Development of new courses in environmentally-conscious construction: Students who focus on construction engineering and management (as well as other interested civil engineering students) will want in-depth knowledge of the magnitude, type, details and possible solutions to environmental problems in construction. Such a course needs to focus on pollution prevention more than on traditional environmental remediation techniques. The course objectives could be achieved through the introduction of general methods and tools for pollution prevention, design for environment and industrial ecology, as well as through case studies and class projects. The courses Advanced Techniques for Project Management and Management Principles and Practices for Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon have used these techniques. The instructors initially had the difficulty of