Ron G. Prichard

Dr. Prichard is a panelist for Workshop W10, "Road Map to Construction Quality—A Case Study," on Wednesday afternoon. He has over 30 years of involvement with the construction industry at various levels, starting out as a laborer for a home builder, and rising to be a construction manager and owners representative. For the past 20 years he has focused on risk management, safety, and quality.

Dr. Prichard received a Bachelor of Science (United States Military Academy) in Civil Engineering, and Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering, his Doctorate of Philosophy in Engineering and is a Professional Engineer (Civil). He successfully built projects in both the public sector (while serving as an officer on Active Duty and in the Army Reserve with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) and in the private sector (as a Construction Project Manager with a General Contractor and as a Construction Administrator with a utility). Dr. Prichard currently serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor on the faculty of the Purdue University Building Construction Management Department teaching Risk Management in Construction in the Distance Masters Degree Program.

In addition to his construction management experience, Dr. Prichard has extensive field experience in construction quality. He has assisted the review of quality programs on eight OCIP projects for owners and has reviewed the quality management programs of more than a dozen contractors. Additionally, Dr. Prichard has participated in preparation of Baldrige Quality Award applications and is Six Sigma trained for quality control. Dr. Prichard is the coauthor of the Associated General Contractors of American fundamentals publication: Risk Management, Insurance, and Bonding for the Construction Industry.

Dr. Prichard frequently speaks throughout the United States on numerous Construction Quality and Construction Safety topics and has authored dozens of papers. He served 6 years as Safety Advisor to The Construction User Roundtable (CURT). In this role, Dr. Prichard established the annual Construction Industry Safety Excellence (CISE) Awards program. He has also served as a Strategic Planning Facilitator and Advisor for AGC of America, CURT, and various owners, contractors, and others.

Dr. Prichard is a professional member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Safety Engineers, and the Society of American Military Engineers. He retired in 1999 from the U.S. Army Reserve as a Major, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.