The Construction Management Department at Cal Poly is a tight knit group of faculty and staff working to provide students the best possible education and the help they need to progress to graduation and to leave Cal Poly ready for the challenges they can expect in the professional world. Students take a variety of classes, join one or more professional student organizations, and frequently intern with one of the many companies that visit the campus over the course of each year. Upon graduation, the department has virtually 100% placement in the construction industry.
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Senior Projects from 2025
A Review of Work-Life Balance Among Recent Cal Poly Graduates, Max Murphy
Early Mechanical Coordination for Gateway Decathlon, Benjamin Nunes-Dyer
Assessment of Mental Wellbeing Programs in the Construction Industry, Evan James Olszak
Son Care Foundation - Pergola Preconstruction, Samuel J. Peters
Assessing Fire Risks in San Luis Obispo: The Impact of Building Construction and Landscaping on Wildfire Vulnerability, Zachary A. Pollock
Examining Construction-Phase Challenges in Mass Timber Projects: Insights from Industry Professionals, Cole Polly
Skip the Grid: Delivering Solar Energy to the Navajo Nation, Lucca Giuseppe Pracilio
Students' Evaluations of Construction Management Curriculum Through a Senior Exit Interview, Anthony J. Roensch
Thousand Hills Pet Resort Cat Condos Installation and QA/QC, Erik Anders Ruud
Cal Poly Gateway Decathlon Workplan: Transportation Development, Jessie A. Santos
Exploring Who, Where, and When: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of a New Study Abroad Program, Garrett Schoep and Elijah Duane Blake
Drilled Displacement Columns as a Method to Mitigate San Francisco 'Bay Mud', Cole Soderman
Plumbing System Design for Gateway Decathlon, Philip Soo
Preconstruction Services for Land Conservancy San Luis Obispo Deck Replacement, Russell Sprague
Investigating the Viability of Voucher Payments as a Development Plan, John Stapakis
Cal Poly Gateway Decathlon: Cost Estimation and Planning for a Sustainable Mass Timber Home, George Stasinos
Skip the Grid: An Impactful Solar Installation Project in the Navajo Nation, John Ryan Strain
Skip the Grid: An Impactful Solar Installation Project in the Navajo Nation, John Ryan Strain
Modular Construction and Integrated Project Delivery: Cal Poly SLO’s Student Housing Expansion, Nikita Taktarov
Designing and Building a Tomato Storage Shed for SLO City Farm, Mark D. Thielmann and Ryan T. Walther
Case Study: Cal Poly Housing Program (CPHP) - Student Housing Project at California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, Aidan Michael Toole
A Survey of Industry Professionals on the Role of FF&E in Sustainability, Caius T. Toy-Grace
Augmented Reality In Construction, Brendan Trinh
Analyzing Steel Supply Chain Factors with Analytic Hierarchy Process, Edilberto Urena Jr
An Analysis of Factors Affecting Retention of Skilled Trades Workers at Construction Companies, James R. Walsh