Construction Sciences history

Established in 2002 as a 50-50 JV between Cardno and AECOM, T2 Utility Engineers Incorporated (T2ue) is Canada’s leading Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) company.

The program joined the School of Architecture, Department of Art, and Interior Design Program in the College of Architecture, Art and Design – which was established in 2004.

The Mississippi State University Building Construction Science (BCS) degree program was established by the Mississippi Board of Trustees of the Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) in 2006.

By Fall 2007 the total enrollment in the Building Science Program was approximately 600.

In the Fall of 2008, Doctor Murphy stepped down as School Head and was replaced by Doctor Richard Burt.

In the Spring of 2009, the school worked with the US Army Corps of Engineers to develop a custom Executive Master of Building Construction program for engineering professionals at Fort Benning, Ga.

The methodology and the results of the curriculum review were presented to the Baccalaureate Degree Caucus at the annual ACCE meeting and a paper was also presented at the 2010 ASC annual conference.

M&A Activity 2011: Humphreys Reynolds Perkins, Chenoweth Environmental Planning & Landscape Architecture (CEPLA), TEC, Geotech Solutions, Lane Piper Pty Ltd, Roadtest.

Building Science students began taking classes in the new curriculum in the Summer of 2012.

In the Fall of 2013, Mike Hosey was hired as the manager of the Field Lab with a 50% teaching appointment.

In 2017 T2ue became a wholly owned subsidiary of Cardno.

In 2018 the school also renovated its former demonstration area to provide space for a construction visualization lab with a 27 screen video wall and 3 competition team rooms.