Greg Starzyk

Position Professor Emeritus
Phone 650.287.5814
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Email gstarzyk@calpoly.edu
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Areas of Expertise

Construction Law
Integrated Project, Design and Program Management
Construction Accounting
Interdisciplinary Education

Education and Professional Experience

Kerogen Systems, Inc. – USA
Chief Operating Officer
2022 – Present

Taft University Law School– Santa Ana, California
Juris Doctor with Scholastic Merit
April 2010

East Carolina University – Greenville, North Carolina
Lecturer, Department of Construction Management
2005 to 2009

Northwestern University - Evanston, Illinois
Master of Project Management
Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Kellogg School of Management
June 2001

Honeywell - UOP – Des Plaines, Illinois
(Refining and Petrochemical Research, Engineering & Construction)
Business Manager and Global Planner
International Project Manager
Construction Manager
Design Engineer
1982 to 2005

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Urbana, Illinois
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
May 1982

Certifications

Certified Professional Constructor (CPC) 
American Institute of Constructors
 
Associate DBIA 

Design-Build Institute of America

Six-Sigma Green Belt
UOP, Des Plaines, Illinois

Supply Chain Management
The Association for Operations Management (APICS)

Engineer-in-Training
State of Illinois

Publications

Starzyk, G.F. (2019) Case Study: Program Management of Volume Modules. Proceedings of the Modular and Offsite Construction Conference, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Starzyk, G.F. (2019). Faculty Ownership of the Copyright to their Own Academic Work: Myths vs. Realilties, Proceedings of the 55th Annual International Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC). Denver, Colorado.

Starzyk, G.F. (2018). Interdisciplinary Collaboration in the College Classroom: A Prefabrication Strategy for Building Design. Proceedings of the 2018 Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Annual Conference. Orlando, Florida.

Starzyk, G.F., Kirk, Bashaw, D. (2018) Interdisciplinary Education in an Integrated Project Delivery Studio: Designing and Building Prefabricated Components. Proceedings of the 54th Annual International Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC).  Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Starzyk, G.F. (2016). Construction Law Casebook. (2nd ed.) San Luis Obispo, CA: Civilisation Chronicles. ISBN 978-0-9907394-3-2

Starzyk, G.F. (2016). Heightened Duties in Integrated Design and Delivery Contracts. International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) Working Commission on Law & Dispute Resolution in Property, Construction & the Built Environment (W113) in conjunction with the CIB World Building Congress, Tampere, Finland

Starzyk, G.F. (2015). Construction Law: Contracts, Risks and Regulations. (2nd ed.) San Luis Obispo, CA: Civilisation Chronicles. ISBN 978-0-9907394-1-8

Starzyk, G.F. (2015). Construction Law Casebook. San Luis Obispo, CA: Civilisation Chronicles. ISBN 978-0-9907394-2-5

Starzyk, G.F. (2015). ConsensusDocs™ 300 critique: How safe is the safe harbor? Proceedings of the 51st Annual International Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC).  College Station, Texas.

Starzyk, G.F. (2015). Construction Law: Contracts, Risks and Regulations. San Luis Obispo, CA: Civilisation Chronicles. ISBN 978-0-9907394-0-1

Starzyk, G.F. (2015). The Case for the Construction Manager as Fiduciary. International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) Working Commission on Law & Dispute Resolution in Property, Construction & the Built Environment (W113) in conjunction with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Conference on Construction, Building and Real Estate (COBRA). Sydney, Australia.

Starzyk, G.F. (2014). Alliance Contracting: Enforceability of the ConsensusDocs 300 Mutual Waiver of Liability in U.S. Courts. CIB W113 in conjunction with the Conference of the Association of Researchers in Construction Mgmt. (ARCOM). Portsmouth, England.

Starzyk, G.F. (2013). A Methodology for Selecting Program Outcomes Assessment Methods. Proceedings of the 49th Annual International Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC).  Pismo Beach, CA.

Starzyk, G.F. (2011). Orchestrating the Knowledge Suite. BIM Forum of the National Institute of Building Sciences in conjunction with the Ecobuild America Conference (ECOBUILD). Washington, D.C.

Starzyk, G.F., Nuttal, B., Clay, G., McDonald, M. and Mwangi, J. (2011). Instructional Design for an Integrated Project Delivery Studio. Proceedings of the 47th Annual International Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC). Lincoln, Nebraska.

Starzyk, G.F. and McDonald, M. (2010). The collaborative dance: only three steps. BIM Forum of the National Institute of Building Sciences in conjunction with the Ecobuild America Conference (ECOBUILD). Washington, D.C.

Starzyk, G.F. (2010). Extracting disputes by their roots: a context for discussing the root causes of disputes in the construction industry. Proceedings of the 46th Annual International Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC). Boston, Ma.

Memberships

Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA)
Associated Schools of Construction (ASC)

Other

Inclusive Excellence Trainer
Sigma Lambda Chi Faculty Advisor
Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) Faculty Advisor
Preconstruction Student Team Advisor
Risk Management Student Team Advisor

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