The Moss Department of Construction Management at Florida International University is committed to excel as the preeminent center for advancement and dissemination of construction knowledge. Undergraduate students get hands on training and high class instructions in all areas of construction. Graduate students take courses in advanced topics in construction and get involved in research with the faculty members.
The management of a construction site – from scheduling workers, to estimating cost and staying on budget, to ensuring quality and safety and more – is positively primed for an upgrade with artificial intelligence, as students in in the Moss Department of Construction Management within the College of Engineering & Computing are quickly finding out.
“Using what I learned at FIU, I tried out an AI tool at my job that allowed us to generate blueprints based on the specifications we entered. My boss thought it was great,” said Kaelan Dodd, a senior studying construction management.
In just a semester, students learned an array of ways that they could apply AI to help them become more efficient, productive and versatile construction managers.
“The construction industry has changed tremendously,” said Lufan Wang, assistant teaching professor and the instructor of the course. “Advancements in technology have transformed the way that work is done.”
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