Calin Popescu

 

Consultant Profile

Calin M. Popescu, Ph.D.

 With more than 40 years experience in engineering, management, consulting and teaching in in  various construction sectors including highways, power plants, industrial farm complexes, hotels, restaurants, commercial buildings, and various other large industrial projects, Calin Popescu is one of the world's premier consultants in project management and construction claims analysis. His experience includes providing expert testimony, claims preparation and defense, project management training, CPM schedule development, analysis and implementation, cost control, and contract development and negotiation on over 50 projects in various construction disciplines worldwide. Calin also taught for decades as a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and has  written numerous professional papers and published books books in the field of construction project project management, including teaching over 60 short courses in project management and planning, scheduling, cost control, and productivity productivity.. Specific areas of expertise:

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REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE Expert Opinion

Commercial, Commercia l, Infrastructure, Power Projects: International & Domestic

 Appeared as an expert witness in over 15 construction dispute cases in arbitration and litigation. Issues included scheduling analysis, productivity assessments, and cost control issues for a number of industries industr ies including: commercial construction, infrastructure, and power plants. Consulting

Numerous Industries, International & Domestic

Retained by numerous small, medium, and large U.S. and international companies as a consultant and expert in the area of project time and cost control. Taught over 60 short courses in the area of project planning, scheduling, and control, having having more than 2000 participants par ticipants from all over the world. Project Management

Numerous Industries, International

Over 15 years of international construction management and project engineering experience managing large construction projects such as hotels, a paper mill, power plants, and low cost multi-story housing projects. Speaker / Publisher 

Project Management, International & Domestic

Renowned member of numerous professional and honorary societies and recognized as a very active publisher and speaker. Presented, both nationally and internationally internationally,, and was published in 20 refereed journals and in over 50 conference c onference proceedings. Calin has also published eight books in the area of project management.

 

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Recent Speaking Engagements / Publications

Construction Equipment Management for Engineers, Estimators, and Owners

CRC Press, USA, p 416, 2006. (With D. D. Gransberg and R. C. Ryan) Parametric Cost Estimating Model for Buildings

Proc. 47th AACEI, Orlando, FL, June 2003. (With K. Phaobunjong) Work Breakdown Structure Concept and Cost Control

Project Management Institute-Romania, Bucharest, June 2003. Estimating Building Costs

1st Ed., Marcel Deckker, USA., p. 743, 2003. (With (W ith K. Phaobunjong and N. Ovararin) Managing Hospital Design Using CPM Proceedings, 46th AACEI, Portland, OR, June 2002.

(With (W ith A. Dominguez-Larrea) Construction Cost Estimating Software Survey 2001 Cost Engineering , AACEI, pp. 36-37, Feb. 2002.

(With (W ith A. Hadjisimeon) Selecting Planning and Scheduling Specifications Proceedings, 45th AACEI, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2001.

(With L. A. Ballast) Field Factors and Productivity Loss in Masonry Work   Masonry, Mason Contractors Association of America, pp. 10, 11, 29, May 2001.

(With (W ith J. Buczkiewicz and N. Ovararin) Education

Institute of Construction of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Management Institute of Construction of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

M.S. Civil Engineering Polytechnical Institute of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

M.S. Management Management and Economics Certifications

Registered Professional Engineer in Texas Texas Project Management Institute (PMI); Founder of Austin, Texas Chapter and Bucharest, Romania Chapter  J. Neils ompson ompson Centennial Teaching Teaching Fellowship in in Civil Engineering, 1984-present