Heather Moore is an engineer from

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

known for her research in

construction management Construction management (CM) is a professional service that uses specialized, project management techniques and software to oversee the planning, design, construction and closeout of a project. The purpose of Construction management is to control ...

and construction productivity. She is the Vice President of Operations at MCA. She studied Industrial and Operations Engineering at the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

, and also holds an

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

from the

University of Michigan-Flint A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

, and later obtained a Ph. D in Construction Management at the

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...

. Her Ph.D. research focused on information

entropy Entropy is a scientific concept, as well as a measurable physical property, that is most commonly associated with a state of disorder, randomness, or uncertainty. The term and the concept are used in diverse fields, from classical thermodynam ...

, with specific application in construction. Her papers and research have been used in innovation in construction development. She has co-authored two books on improving productivity on construction job sites and has published many articles in specialized magazines, including work referencing both MCA’s experience in

Agile Construction Agile construction is an integrated system of principles and methods, and a philosophy of doing business adapted to jobsites and overall project delivery in the construction industry. It is born from agile manufacturing and project management, whic ...

and the

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standard in combination with information entropy. She has also contributed to other books and research work conducted at MCA on topics of productivity and process design. Heather has written two books with Perry Daneshgari focused on productivity in construction, and has written articles in magazines like Construction Executive, IEC Insights Magazine,

, Electrical Construction & Management Magazine among others blogs and pages. She has conducted research for Electri International (links) and New Horizons Foundation. (link) besides her academic research for the University of Michigan. She is now Vice President of Operations for MCA but has been Manager of Research and Assistant Implementer. Before MCA she worked for John E. Green Company.

Bibliography

*Competing in the New Construction Environment A Compilation to Lead the Way - Book 1: The Here and Now-How to Be Competitive. *Application of

E2691 Standard Practice for Job Productivity Measurement in

*Operational Model Needed to Compete in Industrialized Construction - Industrialization of Construction, A Compilation to Lead the Way, Book 2: *Industrialization of Construction, A Compilation to Lead the Way, Foundation and Future, Dealing with the Challenges of More Work, Book 3: *Efficiency and Continuous Improvement: Survival of the Unfits - Book 4:

External links

Heather Moore Profile
* Daneshgari, Dr. Perry, and Dr. Heather Moore
Prefabrication Handbook for the Construction Industry: Agile Construction® Application through Externalizing Work®
, 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Heather American civil engineers Living people Michigan State University alumni University of Michigan College of Engineering alumni Year of birth missing (living people) University of Michigan–Flint alumni