Eric A. Holt is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska-Kearney, teaching in the Construction Management program. He has 23 years of industry experience, with 16 years in the design field. He teaches Plan Reading, Virtual Design and Construction, BIM, and Building Codes to CM Majors.Mr. James M Benham, JBKnowledge, Inc.James is now the President and CEO of JBKnowledge, Inc. and a highly acclaimed construction technology public speaker. JBKnowledge specializes in IT solutions for the construction and insurance industries and is the maker of the SmartBidNet, SmartCompliance, and SmartReality cloud solutions. JBKnowledge specializes in enterprise application and database development, electronic data interchange, strategy consulting, mobile solutions, and web development, focusing on the construction and insurance industries. As a rapidly growing business year after year, JBKnowledge is a six-time recipient of the Aggie 100 award, six-time Newman 10 recipient, and was recently named to the LSU One Hundred for the first time. The company, and James, are headquartered in Bryan/College Station, TX with offices around the U.S.A. and in Argentina.
Dr. Ben Fitzgerald Bigelow, Texas A&M UniversityDr. Bigelow Joined the faculty at Texas A&M in August of 2011. Dr. Bigelow earned a BS in construction science at Texas A&M, an MS in construction management at Arizona State University, and his PhD from The School of Education at Colorado State University. He teaches Estimating and Residential Capstone. His research interests are generally related to affordable and sustainable residential construction, construction higher education, underrepresented groups in construction, and technology in construction. Dr. Bigelow holds the professional designations of: AC (Associate Constructor) from the American Institute of Constructors and CGP (Certified Green Professional), CAPS (Certified Aging in Place Specialist, and RCS (Residential Construction Superintendent) from the National Association of Home Builders Dr. Bigelow serves as the Texas A&M NAHB student chapter's faculty advisor, and competition team coach. He is a member of the NAHB student chapters advisory board, and is a former member of the NAHB education committee. Professionally Dr. Bigelow spent three years building production homes in Phoenix, Arizona and Dallas, Texas. He has also operated his own design built remodeling firm since 2001, providing remodeling, consulting, and expert witness services.c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Page 26.595.1
Emerging Technology in the Construction Industry: Perceptions from Construction Industry Professionals abstractAlthough historically the construction industry has been a slow adopter of technology, in recent years the technology available to increase productivity and thus profit margins has seen rapid adoption and advancement. As these advances have taken hold the need for students to be exposed to this technology, to better prepare them for their careers has arisen. Project management, estimating an...