The article “CM Schools Boost Standards With First US Accreditations” (ENR 10/19 p. 17) is misleading in its title and inaccurate throughout much of the content. For the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) to state that these “are the first two undergraduate construction management programs independently accredited” ignores the fact that the American Council for Construction Education (ACCE) has been independently accrediting CM programs for more than 40 years. As a former board member of ACCE, CMAA is well aware of this fact.

ACCE was established in 1974 by the Associated General Contractors, the Associated Schools of Construction and other industry groups to be an independent accreditor, promoting the construction profession in all industry sectors and for all forms of contracts. The council now accredits more than 90 programs that specialize in construction, construction management,building science and construction technology—the majority of U.S. programs, including about 14,000 undergraduate students .

ACCE developed its outcomes-based standards to require a balance in a student’s preparation in business, communications, mathematics, science, engineering and architecture—capped off with the specific management skill sets needed for industry success, such as safety, estimating, scheduling and project management. This rigorous view of the skills and knowledge needed by contractors, construction managers, subcontractors and vendors—all of whom hire program graduates—always has made ACCE the leader in CM accreditation.

建筑从业者创造了acce，成为一个国家认可的认可机构，并支持它。理事会故意寻求所有与施工相关的协会和专业人士的专业知识，而不仅仅是来自认证机构选择的一个来源。ACCE欢迎这些行业代表在其董事会上服务，并作为与学者的平等合作伙伴的访问团队。这种方法已经为我们服务了40多年。我们邀请您查看Acce的网站Acce-hq.org，了解更多详细信息。

艾伦亨克，博士，中国博士
Chairman, ACCE Board of Trustees;
CM部门主席加利福尼亚州
Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, Calif.