CEE 240S: Building Trust

Course Description

Across the construction industry, diverse institutional actors - clients, contractors, subcontractors, and municipal organizations - come together to shape complex projects. However, these projects are often marked by challenges of coordination and underlying distrust. In this seminar, students will have the opportunity to develop new skills and sensibilities that foster collaboration and innovation. Through guided engagements, students will co-create practices that reimagine how construction projects are realized, uncovering possible ways to transform relationships and outcomes alike. Drawing on real-world case studies, this seminar emphasizes the importance of cultivating shared commitments and reshaping traditional norms to establish a new standard of trust, cooperation, and excellence in the construction industry.