Construction Industry Advisory Board (CIAB)
Mission
The mission of the Construction Industry
Advisory Board is to help Florida Tech develop its construction program in the following ways:
- Develop an outstanding construction
management/engineering program that would prepare students for
rewarding life-long careers.
- Offer short courses, seminars, and
panel discussions on relevant construction industry topics to practicing
engineers and managers so they can remain skillful and competitive.
- Create programs and scholarships to encourage the best students
to enroll in construction management.
Specific goals for the CIAB include helping Florida
Tech to extend it's influence beyond the 4-year engineering curriculum into the realm of pofessional development for practicing engineers and managers. In addition
to providing professional development, this series is intended to provide
certification credits required for construction professionals to maintain
their respectives licenses and to continuously improve the body of knowledge in practice.
In addition, the CIAB is intended to create
a hiring pool of new civil engineering graduates with a background
in construction management for the expanding Florida construction industry.
Finally,
the group conducts summer camps for middle school children to stimulate
a long-term interest in the construcion industry and thereby to increase the pool
of entrants to the construction profession.
