Among the three pillars of sustainability, social equity has received little attention within engineering and construction. This project aims to incorporate social equity and justice education topics, such as the social impacts of the built environment on communities and infrastructure end-users, into courses for civil engineering and construction management students. The proposed course modules will help undergraduate and graduate students in these departments understand and incorporate social equity into their professional roles as key decision-makers for the design and construction. This will help build stronger societies by reducing negative social impacts of the built environment, particularly in disadvantaged communities.
Mehmet E. Ozbek
Professor and Joseph Phelps Endowed Chair, Construction Management
Becki Atadero
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Erin Arneson
Assistant Professor, Construction Management