DATE: June 18, 2008
CONTACT:
Roger Liska, (864) 656-3878
riggor@clemson.edu
WRITER:
Ross Norton, (864) 656-4810
rnorton@clemson.edu
Liska to head construction science and management
CLEMSON — Roger W. Liska has been tapped to chair the construction science and management department in Clemson University’s College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities.
Liska has more than 35 years of experience in construction and construction education, including 23 at Clemson University. He chaired the department once before and returned to the faculty to serve as director of its Center for the Improvement of Construction Management and Processes, a position he still holds.
Dean Clifton S.M. “Chip” Egan awarded the post to Liska again after a university committee conducted a national search.
Liska has developed and taught more than 300 continuing education courses for the construction industry worldwide, including in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia and China. He helped develop and currently facilitates and teaches in the Supervisor and Project Manager Academies in conjunction with the National Center for Construction Education and Research.
The professor is the author of numerous books, articles and research reports on management, education, safety and training in the construction industry. Liska chairs the board of governors for the American Institute of Construction Constructors Certification Commission. He is past national president of both the American Institute of Constructors and the American Council for Construction Education and serves on the boards of both organizations. He is co-founder of the Construction Industry Cooperative Alliance and is a Fellow in the American Institute of Constructors, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Chartered Institute of Building in the United Kingdom.
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