Badger, PE

William Badger, PE

  • Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
  • Construction
  • Bio
  • Expertise
  • Education
  • Honors & Distinctions
  • Selected Publications

Bill Badger was the Director and a Professor in the Del E. Webb School of Construction (DEWSC) from 1992 to 2005. He is currently a professor in DEWSC

From 1982 to 1985, Colonel Badger was the Engineer for the United States Military Academy (West Point), supervised long-range planning, engineering, energy, environmental, construction, and maintenance.

1979-82, Colonel Badger was the District Engineer in St. Paul, MN. As Commander of a U.S. Army Engineering District, he provided leadership and management to an engineering organization of 800 personnel with an area including parts of five states, executed programs of planning, engineering, construction, and operation of navigation and flood control projects and conducted emergency operations for floods and other natural disasters.

Leadership and Management, Construction Management, Partnering, Construction Contracting, Construction Equipment Engineering

Ph.D. Soil Mechanics
Iowa State University 1972
M.S.C.E. Civil Engineering
Oklahoma State University 1964
B.S.M.E. Mechanical Engineerinfg
Auburn University 1959

One of 25 Engineering News Record (ENR) Magazine Newsmakers of 2008 March 2009

The Construction Industry Institute’s Richard L. Tucker Award for Leadership and Service, July 2007

Associated Schools of Construction’s Life Time Achievement Award, 41st Annual Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 2005

Construction Financial Management Association’s “Construction Industry Pioneer Award” Phoenix, Arizona, 2004

Member of the National Academy of Construction, August 2000

American Subcontractors Association (ASA) Construction Innovation Education Award 1999

AGC Presidential Medal for “Job Well Done” 1999 for serve on AGCERF

AGC’s “Excellence in Construction Support Services” 1990

AGC’s SUR Award Finalist 1989

Finalist Burlington Northern Foundation Award 1987

Legion of Merit with First Oak Leaf Cluster as The Engineer USMA 1985

Legion of Merit as The District Engineer St. Paul 1982

Meritorious Service Medal First Oak Leaf Cluster as Battalion Commander 1977

Meritorious Service Medal as the Area Engineer in Taburk, Saudi Arabia 1973

Bronze Star Medal for service in Viet Nam 1967

Honor Graduate United States Army School Europe Demotion & Mine Warfare Course 1962

Badger, William, Sullivan, Kenn; Wiezel, Avi; and, Bopp, Peter “Profiling the Leadership of Project Managers” International Journal of Construction Education and Research 5:2,121 —146, June 2009 http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t741771163

Badger, William W. & Smith James C. “Ranking Construction programs” The Academic Debates Begins. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, Volume 2 Issue 2 2006, pp 127 to 142.

Badger, William. W, “The Industry Advisory Council and the Del E. Webb School of Construction at Arizona State University” Journal of Construction Education, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1999, pp. 128-43.

Badger, William W. & Gay, Steven. “Lessons Learned in Contracts,” Cost Engineering, The International Journal of Cost Estimation, Cost/Schedule Control and Project Management. Vol. 38, No. 5, May 1996, pp. 20-24.

Badger, William W. & Mulligan, Donald E. “An Implementation Model of an Alliance,” Journal of Construction Procurement, Volume 1, Number 1, May 1995, pp 21-37.

Badger, William & D.E. Mulligan, “Rationale and Benefits Associated with International Alliances,” ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering & Management,  Volume 121, No. 1, March 1995, pp 100-111.

Badger, William W,  Mayo, Richard E, &  Bashford, Howard H. “ Public Agency Cost Savings from Standardizing Energy Management Temperature Control System,”   Cost Engineering, The International Journal of Cost Estimation, Cost/Schedule Control and Project Management.  American Association of Cost Engineers, Vol. 37, No. 4/April 1995.  pp. 30-33.

Badger William W. & D.T. Kashiwagi, “Job Order Contracting:  A New Contracting Technique for Maintenance and Repair of Construction Projects,” Cost Engineering, The International Journal of Cost Estimation, Cost/Schedule Control and Project Management.  American Association of Cost Engineers March 1991, pages 21-24.

Kashiwagi, Dean; Moor, William; Badger, William, & Nuno, Pablo “Evaluation of Robotics in the Application of PUF Roofing.”  .  The 9th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, Tokyo, Japan, June 1992, p. 207- 214

Kashiwagi, Dean; Moor, William; Badger, William, and Nuno, Pablo. "Specification of Roof Systems Based on Performance."    International Waterproofing Conference, Madrid, Spain, May, 1992, p. 98 - 111.