Contributing Authors

Keith A. Bisharat, BS, MS is an emeritus professor in the Department of Construction Management at California State University, Sacramento. Keith has a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and a Master of Science in Engineering and Project Management from the University of California, Berkeley He is also a licensed general contractor with more than 35 years of experience in construction as a sole proprietor, partner, forensic construction consultant, developer, building designer, project manager, superintendent, project engineer, carpenter, and laborer. He is author of Construction Graphics: A Practical Guide to Interpreting Working Drawings, a book that shows how construction graphics “translate” into construction methods and practices.

Mary Balogh, MS obtained her BS degrees in Natural Resource Management & Water Quality Management and a MS degree in Remote Sensing from the University of Wisconsin. She worked for the US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) where she provided GIS, Global Positioning System (GPS), and Remote Sensing support to the regional office and field offices. She also mapped vegetation at National Wildlife Refuges in support of Comprehensive Conservation Plans. While at the USFWS Mary has written training documentation for GIS, GPS, and Remote Sensing and has published and edited articles for Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, a peer reviewed scientific journal.

Dr. Tim Brady has been researching innovation and innovation management since 1980. He is a Principal Research Fellow at the Center for Research and Innovation Management (CENTRIM), at the University of Brighton, United Kingdom. He joined CENTRIM in 1994 to work on a study of the management of innovation within complex product systems (CoPS) and later became Deputy Director of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)‐funded CoPS Innovation Centre. His current research interests include learning and capability development in project‐ based business, and the emergence of integrated solutions. He was a member of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) network: Rethinking Project Management and organized the eighth International Network on Organizing by Projects (IRNOP) research conference, which took place in Brighton in September 2007. He previously worked at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, and at the University of Bath. Dr. Brady’s Ph.D. dissertation examined business software ‘make‐or‐buy’ decisions.

Jody Bussey, DBIA, PMP has worked for architects, general contractors, and construction management firms since 2000. She graduated magna cum laude from California State University, Sacramento with a BS in Construction Management with a minor in Business Administration. Her involvement on a LEED Gold high rise construction project introduced her to sustainable design and construction. Jody worked at PMA Consultants, acting as a senior engineer assisting with construction management services on the San Francisco Water System Improvement Program, involving multiple pipelines, a water treatment facility, and crossover valve facility projects totaling $300M. The projects include the $85M Tesla UV Water Treatment Plant, a LEED‐certified facility that at the time was the third largest in the country and the largest in California. These projects are part of a $4B overall program utilizing state of the art construction management software and award‐winning best practices procedures. Jody currently works at McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. as a project executive.

E.J. Koford is a biologist and project manager with 20 years of experience preparing environmental permitting documents, wildlife, and fisheries investigations, threatened and endangered species surveys, EIS/EIRs, water quality evaluations, and environmental regulatory compliance with requirements of CEC, FERC, SMARA, CERCLA, RCRA, NEPA, and CEQA. He has performed field surveys in 18 states and countries. Mr. Koford has an M.S. in Ecology from the University of California at Davis, an A.B. in Zoology from the University of California at Berkeley and is a Certified Wildlife Biologist of the Wildlife Society.

Dr. Iain A. MacLeod, a Chartered Member and Fellow of both the Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) and Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), was a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Civil Engineering, Strathclyde University. He worked as a design engineer and consultant in the United States and Canada and in design research with the Portland Cement Association in the United States. He was Professor of Structural Engineering at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow for 23 years and Professor and Head of Department at Paisley University. He was a former Lecturer at the University of Glasgow. His research work has spanned a range of topics in the design of buildings, including the analysis of tall buildings, the use of information technology (IT) in design and studies in design process. He is author of Modern Structural Analysis: Modelling Process and Guidance, published by Thomas Telford Ltd., a book that redresses the imbalance in risk between computer models based around generally determinate calculation outputs and possibly non‐de‐ terminate understandings of the actual modeling process.

Dr. Jane E. Millar, principal of Jane Millar & Associates in Brighton, United Kingdom, consults in Policy Research. She has been a Senior Research Fellow at the Migration Research Unit (MRU), University College London; at the Institute for Public Policy Research in London; and at the Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex. She holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive and Computing Sciences from the University of Sussex and managed a wide range of projects in both industry and academia.

Brian Neale, a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of both the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Demolition Engineers (IDE) in the United Kingdom, where he is a former independent consultant and former Executive Secretary of the UK based Hazards Forum. Previously he worked for various Government departments and other professional Civil Engineering organizations. He has been active at various stages with each of those three professional bodies as well as in national and international standards‐making. An example includes chairing the drafting committee of the BS6187:2011 Code of Practice for Full and Partial Demolition standard and also its 2010 predecessor. A further example is as a European Committee for Standardization (CEN) convenor, where Mr. Neale oversaw the drafting of one of the Structural Eurocodes as well as contributing to others. He initiated and chaired the Organizing Committees of the four International Conferences on Forensic Engineering from 2001 organized by the ICE and supported by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and was editor of the associated published proceedings. His published papers include an international dimension, and his consultancy includes a training element.

Danny Nguyen, E.I.T . has a Bachelor of Science degree from California State University, Sacramento in Civil Engineering and is currently a CSUS graduate student in Transportation/Civil Engineering. With a leadership background, experience in field work, and high activity in both student and professional organizations, Danny gives frequent presentations as part of the civil engineering educational curriculum. He is bilingual and biliterate in Vietnamese and is bilingual in Spanish and Japanese. He is a current active member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and was the past President and is a member of the University Chapter ASCE.

Rob Nixon, PE, GE, is a licensed civil and geotechnical engineer, and has been working in the engineering consulting industry since 1994. He has served in roles including project manager, group manager, contract manager, client account manager, capture manager, department manager, regional market sector leader, growth leader, and division leader. His experience includes design, construction, and supervision of staff and resources, to support development of large‐scale public works civil infrastructure. Mr. Nixon received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and most recently serves as Vice President at AECOM.

Greg Oslund, P.E. has more than 22 years of experience in the planning, approval, design, management and oversight of transportation projects. He has spent his entire career developing a comprehensive understanding of the project development phases required for these projects including project initiation, planning, programming, project approval and environmental (PA&ED), design (PS&E), utility coordination, permit‐ ting, R/W acquisition and engineering support during construction. He has served as project engineer, project manager and/or principal in charge for more than 25 large transportation projects. In addition, Mr. Oslund has more than 15 years business development experience involving major transportation project pursuits as the prime consul‐ tant. He has served as client service manager, pursuit manager and regional business development manager responsible for setting and implementing the business develop and marketing strategy for a large engineering and construction firm.

George T. Qualley,...