Tuesday, September 20: 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Location: Fred Kavli Auditorium

 

Luciana Burdi

Director of Capital Programs, Massport

PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Luciana Burdi is the Director for Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs for the Massachusetts Port Authority. She is responsible for the development, administration and execution of the Capital Investment Program for all Massport facilities. Burdi is leading the shift of Capital Programs towards a more innovative, progressive, Data and Design Technology-driven department. By adopting Lean, Scrum and Lean Construction principles, she is also very committed to create a culture of continuous improvement focusing on delivering “best-in-class” infrastructure projects for our customers.

Dr. Burdi is a member of the National Institute of Building Sciences BIM Program Steering Committee, Industrial Advisory Board Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Boston Society of Architects, Lean Construction Institute, , Association of General Contractors of America and CMAA National Board of Directors.

In 2019 Burdi received the “Women in Design Award” from the AIA-BSA (Boston Society of Architects), in 2018 she received the National “Chair’s Innovation Award” and the National “Sustainability Award” by the CMAA. And in 2015, she received the CMAA National Award in “New Technologies Techniques” in CM for advancing the use of valuable new technologies in construction management.

Moreover, she is an active member of t

She received her Doctorate from Harvard Graduate School of Design. Previously, she was a SPURS Fellow (Special Program in Urban and Regional Studies) at MIT and she holds a Master's Degree from the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia (IUAV) in Venice Italy. She received her CCM in 2019 and her MCPPO in 2020.