FIU wins several awards at the 2016 ABC’s Construction Management Competition
The ABC-FIU Student Chapter headed to Dallas for the 2016 ABC's Construction Management Competition (CMC) and returned with four awards. The team of students (pictured above) Jonathan Lee, Jose Faria Jr., Manuel Zamora, Laritza Ortega, Melissa Arcila, and Alexandra...
Finding synergy between human values and built environments
Lu Zhang brings the human touch to construction. As the newest hire in the School of Construction, and its only female faculty member, Zhang’s research focuses on human-building interactions, specifically on what humans value in buildings (e.g., health and comfort,...
Transformative innovations for achieving sustainable and resilient construction, and building environments
Dr. Youngjib Ham, Assistant Professor at FIU School of Construction has been implementing his research on construction and building performance monitoring and control. He mainly focuses on advanced sensing and analytics, Information & Communication Technology...
South Florida construction industry prepares for Hurricane season
Hurricane Matthew takes aim at South Florida’s construction boom Construction workers are scurrying to batten down the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science job site. Interior exhibit rooms are being used to store equipment and supplies. Anything too big to be...
Webinar by Dr. Reza Akhavian
Dr. Reza Akhavian of California State University, East Bay will be giving an interesting webinar on Activity Recognition of Construction Equipment and Workers using Smartphones. The lecture will be held on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 from 11:00am to 12:00pm. Abstract...
OHL School of Construction is Champion
For the second time in three years, a team of students from the OHL School of Construction won the national Construction Management Competition organized by the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. Students (pictured above) Brian Carson, Felipe Martinez, Elan...
Evening of Recognition: Cornerstone Awards
Join us at our Cornerstone Awards where we will be recognizing long time partners who have made a positive impact on the FIU OHL School of Construction. This is a unique opportunity to demonstrate your company's ongoing commitment to FIU, higher education and the...
School Student Team Shines again in ABC National Competition
FIU team ranked second in the Spring 2013 ABC Student Chapter Construction Management Competition. Go Panthers!
Fall 2013 Newsletter
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Annual Report 2012-2013
The OHL School of Construction made great strides in a number of noteworthy areas. The School signed an agreement with OHL for FIU’s first-ever international internship program in Madrid; graduated the first cohort of its overseas MSCM students in the Dominican Republic; began its professional Saturday MSCM program at Pines Center; and signed an agreement with Madrid-based Sturcturalia, a subsidiary of Kaplan for recruiting and co-teaching the MSCM online program to Spanish and Latin American students.
FIU and MIT Hold a Sustainability Summit
The FIU OHL School of Construction and MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub are co-organizing a summit on Transportation Infrastructure Sustainability. Notable speakers from the government, industry, and academia are invited. The summit will be held in the FIU Kovnes...
Global Impact: Obrascon Huarte Lain (OHL)
OHL President and Chairman, Mr. Juan-Miguel Villar Mir, shares his thoughts on the potential of the OHL School of Construction, the first named school in the history of the FIU College of Engineering and Computing.