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Building Construction Management

Faculty and Staff
Joseph Orczyk Joseph J. Orczyk
Associate Professor
Office: Knoy 413
Phone: 765.494.2469
Fax: 765.496.2246
Email: orczykj@purdue.edu

Education

Purdue University Ph.D. Construction Engineering and Management 1989
University of Michigan MBA Management 1981
Pennsylvania State University B.S. Civil Engineering 1975

Academic Employment History

1994-present Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Associate Professor of Building Construction Management, College of Technology
1989-1994 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Assistant Professor of Building Construction Management, College of Technology

Industry Employment/Consultant Activities

1981-1984 Bechtel Corporation, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Senior Planning Engineer: Scheduled the design and construction of a $1.6 billion power plant.
1979-1979 Foster Wheeler Corporation, Elbistan, Turkey, Chief Planning Engineer: Managed the field-planning department for power plant construction.
1978-1979 Foster Wheeler Corporation, Shedgum, Saudi Arabia Senior Planning Engineer: Scheduled the construction of a natural gas plant.
1975-1978 Badger Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, Ashland, Kentucky and Texas City, Texas, Construction Engineer: Various responsibilities required for the construction of process plants.
1990 - present Shuck Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana, project management and estimating consultant.

Presentations, Workshops, and Seminars

  • “Progress Monitoring,” AACE Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, June 25, 2002
  • “Change Management Control Methods,” Southwestern Ohio Section of AACE, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 21, 2002
  • “Skills & Knowledge Required for Future Leaders,” AACE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 20, 2001
  • “Controlling Commodity Installation Activities,” AACE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 19, 2001
  • “Construction Contracts – Changes,” AACE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 20, 2001
  • “How do You Get the Most Out of Your Advisory Board: As an Educator and as a Constructor?” AGC of Indiana Educators and Constructors Conference, Terre Haute, Indiana, September 29, 2000
  • “Analyzing Construction Productivity,” a two-hour presentation, Joint Cost Management Societies, November 10, 1999, Chicago, Illinois.
  • "Construction Labor Cost Reporting," a two hour presentation, Annual Meeting of Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, Denver, Colorado, June 29, 1999.
  • "Labor Cost Control," a two hour presentation, Annual Meeting of Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 1, 1998.
  • "Planning and Scheduling," a half hour presentation, International Construction Cost Management Seminar, Warsaw, Poland, April 24, 1998.
  • "Labor Cost Control," a two hour presentation, Annual Meeting of Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, Dallas, Texas, July 16, 1997.
  • “Building Project Control,” Advanced Project Management and Dynamic Project Execution Conference for Engineering Management, Costa Mesa, California, July 10, 1996.
  • "Progress and Cost Control," a two hour presentation, Annual Meeting of Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, St. Louis, Missouri, June 27, 1995.
  • “Keys of Construction Management,” Advanced Construction Management Conference for Engineering Management, Costa Mesa, California, September 26, 1994.
  • "Progress and Cost Control," a two hour presentation, Annual Meeting of Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, San Francisco, California, June 21, 1994.
  • "Progress and Cost Control," a two-hour presentation, Annual Meeting of Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, Dearborn, Michigan, July 1993.
  • "Progress and Cost Control," a three-hour presentation, Annual Meeting of Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, Orlando, Florida, June, 1992
  • “Managing Change on the Project,” September 23, 1999, January 21, 2000, May 3, 2000, October 26, 2001, February 1, 2001, May 16, 2001, November 8, 2001 IEC/ABC
  • “Get Ahead & Stay Ahead -- Frontloading,” September 25, 1999, January 22, 2000, May 6, 2000, October 28, 2000, February 3, 2001, May 16, 2001, November 10, 2001 IEC/ABC
  • “Material cost Control and Subcontract Cost Control,” November 7, 2001 IEC/ABC
  • “Keeping Score – Labor Costs and You,” September 25, 1999, January 22, 2000, May 6, 2000 October 28, 2000, February 3, 2001, and May 16, 2001, IEC/ABC
  • “The River of Life – Cash Flow,” November 18, 1999, April 7, 2000, August 17, 2000, January 18, 2001, April 19, 2001, August 17, 2001, January 30, 2002 IEC/ABC
  • “Short Interval Scheduling,” November 18, 1999, April 7, 2000, August 17, 2000, and January 18, 2001 IEC/ABC
  • “Keeping Score – Tracking and Logging,” November 17, 1999, April 5, 2000, August 16, 2000, January 17, 2001, April 19, 2001, August 16, 2001 IEC/ABC
  • “Contract –Delays, Accelerations, Changes-in-Scope, and Differing Site Conditions,” November 12, 1998 PHCC
  • “Schedule of Values,” November 13, 1998 PHCC
  • “Labor Cost Reporting,” November 14, 1998 PHCC
  • “Forecasting and Managing Cash Flow,” February 25, 1998 PHCC
  • “Tracking Costs and Project Logs,” February 25, 1998 PHCC
  • “Short Interval Scheduling,” February 26, 1998 PHCC
  • "Scheduling Course of the Graduate Builders Series," six hours for the Home Builders Association of St. Louis, 1997, St. Louis, Missouri
  • "Scheduling Course of the Graduate Builders Series," six hours for the Home Builders Association of Northern Kentucky, 1996, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky
  • "Estimating Course of the Graduate Builders Series," six hours for the Home Builders Association of Northern Kentucky, June 8, 1996, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky
  • "Scheduling Course of the Graduate Builders Series," six hours for the Home Builders Association of Kentucky, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, and 1989, Louisville, Kentucky
  • "Estimating Course of the Graduate Builders Series," six hours for the Home Builders Association of Kentucky, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, and 1988, Lexington, Kentucky
  • "CPM Scheduling," four hours for the Wilson-Blazek Corporation, Indianapolis, 1990
  • "Construction Project Management Case Study," four hours for the Indianapolis Department of Public Works, Indianapolis, 1990
  • "Construction Cost Control for the Owner," four hours for the Indianapolis Department of Public Works, Indianapolis, 1990
  • "Estimating Course of the Graduate Builders Series," six hours for the Home Builders Association of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1990

