A Senior Project In Construction Management Technology Based On Work Sampling

One of the problems we face in 4-year engineering technology programs is to motivate students to work on a senior project that is based on the research methodology. Most students choose instead traditional design projects. The design projects are good for integrating knowledge from various courses, but students do not get a chance to work on new innovative areas where they have to learn new ideas and new methodologies. The project described in this paper, although not a new technique, gave the student a chance to work in a research related field. As part of the preparation for the work the student was given basic information required for any research project. A review of various related statistical concepts was also completed. This paper reflects the work done in this senior project course by the student and the advisor. The paper describes two work sampling studies, one each on a residential project and a commercial project.