Patrycja Karcińska, MSc Eng, works in the Institute of Construction and Transportation Engineering & Management at Cracow University of Technology. On the 1st July 2011 she defended her master thesis on the Civil Engineering Faculty at Cracow Technical University and the decision of the Faculty Council graduated with honors for academic performance.
Patrycja Karcińska’s scope of interest encompasses issues related to organization and management of construction, especially such problems as construction contractor bidding strategy, development and optimization of construction schedules, construction works duration assessment and workforce planning. Her models of the processes employ fuzzy logic. She is at the beginning of her scientific career and has already published few articles in Polish journals.
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Michał Juszczyk, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Institute of Construction and Transportation Engineering & Management at Cracow University of Technology. His First Degree was in Marketing and Management in Construction (graduated with honours in 2000) – Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, PL. His Doctorate was obtained from the Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, PL, in the Engineering Sciences, area of Construction Organization and Management (2010).
He lectures at 1st degree, 2nd degree and postgraduate levels in the areas of Construction Organization and Management and Construction Technology. He supervises postgraduate studies in the field of Quantity Surveying, Cost Estimation and Construction Planning. He also supervises courses for professionals in the fields of Quantity Surveying and Cost Estimation.
Michał Juszczyk’s scope of scientific and professional interests encompasses such issues as: building information modelling (BIM) and its applications in construction project management, construction cost management, construction cost analyses, construction project management, technology of construction works. He has contributed over 20 publications in various journals and conferences in his areas of expertise.
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Krzysztof Zima is Assistant Professor of Organization and Management at the Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Construction and Transportation Engineering & Management. His current research interests focus on construction cost estimation, Building Information Modeling, Design&Build and Integrated Project Delivery, evaluation of investment efficiency and influence of the building shape on the cost of construction.
Krzysztof Zima received his Ph.D. in 2008 from the Cracow University of Technology. He is the author/co-author of over 60 publications, academic book and 3 chapters in academic text book, several international and local conferences papers, a lot of opinions and expertise’s. He was also a scientific committee member and a reviewer of polish and international conference papers and journals. He received the Award of the Minister of Infrastructure for a doctoral thesis: Analysis of development of construction projects using fuzzy logic (for 2008), Honorary Badge of Cracow University of Technology (2011) and Outstanding Reviewer for Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction in the Emerald Literati Network 2014 Awards for Excellence. He is a cost estimation appraiser, member of Construction Cost Estimators Association and American Real Estate Society.
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Agnieszka Leśniak, Ph.D., Eng, working at Cracow University of Technology, Institute of Building and Transport Management. Since 1998 as a teaching assistant also since 2005 as an Assistant Professor
She completed Ph.D. Thesis titled “The method of estimation the indirect costs of works using artificial neural networks” in 2004.
Agnieszka’s research interests are focused on the following areas: – construction management and economics, building procurement, tendering and bidding, partnering in building, cost modeling, using of artificial neural networks in construction management.
She is the author and co-author of over 40 publications in the field of construction management, cost estimating, building procurement. She publishes in re-viewed national and international scientific journals. In active way she has participated in over 20 conferences including 8 international. Agnieszka has been a supervisor of 29 Bachelor’s thesis and 37 Master’s thesis already.
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Constanta Bodea received her PhD degree in Cybernetics and Statistics in 1993 from the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies. Her academic career started in 1985 and now she is full professor at Bucharest University of Economic Studies, teaching artificial intelligence, information systems and project management. She is member of the PMR, the Romanian Project Management Association. She acted as first assessor for certification in Romania according to the International Project Management Association. In 2006 she contributed to the startup of the national Project Excellence Awards in Romania. Constanta Bodea authored more than 200 studies, books and working papers at scientific events. She has an extensive experience from IT and research projects, as project manager and team leader. Her research relates to competences modeling, computer-assisted testing with applications in e-learning, and project risk management.
