Baabak Ashuri
Professor, Georgia Tech School of Building Construction
Baabak Ashuri is a Professor in Schools of Building Construction, and Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Fellow of Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems at Georgia Tech. His research has focused on Quantitative Methods for Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management with important contributions in the areas of construction analytics, innovative project delivery, and evaluation of sustainable and resilient infrastructure systems. He has 180 publications, including 54 refereed-journal papers, and secured $8.5M funding from NSF, FHWA, USDOT, USDOE, CII, GDOT, and LTRC, to name a few. The impact of Ashuri’s research was recognized by several awards (CII/FIATECH Outstanding Early Career Researcher, ASCE Thomas Fitch Rowland, ASC National Research Faculty, DBIA Distinguished Leadership, and AASHTO High-Value Research “Sweet Sixteen”). Ashuri has chaired the ASCE Construction Research Council (CRC) and served on the ASCE Construction Institute (CI) Board of Governors.
Courses taught by Baabak
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Introduction to the Real Estate Development Process - Winter 2024
Real estate development is a complex and multifaceted process. This course will deliver the basics of real estate development including: the stages of development, sources of data, funding and financing, sustainability, and the role of regulations.
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$525.00Construction Fundamentals: Construction Administration, Project Delivery Systems, Procurement Methods, Contracting Formats, and Risk Management - Winter 2024
This class will describe major construction administration tasks throughout the various phases of project lifecycle, from idea inception and project planning to construction and project closeout.
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$525.00Construction Fundamentals: Project Finance and Public/Private Partnership (P3) - Spring 2024
Along with an introduction to the principles of project finance, this class explains why and when P3 should be considered as an appropriate option for project financing.