/news-archive/tag/civil-engineering/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Wed, 09 Mar 2022 20:13:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2022/03/09/women-in-construction-anne-turner/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 20:13:26 +0000 /news/?p=81157 ... Women in Construction Week: Anne Turner]]> 鈥淭here was a project in fifth grade where we had to design a house, and I thought I wanted to be an architect,鈥� Turner said. 鈥淭hen I realized I liked the math and science part more than the art part. I came home and told my family I was going to study engineering, and my parents were like, 鈥榙uh.鈥欌�� She went on to earn a bachelor鈥檚 degree in civil engineering from Purdue University and master鈥檚 degree in civil engineering from Virginia Tech. She started her career working at Simpson, Gumpertz, and Heger, Inc., in Waltham, Massachusetts. 鈥淚 worked for five years at a structural engineering consulting firm, where I did a lot of seismic analysis of nuclear power plants,鈥� Turner said. 鈥淎s we all learned in 2011, when earthquakes and nuclear power plants are involved, you want them to be as safe as possible. It wasn鈥檛 until Fukushima happened that everyone knew what my job was.鈥� Turner is referring to the Fukushima Daaichi Accident that happened on March 11, 2011, in Japan. After the Great East Japan Earthquake, a 15-meter tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three Fukushima Daiichi reactors, causing a nuclear accident that was rated level 7 on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale. There have been no deaths or cases of radiation sickness from the nuclear accident, but more than 100,000 people were evacuated from their homes as a preventative measure. She later spent six months in 2008 working on site at the Idaho National Laboratory overseeing construction of a nuclear power facility. 鈥淚t may seem intimidating to be a woman on the construction site, but you should know that you have the knowledge and the expertise to be there,鈥� Turner said. 鈥淲hen I first went to Idaho to be on the construction site, I was 26 years old in a pink coat surrounded by all men. I remembered I was the representative of the owner out there making sure things were built correctly, and I had to be assertive and understand that I deserved to be there.鈥� In 2018, Turner joined 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock as an assistant professor. Her courses include Reinforced Concrete Design, Structural Steel Design, Structural Analysis, Introduction to Environmental Engineering, and the Professional Engineering Seminar and Senior Design. She鈥檚 also the coordinator of the Civil and Construction Engineering Program, which has about 80 students. Up until this school year, Turner was the only full-time female faculty member in the Department of Construction Management and Civil and Construction Engineering. 鈥淚鈥檝e been in the minority since I started college, so it鈥檚 not out of the ordinary for me anymore,鈥� Turner said. 鈥淎t work, I鈥檝e realized I’ve often been the only woman in the room. I think women need to be assertive. I understand that I know what I am talking about, I have expertise, and my ideas are worth being discussed.鈥� In addition to work and school, Turner has also served on the Faculty Senate and is the faculty advisor for the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock chapter of the Society of Women Engineers and is a member of the board of directors for the Arkansas Chapter of the American Concrete Institute. She鈥檚 also earning her Ph.D. in civil engineering and is expected to graduate this year from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.]]> /news-archive/2020/02/21/bim-lab-construction-management/ Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:03:45 +0000 /news/?p=76284 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock dedicates building modeling lab in honor of AGC Arkansas]]> 鈥淚n the 21st century design workplace, contractors, architects, and engineers increasingly use building information modeling to collaborate over distances using virtual collaboration technology,鈥� said Chancellor Christina Drale. 鈥淲ith generous support from the Associated General Contractors of Arkansas, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock now has a state-of-the-art BIM laboratory that will let students experience a global working environment on campus and gain access to a facility that reflects current industry technology.鈥� 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock celebrated the donation by renaming the lab the AGC of Arkansas BIM Lab during a dedication ceremony on Feb. 20. The lab, located in the Engineering Applied Technology Applied Sciences (ETAS) building, will help students prepare for careers in the high-tech construction industry. 鈥淎GC has a longtime history with 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in many different facets,鈥� said Roger Marlin, immediate past president of AGC Arkansas and CEO of Hydco, Inc. 鈥淟ast year, going into my presidency, I wanted to make sure we did something that was monumental in the BIM Lab. I really thought this was an area where we could help the university. We鈥檙e doing a variety of things to entice people to our industry and to educate them on the job opportunities available in construction. Working with 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock and supporting the BIM Lab was a great way to support that effort.鈥� The BIM Lab is located in the Department of Construction Management and Civil and Construction Engineering in the Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology. The fund will be used to provide new technology and equipment for the lab. 鈥淏uilding Information Management Lab is cutting edge, virtual modeling of buildings and building components,鈥� said Dr. Hollis 鈥淗ank鈥� Bray, chair of the Department of Construction Management and Civil and Construction Engineering. 