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Robert Warcup

Faculty Member

Robert Warcup

Biography

Robert Warcup is a member of the Construction Management faculty and serves as the Department Chair. Rob is responsible for teaching, hiring, budgets, curriculum, events for the Construction Technologies department.

Education

PhD, Utah State University, 2015

Major: Technology and Engineering Education

MBA, University of Nevada Reno, 2004

Major: MBA

BS, Brigham Young University, 2000

Major: Construction Management

Teaching

CMGT 4020

Construction Project Management, Spring 2025

CMGT 3030

Principles of Construction Estimating, Spring 2025

Presentations

Warcup, Robert (Presenter & Author), Community of Practice, "From One-Piece Flow to Takt Planning", Lean Construction Institute, Salt Lake City, UT. (June 21, 2024)
Warcup, Robert (Presenter & Author), Community of Practice, "Introduction to Lean Construction_ An Operations Perspective for Trades and Contractors", Lean Construction Institute, Salt Lake City, UT. (April 19, 2024)
Warcup, Robert , UVHBA Safety Training, "OSHA Jobsite Basics", Utah Valley Home Builders Association (UVHBA), Draper, UT. (October 22, 2022)
Warcup, Robert , Last Planner System Training, "Last Planner System and Tower Simulation", Layton Construction, Sandy, UT. (August 5, 2022)
Warcup, Robert , Layton Construction Project Engineer Training, "Last Planner System Training", Layton Construction, Sandy, UT. (June 27, 2022)
Warcup, Robert , AGC Lean Construction Education Program, Units 1-7, "AGC Lean Construction Education Program, Units 1-7", Stout Construction, Bountiful, UT. (May, 2022)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Warcup, Robert , Camryn, Albert , (2022) "Lean Construction Roadmap - Part II" (Issue: 3, vol. 6). 45 Laburnum Grove, Portsmouth, PO2 0HQ: International Journal of Business, Management and Commerce. https://www.ijbmcnet.com/
Warcup, Robert , Camryn, Albert , (2021) "Lean Construction Roadmap" (Issue: 2, vol. 6). 45 Laburnum Grove, Portsmouth, PO2 0HQ: International Journal of Business Management and Commerce. https://www.ijbmcnet.com/
Arendt, Anne , Ilikchyan, Armen , Warcup, Robert , Amor, R. , (2019) "An exploratory study of awareness and perceived relevance of GIS among general contractors in the USA" (vol. 24). Journal of Information Technology in Construction. www.itcon.org/2019/18
Warcup, Robert , Hughes, Janet , (2015) "Successful Paths to Becoming a Lean Organization in the Construction Industry" . ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. www.etdadmin.com/cgi-bin/student/etd?submissionId=347143;siteId=148
Warcup, Robert , Reeve, Edward , Abdelhamid, Tariq , Blume, Katherine , (2014) "Teaching the Last Planner System with the Villego Simulation" . Lean Construction Journal. leanconstructionjournal.org

Awards

Warcup Publication_ "Teaching the Last Planner System with the Villego Simulation" voted as Top 50 Lean Construction Articles by LCI, Practitioners Guide to Essential Lean Research

Lean Design and Construction - October 9, 2018

Hello Robert Warcup,
Congratulations, your article “Using the Villego® Simulation to Teach the Last Planner System“ has been selected by the Lean Construction Institute (LCI) Research Committee for inclusion in the upcoming Practitioners Guide to Essential Lean Research, a pdf document that will be distributed by LCI. Yours was one of 51 articles that the committee of academic experts believed is a highly suggested further reading for practitioners to go in-depth with your topic area. Lean practitioners expressed the need for a guide to find research that is relevant and accessible to their work. They intend to use the articles as the basis for discussions within their offices and in LCI Communities of Practice to advance their understanding. Congratulations again on the selection of your article!