Happy to meet in person almost ALL the SB1 team Jan 24, 2026 - Happy to meet in person almost ALL the SB1 team
After more than one year working together but remotely, I really enjoyed meeting in person Ronald Shrestha, EIT, CMIT, and Ghada Gad (we missed you @Chaimae Nacir!). Our poster session on insights about public and private perspectives on the implementation of alternative project delivery in local transportation agencies was full of interesting conversations!! TRBAM ✨ What will be our next project?? ✨

New Ph.D.! Alejandro Vazquez Jan 07, 2026 - New Ph.D.! Alejandro Vazquez
Happy to be part of Alejandro Vasquez's Ph.D. defense!! Their research, entitled "Industrialized Construction in Conventional Firms: Technical and Organizational Reconfigurations in Decentralized Networks", addresses one of the main challenges of the construction industry: how to move towards industrialized construction in conventional companies, through technical and organizational reconfigurations that allow decentralized networks to be coordinated efficiently. he defense was made today, January 7, 2026 and corresponded to a double degree Doctorate with the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), strengthening the international projection of the Doctoral Program in Engineering Sciences (civil area) of the Department of Engineering and Construction Management UC and Postgrados Escuela de Ingeniería UC.

Wrapping-up the semester! Dec 09, 2025 - Wrapping-up the semester!
✨️✨️Closing out my first semester at Florida International University - College of Engineering & Computing!✨️✨️ Thank you Jason Dierker ,@Caryn Smith, @Antonio del Campo from Moss & Associates (Construction) for a great final guest lecture session bridging perfectly all the course' content with the real-world challengues and applications!!👏👏 Risks & decisionmaking Moss School of Construction 🏗

First Ph.D. student joining me at FIU! Dec 04, 2025 - First Ph.D. student joining me at FIU!

Super happy today for meeting in person Marina Lima at Florida International University - College of Engineering & Computing !! Marina will join me to start her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering. I am very excited and looking forward to see first hand all her accomplishments! Welcome to Miami, Marina!

Aug 02, 2025 - Moving from Fresno to Miami!
🌍"A full life is a book of chapters," 🌍 a good colleague told me. After 5 years, I am leaving Fresno with my heart full of gratitude.💚 - ▶️Thank you, California State University, Fresno, Provost Fu, and all colleagues involved for recognizing my work over these years by granting me ✨️"Early Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor", ✨️that would have been effective this Fall 2025. - ▶️Thank you, Lyles College of Engineering, Ram Nunna, Bradley Hyatt , for being always forward thinking and for providing great opportunities for students and faculty. - ▶️Thank you, Fresno State Construction Management , ALL the amazing faculty in this department, and (specially) Wei Wu and Robin McNeill for all your support and encouragement over the years🤗. - ▶️Thank you, all the students that I had the privilege to teach, learn from and work with. Just to name a few: Lesly Lopez , Frances Yu , Ronald Shrestha, FE, CMIT , Avantika Dixit ,Jasman Jamarei, PMP® , Farid Orya, MSCM, PMI-SP ,Chahat Mirdha , Kiet Duong , Evilio Osorio ,Alejandro Quezada Vera, Guadalupe Cervantes- Laurean , and many, many others! 👏👏👏 And last, but not least, - ▶️Thank you to all industry partners that are always willing to work with us to enrich our students' learning experiences.🏗 Specially, my heavy civil team:✨️ Dustin Donahoo , Alex Salcedo , Valentin Ibarra,Jorge Quezada, MBA (He.Him.His) , Brent Broyles, and The Beavers Association.✨️ Also, Julianita Jauregui , Jordan Wolf, QISP and WTS- Central California Chapter, Luz Gonzalez , Laura Gromis, Ana Karina Pano ✨️and many others!! 💚One little piece of the Central Valley, and the BullDog spirit comes with me to the next chapter in South Florida!💚

May 31, 2025 - The Beavers Day! A great success!

It was not a short ride, but more than 30 students from California State University, Fresno visited last Friday the Mosquito Road Bridge construction in El Dorado County. The bridge in construction is a 1,200 foot long cast-in-place balanced cantilever bridge with approximately 300 feet over the South Fork American River near Placerville, CA. Thanks to @The Beavers Association, the students not only had the opportunity to learn firsthand the means, methods, and challenges faced during the construction of this project, but they also networked with other universities' students and senior management from renowned heavy civil construction firms. I hope this experience sparks their curiosity for the fascinating world of heavy civil construction!! Shimmick Corporation, Teichert, Kiewit, Fresno State Construction Management

Lean Approach to minimize Cost Overruns in Transportation Projects. Article Published! Feb 10, 2025 - Lean Approach to minimize Cost Overruns in Transportation Projects. Article Published!
I am very excited to see the work of my former master's student, Chahat Mirdha, published in the Lean Construction Journal. 😊 Chahat explored what lean techniques might be more suitable to address pre-construction processes that, if not performed effectively, could lead to cost overruns in transportation projects. Check more details on the link below. 👇 Before finishing his Master's in Construction Management at California State University, Fresno, Chahat was also awarded the California State University, Fresno Graduate Research And Creative Activities Award. 🏆 Congratulations Chahat Mirdha. It was not an easy journey, but you did it! Fresno State Construction Management, Lean Construction Institute (US)   CHECK HERE the article: https://leanconstruction.org/lean-construction-journal/doi-info-2025-31-44-copy/

Building Information Modeling for Infrastructures–Report published! Jan 31, 2025 - Building Information Modeling for Infrastructures–Report published!
I am excited to see published the work completed with my colleagues Nigel Blampied (CSU San Jose), Elhami Nasr, and Tariq Shehab (CSU Long Beach) about BIM implementation in infrastructure projects!! If you want to learn more, please check this link: https://transweb.sjsu.edu/research/2453-Building-Information-Modeling-Infrastructure

Presenting our research on BIM4I at the 2025 TRB! Jan 06, 2025 - Presenting our research on BIM4I at the 2025 TRB!
It is a pleasure to share our findings at the 2025 TRB Annual Meeting!  

Delays in Infrastructure Projects: Article published! Dec 13, 2024 - Delays in Infrastructure Projects: Article published!
I am very proud of my former Master's Student, Farid Orya! The work he developed in this independent study has been published in the SAGE Journal of Public Works Management and Policy. In this research, Farid explored the reasons for delays in different stages of infrastructure projects' lifecycle! Check the abstract here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1087724X241308310

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