鈥淭he BIM Lab will assure the construction management students are exposed to state-of-the-art methods for project coordination using visualization tools to solve coordination problems so that projects are finished on time and on budget.鈥� Renovating the BIM Lab has become a community project for the construction industry in central Arkansas. Several businesses and 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock alumni have donated materials to renovate the lab. The donors include CertaPro Painters of Central Arkansas, Moix Carpets, and Platinum Drywall. 鈥淚 have been around the program for many years and have seen the benefits it offers to students entering into the construction field,鈥� said Blake Finnell of CertaPro Painters. 鈥淚 have been involved with ASA Crawfish Boil for about 10 years now, and we have been providing a scholarship to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Construction Management program for years. So the program in general was always top of mind. I am now working in the construction business and see the direct benefits of the students coming out of that program into the workforce.鈥� Marlin believes that investing in the education of construction management and engineering students at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock is a great decision. The construction industry in central Arkansas is growing, and AGC Arkansas is committed to attracting quality students to the workforce. 鈥渋t鈥檚 a great time for students to join the construction industry,鈥� Marlin said. 鈥淭he job market is going to stay strong for the foreseeable future. It鈥檚 a great profession to enter. I think you鈥檒l find that most companies that do what we do are looking to hire good people today. There鈥檚 no shortage of job openings, and there鈥檚 a lot of opportunities for men and women to get into this field.鈥� Justin Mitchell, a junior majoring in the civil and construction engineering program, said the skills he is learning in the BIM lab are giving him a head start for his future career. 鈥淭he BIM Lab gives us a place to put what we learn in the classroom to work in real life,鈥� Mitchell said. 鈥淚 work at Terracon Consulting, and we are using the same software that is in the BIM Lab. This is exactly what the industry uses, so they are showing you what you will be using in the real world. It gives you a head start before you even go out and get a job.鈥漖]> /news-archive/2017/05/08/eit-tornado-shelters/ Mon, 08 May 2017 14:20:18 +0000 /news/?p=67108 ... EIT students design tornado shelters for 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock]]> Arkansas lies in a region susceptible to the country鈥檚 highest tornado wind speeds 鈥� up to 250 miles per hour,. Twelve students from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Department of Construction Management and Civil and Construction Engineering faced a unique problem for their senior design project. 鈥淲e were presented with the challenge of designing a tornado shelter that would be between the Engineering and Information Technology building and the Business building,鈥� Dan Blair, a 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock senior, said. 鈥淭he goal is to design a building that could resist tornado wind speeds and projectiles.鈥� Senior class members include Abdulaziz Alanazi, Daniel Blair, Julian Castillo, Jeff Choate, Marie Kabera, Matt Mitchell, Drew Potter, Ross Phillips, Norbert Rungano, Dylan Singleton, David Stinnett, and Jessica Vinson. Professors Dr. Nick Jovanovic and Dr. Hank Bray teach the professional engineering seminar and engineering design project courses and serve as faculty advisers for the project. Industry sponsors from Cromwell Architects Engineers and CDI Contractors created the design challenge for the seniors. Participating Cromwell members include Joe Hilliard, director of engineering; Mike Callahan, lead structural engineer; Paul Timko, structural engineer; and Larry Newkirk, structural designer. Estimator Daniel Bowen and Senior Project Manager David Cooan joined the team from CDI Contractors. During the school year, the industry sponsors meet with the students every two weeks to meet project deadlines. They also serve as project supervisors and mentors to the students. 聽 鈥淲e build on the skills they learn all year at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock,鈥� said Mike Callahan, lead structural engineer at Cromwell Architects Engineers. 鈥淲e give the design team a project, and then we guide them from the beginning to the end of the project. We love helping the students see how all the pieces of a puzzle come together in the end.鈥� Cromwell and CDI have been industry sponsors for the senior design project for the past five years with the goal of serving the community. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a good way to give back to the community,鈥� Callahan said. 鈥淚t also helps us to develop a strong workforce. We have a vested interest in making sure students come out of school well trained.鈥� Split into three teams, the seniors took up the challenge of designing shelters to withstand wind speeds of 160, 200, and 250 miles per hour. Over the course of a year, the teams completed everything from comparing structural framing and foundation systems to developing a construction cost estimate and schedule. The final designs contained buildings that could accommodate up to 894 people during a tornado with bathrooms, a kitchen, a training room, and a computer server room. The cost of the buildings rose with wind speed protection. The building that protected against wind speeds up to 160 miles per hour would cost approximately $2.7 million and take 165 working days to build. The building that protects against 200 mile-per-hour wind speeds costs around $2.76 million and takes 261 days to build. Finally, the building that protects against 250 mile-per-hour wind speeds costs around $3.2 million and takes 267 days to complete. The project won first place in the engineering/technology division of the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Student Research and Creative Works Expo and is being submitted for other contests.]]>