The RE seminar welcomes Jim Becker, vice president of Skanska AB
Date: Thursday, September 18th
When: 4:30-6:30 with reception to follow in the Regents Lounge in the Statler Hotel
Where: Beck 198
Attire: Business
Jim Becker
vice president of Skanska AB
The Cornell Real Estate Industry seminar welcomes Jim Becker, vice president of Skanska AB, a global construction company, to campus this Thursday. Dr. Becker is responsible for special projects that look to knowledge sharing between Skanska’s fourteen business units, and within Skanska USA Building, he is still active as an account manager with several clients in the higher education market. Prior to his current position, Dr. Becker was the president and CEO of Beacon Skanska Inc. (now Skanska’s New England office), which was sold to Skanska by Beacon Properties in 1997. Several of Dr. Becker’s projects have been awarded the national AON Build America Award, one of the construction industry’s highest honors, these include Rowes Wharf in Boston and Sage Hall at Cornell University. Dr. Becker received degrees from Cornell University and a doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley. He was a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Center of Real Estate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is past president of the Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts; former chairman of The Engineering Center Education Trust and currently chairman of the advisory committee of the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Cornell University.
Dr. Becker’s comments in seminar will draw on his experience in construction management and various special projects, including insights into working within the higher education market.