Christopher Willis CarsonMr. Carson is Director of Program & Project Controls and Vice President for Arcadis. Chris leads the Program & Project Controls (PPC) Community of Practice, providing training in best practices. He attended the University of Virginia in Mechanical Enineering with Structural Engineering courses at Old Dominion University. Mr. Carson provides Arcadis leadership in schedule, risk, cost, forensic analysis standards, planning, execution, and benchmarking. He teaches an industry-leading course on Forensic Schedule Delay Analysis, successfully negotiated hundreds of disputes, and used that background to inform his project controls best practices to collaboratively influence on-time and -budget completions. He has specialized in recovery and helped mitigate hundreds of days of delay, avoiding delays and disputes.He has 50 years of experience in Program/Construction Management, specializing in Cost Engineering, Program/Project Controls disciplines; Planning & Scheduling, Cost Estimating & Management, Risk Management, Document Control/Contract Administration, and Forensic Analysis/Claims Avoidance/ Dispute Resolution. His experience includes light/heavy rail, road/bridge infrastructure, aviation, seaports, water/wastewater, utilities, environmental remediation, pharma, oil/gas, industrial, commercial, educational. Mr. Carson is active in a leadership position in the professional program & construction management and project controls industry associations including CMAA (Construction Management Association of America), AACE (Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering) International, RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors), and the GPC (International Guild of Project Controls). He has provided over 750 industry training and seminar sessions in construction management and cost engineering/project controls.As a recognized thought leader in Project Controls, Mr. Carson was recipient of the 2021 AACE International "O.T. Zimmerman Founder's Award" for "... the development of policies, practices, procedures, and projects directed to the advancement of the precepts of total cost management and AACE", 2011 AACE "Technical Excellence" award, 2009 PMI College of Scheduling award for "Significant Contributions to the Scheduling Industry", "Chairman's Award" from CMAA in 2006 for contributions to the CM industry. He was selected as an AACE Fellow in 2013 "in recognition of professional attainment and significant accomplishment in cost management or cost engineering." He was selected as a GPC Fellow of Project Controls in 2014, and a Fellow of RICS in 2015 for his achievements "as well as demonstrating significant career achievements and successes...".Industry Professional PublicationsAs a top ranked speaker, Mr. Carson's credentials include over 100 peer-reviewed publications. Mr. Carson is a CMAA Certified Construction Manager (CCM), a Chartered Surveyor by RICS (FRICS), a PMI Project Management Professional (PMP), an AACE International Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP), Decision and Risk Management Professional (DRMP), and Certified Estimating Professional (CEP). Read More Read Less