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Category: Construction Management

  • Students Gain Valuable Experience with Community Partners
    August 5, 2021 by

    In CAP, we thrive on partnerships with our community. Here’s a quick peek at how some of our most consistent partners worked with just one of our faculty members this year. Partners and Projects Avondale Methodist Church ministers in a myriad of ways to its southside community, Thomas Park-Avondale ecoREHAB fixes up rundown homes with […]

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  • Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning is Breaking New Ground with Student-Driven LEED Certification
    May 17, 2021 by

    LEED Lab is a program operated by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) that allows students to assess the performance of existing buildings on a campus and choose a building  where they will facilitate the LEED for Operation and Maintenace (LEED O+M) process with the goal of certifying a facility. The program offers a unique immersive learning opportunity for emerging […]

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  • Sherif Attallah Honored with Educator of the Year
    April 23, 2021 by

    Sherif Attallah received “Educator of the Year” award from the Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA). “This award recognizes a MCAA student chapter faculty advisor for serving as an advisor, educator, and mentor of students who plan to develop a professional career with the mechanical construction industry….[it] honors your involvement and engagement as an industry […]

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  • David Letterman Communication and Media Building now has two LEED certifications!
    February 19, 2021 by

    In November, Ball State University celebrated the second “green” certification of the David Letterman Communication and Media Building. The CAP students involved made up the first collegiate team in Indiana to certify that an existing building meets the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards of the U.S. Green Building Council. The university recognized […]

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  • Ball State Places Top Three in Green Energy Challenge
    October 16, 2020 by

    A team of Ball State construction management students took third place in the Green Energy Challenge competition this fall. The team submitted a video presentation of their work and fielded judge’s questions through Zoom to land the third-place overall ranking – the first time Ball State has placed in the top three. The competition, sponsored by […]

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  • First Recipient of the F.A. Wilhelm Scholarship
    August 25, 2020 by

    A few years ago, the Construction Management Program at Ball State University created the F.A. Wilhelm Scholarship, which was developed specifically to help underrepresented populations in the construction industry. It is now fully endowed and we are awarding the very first scholarship to incoming freshman and CM major Shane Gupton. I was very excited to […]

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  • Can We Talk?
    July 26, 2020 by

    George Floyd’s life was tragically stolen due to cultural bias, racial stereotypes, and overall absence of accountability for systemic racism. It would be easy for one to believe that within the fields of building and design these issues do not directly impact our industry, or if they do, that the impact is minimal. This couldn’t […]

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  • Construction Students Win at ASC Competition
    July 22, 2020 by

    Construction Management students had a big year with five teams competing in the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Regional Competition. This is the first time we fielded five groups at this competition. During the course of the event students won two 2nd place victories and a 3rd place! The ASC competition does an excellent job in providing an […]

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  • Photo of students competing in MCAA competition.

    Students Earn Top Four for the MCAA Competition
    July 8, 2020 by

    The MCAA students in construction management qualified as one of the final four teams to compete at the national Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) convention in Hawaii. Sherif Attallah associate professor and mentor of the student team in construction management founded the student chapter shortly after he came to Ball State and took over the […]

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