Dr. Neil Opfer, CCP CEP PSP FAACE
University of Nevada Las Vegas, College of Engineering
Neil Opfer has extensive experience in the construction industry in various construction positions and as a construction faculty member and construction consultant. He has been employed in the construction divisions of such firms as Inland Steel (Arcelor-Mittal), Morrison-Knudsen (URS), CE Lummus, and Standard Oil of California (Chevron). He has been on the faculty of the Construction Management Program – College of Engineering at UNLV since 1989. He has been a licensed general contractor in the State of Nevada since 1999. He has had extensive experience in construction consulting for a number of ENR Top 400 Contractors and Fortune Top 500 Firms. He received a PhD. Engineering from University of Wisconsin - Madison, an M.S. Management (MBA) from Purdue University along with a B.S. Building Theory, B.A. Economics, and B.A. Business, all from Washington State University. He is a member of numerous professional associations (AACE, AIC, AWS, CFMA, CMAA, IESNA, and PMI) plus maintains CCP, CEP, CPC, CSHM, PMP, and PSP certifications. He is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International.