Ghada M Gad
Associate Professor, Construction Engineering and Management, Civil Engineering, College of Engineering
Scholarly Work and Projects
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Shrestha, P., Davis, B. and Gad, M. (2020). “Investigation of Legal Issues in Construction-Manager-at-Risk Projects: Case Study of Airport Projects” , ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution.
Gad, M. , Davis, B., Shrestha, P., and Fathi, M. (2020). “Legal and Contractual Issues in Lump-Sum Design-Build Implementation on Large-Scale Airport Projects” , ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution. 12(1)
Gad, M., Loulakis, M., and Gransberg, D. D. (2019). “Confidentiality Issues with Alternative Technical Concepts during Design-Build Project Procurement“. Special Issue: Legal Issues and Lessons Learned with Project Delivery Systems. ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction.
Gad, G. M., Davis, B., and Shrestha, P. (2019), “Lessons Learned from Progressive Design-Build Implementation on Airport Projects”. Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, ASCE
Castro-Nova, I, Gad, G. M., Touran, A., Cetin, B., Gransberg, D. (2018). “Evaluating the Influence of Differing Geographical Risk Perceptions on Design-Build Highway Projects” ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering, 4(4), https://ascelibrary.org/doi/pdf/10.1061/AJRUA6.0000993
Hashem Mehany, M., Bashettiyavar, G., Esmaeili, B., and Gad G. M. (2018). “Claims and Project Performance between Traditional and Alternative Project Delivery Methods” ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, 10(3)
Hasanzadeh, S., Esmaeili, B., Nasrollahi, S. ;and Gad G. M. (2018). “Impact of Owners’ Early Decisions on Project Performance and Dispute Occurrence in Public Highway Projects” ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, 10(2),
Gad, G. M. and Shane, J. S. (2017). “Culture-Risk-Trust Model for Dispute Resolution Methods' Selection in International Construction Contracts”, ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, 9(4), DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)LA.1943-4170.0000242
Gad, M., Shane, J. S. and Strong, K. C. (2016) “Risk-Based Estimating Practices: A Case Study of Minnesota Department of Transportation”, Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Gad, G. M., Shane, J. S., Strong, K. and Choi, J. (2016). “Rethinking Trust in Construction Contract Formation: Dispute Resolution Method Selection”, ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, 8(3)
Gad, G. M., Gransberg, D. D. and Loulakis, M. (2015) “Effective Policies and Procedures for Successfully Implementing Alternative Technical Concepts”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C.
Gad, G. M., Adamtey, S. and Gransberg, D. D. (October 2015) “Trends in Quality Management Approaches to Design-Build Transportation Projects”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2504, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2015. DOI: 10.3141/2504-11
Malek, Ramtin and Gad, G. M. (2015) “Lean Principles Application in Public-Private Partnership Projects’ Procurement”, International Conference on Public-Private Partnership, Austin, Texas, U.S.
Gransberg, D. D., Loulakis, M. and Gad, G. M. (2014). Alternative Technical Concepts for Contract Delivery Methods, NCHRP Synthesis 455, ISBN 978-0-309-27118-9, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, DC, September, 2014, 119 pp
M. Gad, Chapter 08, “Life-Cycle Cost Risk Analysis” Life Cycle Cost Analysis Professional Practice Guide, 2nd edition, by Lopez del Puerto, C. and D.D. Gransberg, Association for the Advancement of Cost Estimation (AACE) International, ISBN: 1-885517-60-2, Morgantown, West Virginia, 2011.
SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECTS
NCHRP Project 25-03 Managing Enhanced Risk in the Mega Project Era, National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) ‐ 2020
ACRP 09-20: Quantifying the Impacts of Delayed Maintenance of Airport Assets", Airport Cooperative Highway Research Program (ACRP) ‐ 2020 (awarded-contract pending)
NCHRP 10-101: Improving Mid-Term, Intermediate, and Long-Range Cost Forecasting: Guidance for State Departments of Transportation, National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) ‐ 2018
ACRP 11-01/10-02: Legal Issues Relating to Large Scale Airport Construction Projects, Airport Cooperative Research Program – 2017
NCHRP 08-112: A Guidebook for Implementing Alternative Technical Concepts into Project Delivery Methods, National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), 2017 - 2019.
NCHRP 24‐44: Guidelines for Managing Geographical Risks in Design‐Build Projects, National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) ‐ 2016
NCHRP 44-09: Alternate Technical Concepts for Contract Delivery Methods, 2012 - 2013.
Risk Based Engineers Estimate Project, Minnesota Department of Transportation, 2012 - 2014.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & MEMBERSHIPS
Member, NCHRP Project Panel 20-05/Synthesis Topic 51-01: Practices for Construction-Ready Digital Terrain Models, 2019-2020Member, NCHRP Project Panel 20-108: Guide to Sustaining a Culture of Innovation within Departments of Transportation, 2016-2018Handling Editor, Transportation Research Record (TRR), August 2019- currentCommunication Coordinator, Committee of Project Delivery Methods, AKC20, TRB, January 2020 - current.Member, Committee on Construction Management, AKC10, TRB, 2014 - current.Member, Transportation & Aviation Committee, Design Build Institute of America (DBIA), 2019- currentResearch Coordinator, Contract Law Committee, AL030, TRB, 2014 ‐ currentMember, American Society of Civil Engineer (M. ASCE), 2012 – currentReviewer, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, and Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution, 2014 - currentBest Reviewer Award (2017) & Reviewer (2015- current), Journal for Legal Affairs & Dispute Resolution in Construction.