He has over 45 years of experience in Program/Construction Management, specializing inthe Cost Engineering, Program & Project Controls disciplines; Planning andScheduling, Cost Management, Risk Management, Document Control/ContractAdministration, and Forensic Analysis/Claims Avoidance/Dispute Resolution. His experienceincludes educational, commercial, industrial, governmental, military, medical, facilities,infrastructure/transportation, aviation, seaports, water/wastewater, utilities,and environmental projects.
Industry Thought Leadership and Awards
Mr. Carson is active in a leadership position in theprofessional program & construction management and project controlsindustry associations including CMAA (Construction Management Association of America), AACE (Association for theAdvancement of Cost Engineering) International, RICS (Royal Institute ofChartered Surveyors), and the GPC (International Guild of ProjectControls).
As arecognized thought leader in the Program/Project Controls and Construction Management industry, Mr. Carson was the recipient of the 2021 AACE International “O.T. Zimmerman Founder’s Award ” for “… thedevelopment of policies, practices, procedures, and projects directed to theadvancement of the precepts of total cost management and AACE International”,the 2011 AACE “Technical Excellence”award, the 2009 PMI College of Scheduling award for “Significant Contributions to the Scheduling Industry”, and the “Chairman’s Award” from CMAA in 2006 forcontributions to the CM industry. He was on the AACE 2016-2018 Board of Directors and the Board of Advisors for CII for2019-2020.
Industry Fellowships
He was selected as an AACE International Fellow in 2013 “in recognition of professional attainment and significantaccomplishment in cost management or cost engineering.” He was selected as the first founding Fellow of Project Controls by the International Guild of Project Controls in 2014, and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in 2015 for hisindividual achievement “as well asdemonstrating significant career achievements and successes…”.
Industry Professional Publications
As a top ranked speaker and presenter of over 700 industry sessions, Mr. Carson’s credentials include over 75 peer-reviewed publicationssuch as AACE Recommended Practices, “ForensicSchedule Analysis”, “Identifying theCritical Path”, “Recovery Scheduling”,“Development of Cost Estimate Plans”, “Original Baseline Schedule Review”, and “Update Schedule Review”. Mr. Carson was an Author/Editor for the book, “CPM Scheduling for Construction - Best Practices and Guidelines”, 2014,contributing author for “ConstructionProject Scheduling and Control”, by Saleh Mubarak, 2010, and contributingauthor for the “Time Management Guidelines”and “Claims Management Guidelines” by CMAA, 2011, 2017, 2018. In addition, in September 2021, AACE published its 100th Recommended Practice and Chris had the eighth greatest number of individual contributions to those Recommended Practices.
Industry Certifications
Mr.Carson is a CMAA Certified Construction Manager (CCM), a Chartered Surveyor by RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors), PMI Project Management Professional (PMP), an AACE International Planning and Scheduling Professional( PSP), Decision and Risk Management Professional (DRMP), and Certified Estimating Professional (CEP).
Personal
Chris is married to Deb, with three adult children and seven grandchildren, and works out of the Virginia Beach office of Arcadis.