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• Hastak -HCS-Expert Witness Profile-2024-May.pdf

Construction Engrg & Management - Purdue Faculty

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

As Principal Consultant, Hastak Consulting Services (HCS), Prof. Hastak has provided consulting and expert witness services on 42 cases including expert review, reports, depositions (11), and trial/evidence deposition (4). Also, he is a registered Domestic Relations Mediator in Indiana. Prof. Hastak is the immediate past President of the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB). He is the Reilly Professor in the Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Purdue University. Prof. Hastak is an elected member of the National Academy of Construction (NAC). He has served as the Associate Dean of Engineering and Dernlan Family Head of Construction Engineering and Management. He was an Honorary Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University in China. He has assisted the construction industry for the past 38 years through consulting, research, teaching, and service to the community. Prof. Hastak is a globally recognized expert in construction engineering and management with specific expertise in profitability of construction companies, disaster risk reduction, infrastructure management, cost control, project management decision-making, risk management, factory-built housing, contracts, warranties, modular construction, construction safety, and strategic planning. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE), a Construction Risk Insurance Specialist (CRIS), and a Certified Cost Professional (CCP). Prof. Hastak has worked on numerous projects sponsored by NSF, State DOTs, City Agencies, and the Construction Industry Institute (CII). As a Fellow of the American Council on Education (cohort of 2013-14) at Cornell University he focused on Hybrid RCM budget, engaged institution, and Public-Private Partnership in academia. As a prominent educator and consultant, he has given over 60 keynotes/invited lectures around the world. Prof. Hastak has authored/co-authored over 250 publications and reports in his area of expertise as well as co-authored and edited six books including (1) Infrastructure Planning, Engineering, and Economics (McGraw-Hill 2006 and 2015), (2) Skills and Knowledge of Cost Engineering (AACE 6th Ed. 2015), and (3) CCP Certification Study Guide (AACE 2nd Ed. 2016). He served on the AACE Education Board from 2004-2016. He was also the Editor-in-Chief of the ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering (2009-2016) and currently serves on its board. Prof. Hastak chaired the CIB World Building Congress 2025 and chaired the ASCE 2012 Construction Research Congress and co-edited the conference proceedings. He is one of the founders/past chair of the GLF-CEM, the Global Leadership Forum for Construction Engineering and Management programs and currently serves as a member of the ExCom and was Chair of the Advisory Board. He served as the Chair of the National Consortium of Housing Research Centers (NCHRC, 2008-2010) and was the invited Scholar-in-Residence (2006) at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Research Center. Dr. Hastak has developed and managed (2007-2019) several websites as a public service to the industry including: (1) Emerging Construction Technologies (ECT) and (2) Purdue Index for Construction (Pi-C). Dr. Hastak received his BE (Civil) from Nagpur Univ, India, MSCE from the Univ of Cincinnati, and PhD (Civil) from Purdue Univ, and a Master of Science in Law (MSL) from the Pritzker School of Law, Northwestern Univ, USA with a focus on Intellectual Property and Contracts. He is a trained university planner through SCUP and has received training at Cornell Univ in Executive Leadership, Financial Mgmt., and Advanced Strategic Human Resource Mgmt. Dr. Hastak has completed 30-Hour OSHA Hazard Recognition Training for the Construction Industry. He has worked at Georgia Tech, NYU, University of Cincinnati, and currently at Purdue University.