Every fall during Homecoming week, the Clemson community unites to build a home for a local family in need. The project, which is organized by Clemson University’s Habitat for Humanity chapter and supervised by the Pickens County Habitat for Humanity, marked its 25th year and 26th home in October 2018. Tradition calls for building the house on…
Clemson CSM Students Place in Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Region 2 Student Competitions
Clemson University’s Construction Science and Management (CSM) department announced that three of its student teams were among those representing the Southeast’s leading collegiate Construction Management programs who gathered in Peachtree City, GA, this fall to compete in the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Region 2 student competitions. Clemson CSM students won 2nd place in the…
Clemson’s Wood Utilization + Design Institute Celebrates Five Years Promoting “Wood is Good”
CLEMSON – Trees have provided a viable building material for centuries, and although steel and concrete have taken center stage in contemporary construction, lumber is making a comeback. Building with wood has a number of advantages. For the past five years, Clemson University’s Wood Utilization + Design Institute (WU+D) has been educating individuals in the Southeast about…
Clemson CSM Department’s Dr. Joe Burgett: Winner of 2018 Alumni Master Teacher Award
As Clemson University students begin another semester of classes, Dr. Joe Burgett is beginning his sixth year as an assistant professor in Clemson University’s Construction Science and Management Department. As the Spring 2018 semester came to a close, Dr. Burgett was presented with the 2018 Alumni Master Teacher Award for outstanding undergraduate classroom instruction. This…
Katerra Joins Clemson’s Wood Utilization + Design Institute as Founding Member
Clemson University’s Wood Utilization + Design Institute has added California-based company Katerra to its member program. Katerra joined the institute as a Founding Member, giving $50,000 toward the institute’s mission of researching, educating and providing resources for industry stakeholders in a variety of disciplines to advance wood-based products. “Clemson is delighted to have Katerra as…
Clemson CSM Team Places Second Nationally in ASC’s 2018 Integrated Project (IP) Student Competition
A team from Clemson University’s Construction Science and Management (CSM) department placed second in The Associated Schools of Construction’s (ASC) national competition for Integrated Project (IP) delivery held in Sparks, Nevada. The IP competition was one of 13 different student competitions hosted by ASC during the week of February 5, 2018, and the only national (open) one in which both…
Waldrop’s Bill Caldwell Honored by Clemson
Clemson University’s Construction Science and Management Department recently honored Bill Caldwell, President and CEO of Spartanburg-based Waldrop Mechanical Services, with the 2017 Construction Hall of Fame Award. Caldwell received the award at the department’s spring Industry Advisory Board meeting on February 9 at the University’s Madren Conference Center. The Construction Hall of Fame Award recognizes the accomplishments…
