Welcome to Professor Sheafer's Webpage

Background ::

Education

• Ph.D. in Construction Technology Management, Indiana State University, in progress
• M.S. in Management, Florida Institute of Technology, 2003
• B.A. in Urban Planning Studies, Temple University, 1986

Experience

• Senior Project Controls Manager, Washington Group International
• Senior Schedule Manager, Kwame Building Group
• Project Controls Consultant, PMA Consultants LLC
• Project Management Consultant, Fogel & Associates, Inc.

Courses ::   

Fall 2005

• CE004 - Engineering Graphics
• CM127 - Planning, Scheduling and Project Controls

Spring 2005

• CM121 - Fundamentals of Estimating
• CM126 - Construction Project Management
• ENGR004 - Engineering Graphics

Fall 2004

• CM010 - Introduction to the Construction Industry
• CM127 - Planning, Scheduling and Project Controls
• ENGR004 - Engineering Graphics

Papers and Publications ::

• The Relationship between Estimates and Schedules; to have been presented at The 49th Annual Meeting of AACE International in June 2005
• Getting Started in P3: Basic Tips and Techniques; to have been presented at The Primavera 21st Annual Conference in October 2004
• Challenges to Cost-Loading A Project Schedule; presented at The 48th Annual Meeting of AACE International in June 2004
• Creating an Effective Documentation Control System; presented at The CMAA National Conference in September 2003
• The Schedule as the Overall Project Management Tool; presented at The Primavera 20th Annual Conference in November 2003
• “Developing a Work Breakdown Structure as the Unifying Foundation for Project Controls System Development”; published in The AACEI Cost Engineering Publication, Vol.45, June 2003.
• The Work Breakdown Structure as a Project Coordinator Tool; presented at The Primavera 19th Annual Conference in October 2002
• Developing an Efficient Coding Structure for a Multi-Project Schedule; to have been presented at The Primavera 18th Annual User Conference in September 2001; Conference canceled due to events of 9/11.

Interests/Research Projects::

• CSU Student Research Competition
• CSUS Council for University Planning
• CSUS Office of International Programs
• Linking Education and Economic Development (LEED)

Professional Associations ::

• American Society of Professional Estimators (ASPE)
• Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineers International (AACEI)
• Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA)
• Construction Managment Association of America (CMAA)
• The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI)
• Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA)
• National Association for Women in Construction (NAWIC)