MPC
Project Details

Title:	Survey of the Educational and Human Capital Needs of the Transportation Construction Industry
Principal Investigators:	Ossama M. Salem
University:	North Dakota State University
Status:	Completed
Year:	1999
Project #:	MPC-187

Abstract

The major impediment to the development and implementation of new safe and productive techniques and technologies in the U.S. transportation construction industry is that there is no coordinated effort to define the educational and research needs, to communicate these needs to research organizations, and to communicate the research outcomes back to the industry. In order for the academia to efficiently serve the industry and consequently, the public, a model for fostering innovation in terms of productivity, quality, and safety improvement should be developed and implemented in the construction industry. This includes a systematic, scientific approach for defining the industry needs for knowledge, research, and human capital improvement. This project will identify the educational and human capital needs for the U.S. road construction industry through the design and development of a national survey, and the analysis of the feedback results.

Project Deliverables

• [Final Report] Survey of the Education and Human Capital Needs of the Transportation Construction Industry — MPC-02-134