Faculty

Eric H. Chang

Eric H. Chang, is a manager of project controls and risk division at Davis Langdon, a globally recognized construction consulting firm headquartered in New York City. Chang has nearly 15 years of diversified experience in managing and controlling complex facility and transportation projects through applied probabilistic techniques. With a proven knowledge not only in techniques of project planning and controlling, but also in probability, statistics, and stochastic modeling, he has provided project controls and risk assessment consulting services for complex projects throughout the states and has been a guest speaker at numerous international conferences. His expertise includes assessing cost and schedule risks with Monte Carlo simulation and program evaluation and review technique (PERT), as well as inventing various stochastic models to predict bids and forecast costs per diem for liquidated damages. In addition to risk assessment, he has extensive experience in value engineering, cost estimating, scheduling, coordinating architectural and engineering drawings, conducting constructability reviews, reviewing schedules, and budgets, and contract administration. His patented project system, NDCON, was featured in the June 3, 2002, issue of Engineering News-Record and is a cutting-edge project management tool that integrates risk analysis with cost, schedule, accounting, procurement, and 3D computer (building information) models. Major projects Chang has been involving with include the World Trade Center PATH Terminal (New York City), Link Light Rail (Seattle), FasTrack (Denver), and Central Subway (San Francisco). He earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University, concentrating in construction engineering and project management.

Eric Chang teaches Information Technology for the Construction Industry.