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Current Positions

Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Construction, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois (1972- present); note: Full Professor (1979-present), Associate Professor (1975-1978), Assistant Professor (1972-1974)

President, Adrian International LLC, Peoria, Illinois.  Company providing consulting services to the construction industry to include productivity measurement and improvement services; litigation support regarding quantification of financial damages, productivity loss, and schedule delays; arbitration and mediation services; estimating, scheduling and cost control; valuation studies of firms and equipment; construction accounting and financial services; total quality management (TQM); Partnering facilitation;  computer software applications; and seminars for conventions, associations, and firms. Clients include construction firms, project owners, and, design firms nationwide 1980-present).

President, Construction Systems Company, Peoria, Illinois.  Company providing construction education and publications to the construction industry.  Publications include textbooks, training manuals, national bimonthly Construction Productivity Newsletter; productivity procedures manual.  Training and education includes over 2,200 days of seminars and presentations given nationwide.

Prior Positions

Director of Construction and Real Estate Services; Clifton Gunderson, CPA's, Peoria, Illinos (1974-1980).  Responsible for development and services to construction industry clients firm wide (14 states).

Instructor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois-Urbana, Champaign-Urbana, IL (1970-1972).  Participated in starting of construction option within the Department of Civil Engineering.

Research Engineer, Construction Engineering and Research Laboratory, Department of the Army, Champaign, IL, Summer 1971 (research on construction productivity).

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Wisconsin State University-Platteville, WI (1968-1970). Started construction program within the Department of Civil Engineering.

Bridge Engineer, State Bridge Section, State of Wisonsin, Madison, Wisconsin (summer 1969).

Construction Engineer, Illinois Department of Transportation, State of Illinois (summers 1964, 1966, 1968).

Construction and Design Engineer, Chamlin Consulting Engineers, Peru, Illinois (summers 1965, 1967).

Education

Ph.D., Civil Engineering; University of Illinois-Urbana, Champaign, IL; 1974, Thesis: The Measurement of Construction Productivity.

B.S., Accounting, Bradley University, Peoria, IL; 1974 (with honors).

M.S., Civil Engineering; University of Illinois-Urbana, Champaign, IL; 1968 (national defense fellowship).

B.S., Civil Engineering; University of Illinois-Urbana, Champaign, IL;1967 (Edmund James Scholar).

Associate Engineering Degree (community college-pre engineering). La Salle Peru Olgesby Junior College; La Salle, IL., (1967).

Various short courses to support license requirements for certified public accountant (CPA), professional engineer (PE), and real estate broker.

 Licenses

Profession Engineer (PE), State of Illinois; (1972-present)

Certified Public Accountant (CPA), State of Illinois (1976-present)

Real Estate Broker, State of Illinois (1976-present)

Certified Management Accountant (CMA).

Arbitrator; American Arbitration Association (1984-present)

Awards/Honors

Distinguished Alumni Award, 2001, University of Illinois-Urbana, Department of Civil Engineering and Construction (award for distinguished and on-going contributions to Construction Education).

National Construction Educator of the Year, 1998, Award given by the National Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

Named National Honorary Member of the American Society of Professional Estimators; one of four individuals ever named by the assoication.

Teacher of the Year; Department of Civil Engineering and Construction, Bradley University; 2002 and 1996.

Named Expert on Construction Management, International Council of Building Research.

Accountants Author Award; National Society of Cost Accountants.

Illinois Young Engineer of the Year; Illinois Society of Professional Engineers.

Peoria Area Engineer of the Year; Illinois Society of Professional Engineers (Peoria Chapter).

Phi Kappa Phi; National Academic Honor Society.

Sigma Lamda Chi, National Construction Honorary.

Tau Beta Phi, National Accounting Honor Society.

National Defense Fellow

Edmund James Scholar Student.

Publications- Textbooks

Adrian, James J., A Ten Step Program for Improving Construction Productivity, Builder Books- National Association of Home Builders Press, Washington, DC.  2001 (Book: 161 pages).

Adrian, James J., Total Productivity and Quality Management, Stipes Publishing, Champaign, IL, 1995 (Hard cover book: 362 pages).

Adrian, James J., Construction Claims: A Quantitative Approach-2nd Edition,  Stipes Publishing, Champaign, IL, 1993 ( 306 pages).Adrian, James J., Construction Claims: A Quantitative Approach-2nd Edition,  Stipes Publishing, Champaign, IL, 1993 ( 306 pages).

Adrian, James J., Construction Estimating: An Accounting and Productivity Approach-4th Edition, Stipes Publishing, Champaign, IL, 1993 (Hard cover book: 536 pages).

Adrian, James J., Construction Productivity Improvement, Elsevier Publishing, New York, New York, 1984 (Hard cover book: 346 pages).

Adrian, James J., Microcomputers in the Construction Industry, Prentice-Hall Reston, Virginia,  1985 (Hard cover book: 318 pages).

Adrian, James J., Building Construction Handbook, Elsevier Publishing, New York, New York, 1984 (Hard cover book: 561 pages).

Adrian, James J., CM: The Construction Management Process, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ  1980 (Hard cover book: 312 pages).

Adrian, James J., Construction Accounting: Financial, Managerial, Auditing, and Tax, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ  1979 (Hard cover book: 360 pages).

Adrian, James J., Business Practices for Construction Management, Elsevier Publishing, New York, New York, 1976 (Hard cover book: 442 pages).

Adrian, James J., Quantitative Methods in Construction Management,  Elsevier Publishing, New York, New York, 1973 (Hard cover book: 493 pages).

Publications- Other

Training Manuals/Courses and Procedures Manuals - Construction Systems Company Publisher

Job Site Procedures Manual for Productivity Management (15 section manual for implementing consistent construction productivitiy procedures for all supervisors at job sites.

Improving Construction Productivity; 4 hour video training course and manual.

Total Quality Management for Construction; 4 hour video training course and manual.

Construction Accounting and Financial Management for the Construction Firm; 4 hour video training course and manual.

Value Added Services for the Construction Firm; 4 hour video training course and manual.

Training Manuals/Courses for National Associations

Construction Productivity Measurement and Improvement- STP Unit 9; Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) national training manual/course-Superintendent Training Program (STP-Unit 9), AGC, Washington, DC., 2002.

Construction Productivity Measurement and Improvement; Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) national training manual/course-Superintendent Training Program (STP-Unit 9), AGC, Washington, DC., 2002.

Total Quality Management; Illinois Department of Transportation, Springfield, IL, 1995, 175 pages.

Executive Policies for Productivity Improvement, AGC Productivity Bulletin, 1992.

Production Measurement and Anaylsis, AGC Productivity Bulletin, 1992.

Construction Auditing and Taxation; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, New York, New York, 1995, 196 pages.

How to Perform a Construction Contractor Audit, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, New York, New York, 1985, 160 pages.

How to Integrate the Estimating, Scheduling, and Control Function, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, New York, New York, 1983, 162 pages

Construction Accounting-Advanced, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, New York, New York, 1982, 255 pages.

Construction Accounting, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, New York, New York, 1980, 222 pages.

How to Perform a Construction Contractor Audit, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, New York, New York, 1985, 220 pages.

National Newsletter

Jim Adrian's Construction Productivity Newsletter; bimonthly newsletter for past nineteen years; Construction Systems Company, Peoria, IL.

Articles in Periodicals/Journals

Approximately three per year for last twenty five years.

Value Added Services for the Construction Firm; 4 hour video training course and manual.

Family

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