Automated system test schedule
Abstract
Construction Engineering Technology (CET) Capstone studios offer opportunities to develop interactive, problem-based projects that connect student understanding of professional practice to the creation of the built environment. Working through a Capstone project using a real-time client problem produces the co-benefits of new research and analysis for a client and the industry. This paper contributes to research on interdisciplinary instruction and Experiential Learning Spaces through consideration of City Tech’s CET Capstone project developed with GallopNYC at Sunrise Stables in Queens, NY. Over fifteen weeks, students created a client-responsive design concept, budget, and schedule based on site visits and interviews. They produced and defended schematic design documents and linked design work to conceptual budgeting and scheduling. The studio pedagogy reflects research on metacognition while relying on accountability, iterative processes, and reflection to reinforce learning and drive new research. GallopNYC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit in New York City that offers therapeutic horsemanship to people with developmental, emotional, physical, and social challenges. GallopNYC offers programs at Sunrise Stables, where they currently have barns, horses, and an outdoor riding arena. Facility expansion is critical to meeting program delivery goals and their proposed improvements expand use of the site and allow for weather-independent operations. At full capacity, when the improvements are completed, GallopNYC expects to serve at least 600 riders a week, up to 100 unmounted learners, and several hundred volunteers who will access the site. Student involvement with this organization allowed them to conceptualize a project based on a real site and objectives while creating interdisciplinary documents to identify potential conflicts. GallopNYC’s involvement with City Tech allowed the organization to explore their programmatic needs, site constraints, and project delivery.
I am a builder and construction educator, currently a tenure-track Assistant Professor at CUNY City Tech’s Department of Construction Management and Civil Engineering, where I overhauled the Construction Management and Senior Capstone classes and developed a new project management series for Civil Engineering students. I developed and teach courses including Senior Capstone, Construction Management I, II, and III, Construction Techniques for Civil Engineers, and Professional Practice & Ethics. In addition to my faculty credentials, I have a billion-dollar portfolio of completed senior-level…