Discussion of ‘Preparing Civil Engineers for International Collaboration in Construction Management’by Lucio Soibelman, Rafael Sacks, Burcu Akinci, Irem Dikmen, M. Talat Birgonul, and Matineh Eybpoosh

摘要

The discusser is very impressed in the work done and would like to express appreciation to the authors for writing about preparing civil engineers for international collaboration in construction management (CM). During three years, students in Turkey, the United States, Israel, and Brazil were grouped in multinational teams and learned international collaboration in construction management. Their experiences in this international collaborative course will certainly help universities in most countries to train future generation of civil engineers to cope with global challenges in construction expertise. The discusser believes that the conclusions of the paper would contribute to enhance students' ability in the international collaboration. The discusser is interested in further clarification and discussion.