The challenge of Construction Management & Engineering (4TU)
Complex, innovative and multidisciplinary projects in a dynamic environment are calling for a new breed of manager able to competently combine engineering and organisation skills. Today's construction industry is changing fast. New techniques, shifting roles, complex logistics and globalization are only some of the factors affecting the character and management of projects in the building industry.
Focus in Delft
At Delft University of Technology, the master CME is an interfaculty program that is offered by the faculties of Civil Engineering & Geosciences (CEG), Architecture & the Built Environment (ABE) and Technology, Policy & Management (TPM). Through the shared expertise and collaboration of the three faculties, CME in Delft prepares students with relevant prior education in engineering technology for a management career in the construction industry, or for an engineering management research career in academia. This is achieved by combining the already existing engineering expertise of our students with managerial competences and by enhancing their academic and engineering skills in order to maximize the value of the construction industry for society. In addition, the master CME in Delft educates students to design, develop and evaluate innovative management systems and holistic management strategies for the construction industry and to teach students how to lead, steer and serve management processes to effectively perform engineering management for the construction industry. Moreover, at CME in Delft students learn how to collaborate effectively in an interdisciplinary team with diverse talents, skills, characters and cultural backgrounds with the aim to optimize team performance.
Within the master CME at Delft University, large-scale management and engineering challenges are addressed that are related to system and project optimisation, ageing infrastructures, urbanisation and the energy transition as well as the sustainable development and digitalisation of the construction industry. To learn how to face these challenges, Delft CME-students specialize in of the following Graduation Domains: Design & Integration, Engineering & Systems and Projects & People.
Website CME in Delft: www.tudelft.nl/cme
Focus in Eindhoven
The master’s degree program Construction Management and Engineering (CME) is offered by the Built Environment (BE) and Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences (IE&IS) departments, with their distinctive research-driven and project-oriented approach to education. At TU/e, the graduation specialization of CME is focused on the management and implementation of information processes. CME graduation projects are often executed in collaboration with industry partners, engineering offices or government institutes, using a combination of urban/building sciences and management and innovation sciences to develop solutions for smart cities and smart buildings. The final graduation project has a clear scientific signature and is grounded in actual smart building and smart cities challenges. In particular, it looks at:
- City Information Management (CIM): considering the emerging field of urban informatics (including geospatial data, sensor data, 3D city data, etc.), creating virtual representations of cities with real-time connections to the physical world and its inhabitants, catering to various stakeholders such as municipalities, citizens, architects, urban planners, transport engineers, and construction companies, to make informed decisions using urban analytics in the context of smart cities.
- Building Information Management (BIM): handling and managing building information throughout the building life cycle, improving the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, operation, and demolishment process, using both static data (including building models, point clouds) and dynamic data (including sensor data, IoT) allowing for the creation of digital twins of buildings and its occupants, and real-time data processing employing AI technology in the context of smart buildings.
Website CME in Eindhoven: www.tue.nl/cme
Focus in Twente
At the University of Twente, the 4TU Master’s programme in CME focuses on the management of the design and construction process in the construction industry (buildings and infrastructure). Students gain thorough knowledge of both the engineering and organizational aspects of this intricate process. This combination is essential to mastering current practices in complex, innovative and multidisciplinary projects in dynamic environments.
The UT approach centres on the market and organizational environment and the organization of the construction industry and the management of the various stages of the design and building process. Keywords at UT include: cooperation through the entire lifecycle, sustainability, helicopter view, stakeholder approach and engaged scholarship. The emphasis is on designing, managing and organizing the design and building process. Courses that are characteristic of UT include the following: Digital Twinning in Infrastructure, Value Driven Procurement & Organising, Construction Supply Chains and Digitization, and Circular Design & Deconstruction.
Website CME in Twente: www.utwente.nl/cme