Technology Recommendations and Resources
The department highly recommends that all students have a notebook computer.
Most Construction Management classes emphasize cooperative projects/assignments, and a notebook computer provides the required mobility to facilitate collaboration. In today’s construction environment, computing is an integral component with the computer being the standard tool. A notebook computer is the key to having computing capability available at all times and all locations.
Software Available to Students for Home Use
You may download the following software for free from the College of Health and Human Sciences Technology page:
- Autodesk
- Microsoft Office
- PDF Creation Software
Visit the College of Health and Human Sciences technology – software page to access download files for these programs.
The College of Health and Human Sciences is not responsible for supporting or troubleshooting the installation of the software.
Resources
You have the option to purchase personal computers through RAMtech, CSU’s on-campus computer store
Recommended Minimum Specifications
Operating System
Windows 10 and higher
Processor
Latest multi-Core Intel i-Series, Xeon®, or AMD® equivalent with 2.5 GHz or Higher as a minimum requirement and 3+ GHz processor as recommended.
RAM (Memory)
32GB or higher is recommended
Hard Drive
SSD (Solid State Drive) storage of 1TB. Note: High-resolution images or 3D files can take considerable disk space where 250GB of space might not be enough. Program Revit ver. 2024 requires 30GB of free disk space; see manufacturer recommendations.
Graphics Card
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 / Quadro RTX 4000 or AMD equivalent (eg. Radeon RX 5700 XT) or better
Network
Wireless card
Warranty
At least a 3 year warranty
Additional Considerations
Autodesk software packages are available for free to students through Autodesk’s Education Community (learn more here). You may want to consider the specifications for AutoCAD and Revit from Autodesk’s system requirements page.