the complete team to develop a lists of ALL “Issues, Lessons Learned and Proposed Remedy“.

3. The scribe/spokesperson should write ALL “Issues, Lessons Learned and Proposed Remedy” using the form provided.

4. Label the “Issues, Lessons Learned and Proposed Remedy” with

numbers based upon importance according to the group with 1 being the most important.

5. The scribe/ spokesperson should be prepared to provide a brief summary of the top “Issues, Lessons Learned and Proposed Remedy” identified by the team.

6. The scribe will give the form with ALL the “Issues, Lessons Learned and Proposed Remedy” to one of the facilitators.

• Neutral Servant of the group – Treat all ideas with the same respect. REMARKS:

• Help the group to stay on productive course – Avoid lengthy discussion on

one particular idea.

• Progress advocate - Keep things moving.

• Encourage all members of the group to participate – Ask direct question to specific members.

• Plan seeds at executive level– No decision need to be made on the details

on how to implement. The discussion should focus on the concepts.

• Take Home Lessons – Tangible helpful ideas that the attendees can reflect upon and implement at their IAB.



Appendix D – Scribe/Spoke Person – Discussion Form

Table Number: _____ Scribe’s Name: Table Participants: ___________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Discussion Notes: __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________



Appendix E – Presentation Slide



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Appendix F – Roundtable Photos

Photo 1 - Roundtable Breakfast and Networking

Photo 2 - Mark Benjamin Presenting the ACCE Overview



Photo 3 - James Smith Presenting the ACCE Accreditation Requirements

Photo 4 - Team Discussion during the First Breakout Session



Photo 5 - Team Discussion during the Second Breakout Session

Photo 6 - Mike Holland presenting final Remarks



Photo 7 - Snapshot of the Sandia Peak Tram

Photo 8 - IAB Participants entering the Tram



Photo 9 - IAB riding to the peak

Photo 10 - Participants having lunch at the top of the peak



Photo 11 - Jason Hefley and Charles McIntyre Enjoying the View

Photo 12 - Group picture at the Peak



Photo 13 - Entrance to the Nuclear Museum

Photo 14 - IAB Participants enjoying the Nuclear Museum



Photo 15 - Tulio Sulbaran in front of Nuclear Bomb

Photo 16 - Plane on Display at the Nuclear Museum



Photo 17 - Fellowship and Networking during Closing Dinner

Photo 18 - Mike Holland Thanking Participants during Closing Dinner

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