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Chris Carson is Enterprise Director of Program & Project Controls and Vice President for ARCADIS U.S., the leading global engineering and consultancy firm providing Consulting, Engineering, and Program/Construction Management services.   Chris is the Lead for the Program & Project Controls (PPC) Community of Practice, the PPC training and best practices development center.

He has over 45 years of experience in Program/Construction Management, specializing in the Program & Project Controls disciplines; Planning and Scheduling, Cost Management, Risk Management, Document Control/Contract Administration, and Forensic Analysis/Claims Avoidance/Dispute Resolution. His experience includes educational, municipal, commercial, industrial, governmental, military, medical, facilities, infrastructure/transportation, aviation, seaports, water/wastewater treatment, utilities, and environmental projects. 

Mr. Carson is active in a leadership position in the professional construction management and project controls industry associations including CMAA (Construction Management Association of America), AACE (Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering) International, RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors), CII (Construction Industry Institute), PMI (Project Management Institute), CPM (College of Performance Management), and the GPC (International Guild of Project Controls).  He has provided over 700 training, webinar, presentations, and seminar sessions.

As a recognized thought leader in the Program/Project Controls and Construction Management industry, he has received multiple awards.  Mr. Carson was the recipient of the 2011 AACE International “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 for contributions to the CM industry.  He was on the AACE 2016-2018 Board of Directors and is an Advisor on the Board of Advisors for CII for 2019-2021.

He was selected as an AACE International Fellow in 2013 “in recognition of professional attainment and significant accomplishment 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 his individual achievement “as well as demonstrating significant career achievements and successes, it demonstrates a passion for developing the industry, sharing knowledge and supporting others in reaching their goals”.

As a top ranked speaker and presenter of over 700 industry sessions, Mr. Carson’s credentials also include over 65 publications from peer-reviewed articles including AACE Recommended Practices, “Forensic Schedule Analysis”, “Identifying the Critical Path”, “Planning & Accounting for Adverse Weather”, “Development of Cost Estimate Plans”, “Original Baseline Schedule Review”, and “Update Schedule Review”.   Mr. Carson was an Author and Editor for the book, “CPM Scheduling for Construction - Best Practices and Guidelines”, 2014, contributing author for “Construction Project Scheduling and Control”, by Saleh Mubarak, 2010, and contributing author for the “Time Management Guidelines” and “Claims Management Guidelines” by CMAA, 2011, 2017, 2018.

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). 

Chris is married to Deb, with three adult children and seven grandchildren, and works out of the Virginia Beach office of Arcadis.