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Originally Posted by trd55
Getting the construction management degree is great. Just don't become one of those people who sit there and bark orders from the ivory tower without knowing how stuff works in the field. Make sure you make all inclusive contracts and learn how to live and die by the contract and its verbage. It becomes a game of cat and mouse with subcontractors and do not leave things to interpretation. You superintendents will love you for this.
Where are you going to school?
If you are really lucky, you will realize that the office is not where you want to be, and follow the path of being a Superintendent. 
Since when is being ACI grade 1 certified a requirement to be a construction manager.
I know a lot of companies are requiring their employees to be OSHA 10 certified regardless of position. Might as well get the 30 hour out of the way. It looks as that is where things are head anyways, and looks good on your resume. |
Going to Oklahoma State, ACI certification was not a requirement this year, but we have a semester long class just in concrete. and it cover all the grade I aci material. 40 of us took the test.
the cmt program here is very strong, one thing you hear all the time is document, document, document. you live and die by your paperwork.
i am a "non-traditional" student. i have been dooing computer networking for the last several years and i'm switching to construction management so i can get out of the office. my family has been on the blue collar side of everything from outhouses to skyscrapers. i have always loved building stuff. and had a chance to be involved with building a church in texas. one of the best experiences in my life, and i plan on doing more of that.