Dr. Dhaval Gajjar is an assistant professor at Clemson University’s Nieri Family Department of Construction Science and Management in the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities. Dr. Gajjar has conducted research over the last 11 years on construction workforce and talent attraction strategies, project delivery, project close-out and post-occupancy evaluation. He has authored over 30 publications and proceedings disseminating the research results. He has also conducted over 50 industry presentations educating the industry professionals on using the research tools.  He is a certified Facility Management Professional (FMP) and Sustainable Facility Professional (SFP). He also has significant industry experience working as a project manager for commercial general contractor and as a construction owner rep for a large owner company in the US.