Publications

Refereed / Peer Reviewed:

  • Orczyk*, J. J. & Chang, L. M. (1991). Parametric regression model for project scheduling. Project Management Journal, 24(4), 41-47.
  • Jenkins*, J. L., Kramer, S. W., & Orczyk, J. J. (2006). Scheduling 101: A behind-the-scenes look at basic schedule calculations. Proceedings of the Project Management Institute College of Scheduling, Orlando, FL [CD: paper number 5.1, 17 pages].

Non-refereed / Trade Publications / Reports:

  • Orczyk, J. J. (1999). Interruptible or Continuous Activity Durations? Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of AACE International, CDR.08.1 – CDR.08.4.
  • Orczyk, J. J. (1993). Subcontractor management for public buildings. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of AACE International, G.7.1-G.7.7.
  • Orczyk, J. J. (1991). Construction management reporting. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of American Association of Cost Engineers, SK.5.1-SK.5.6.
  • Orczyk*, J. J. & Chang, L. M. (1990). Parametric project scheduling of milestones. Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of American Association of Cost Engineers, M.4.1-M.4.11.
  • Orczyk, J. J. (1990). Construction labor variance analysis teaching model. Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction, 95-99.
  • Orczyk, J. J. (1989). Variance analysis labor cost report. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of American Association of Cost Engineers, F.2.1.-F.2.4.
  • Baha*, Z. & Orczyk, J. J. (1987). Computers and construction. Proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference of the Association of Muslim Scientists and Engineers, 16, 36-42.
  • Orczyk*, J. J. & Hancher, D. (1987). Schedule risk analysis using computer simulation. Proceedings of the 31st Annual Meeting of American Association of Cost Engineers, A.7.1-A.7.6.

Book Chapters:

  • Orczyk, J. J., (2004). Chapter 14 – Progress Measurement & Earned Value, Chapter 15 – Earned value for Variable Budgets, Chapter 16 – Tracking Cost & Schedule Performance, and Chapter 21 – Project Labor Cost Control. In Skills and Knowledge of Cost Engineering, 5th Edition, SCoTt Amos, PE, Editor, AACE International, 2004 ISBN 1-885517-49-1
  • Orczyk, J. J. (1997). Controlling the Cost of Construction Labor. Westney, Richard E. (Ed.), The Engineers Cost Handbook. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc..
  • Orczyk, J. J., Neil*, J. M., & Rahbar, F. (1992). Progress and cost control I. In D. F. McDonald & J. M. Neil (Eds.), Skills & knowledge of cost engineering (pp. 9.1-9.6). Morgantown, WV: Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering.