Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DATA
António Manuel Gardete Mendes Cabaço
PROFESSIONAL SITUATION
Head of Building Economy, Management and Technology Unit (NEG)
Senior Researcher at the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC)
ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC DEGREES
PhD in Civil Engineering (IST/UTL, 2011), with the thesis "Contracting construction projects. Analysis of traditional and non-traditional models and contributions to their improvement"
Public examinations for Assistant Research (LNEC, 2004), with the thesis "LNEC Quality Mark. Application to the construction of multi-municipal water supply systems".
Degree in Civil Engineering, specialisation in Construction (IST/UTL, 1993)
FUNCTIONS AND RELEVANT PUBLIC POSITIONS
Researcher at LNEC: Senior Researcher (2023 – present); Assistant Researcher (2011 – 2023); Research Assistant (2004 – 2011); Research Trainee (1998 - 2004); Research Fellow (1993 – 1998)
Member of the Price Review Indices and Formulas Committee (CIFE) (2012 – present)
Guest lecturer at the Postgraduate Course in Façade Engineering at the Faculty of Science and Technology (FCT) of Nova University Lisbon (UNL) (2017 – 2019)
Guest lecturer on the master’s degree in Façade Technology at the Faculty of Science and Technology (FCT) of Nova University Lisbon (UNL) (2021 – currently)
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering (FE) of the Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies (ULHT) in the bachelor’s degree and the master’s degree in civil engineering (2011 – 2018)
Visiting Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering (FE) of the Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies (ULHT) in the bachelor’s degree and the master’s degree in civil engineering (2001 – 2011)
MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH/INTEREST
Construction economics (reference costs for construction works, productivity; price revision)
Construction projects management (planning; physical and financial monitoring)
Public procurement (tendering procedures; specifications; tender analysis)
Quality in construction (quality of construction works)
Technical expertise (technical and administrative analysis of contracting and execution procedures in construction works)
Organization and application of building regulations (building codification; BIM models)
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Carrying out the following types of activities, within the aforementioned areas of research/interest:
Participation in national and international research projects
Development and coordination of applied research contract studies
Advice to public works owners on the execution of construction projects
Technical expertise in legal cases for DCIAP and DIAP
Participation in technical committees and working groups for new proposals or amendments of construction legislation
Participation in LNEC Quality Mark audit groups
Publication of scientific and technical articles in national and international journals, and LNEC reports and technical notes
Supervision and co-supervision of doctoral theses, master's dissertations, and internships at LNEC
Participation in academic exam juries, membership of scientific and organising committees of meetings, and revision of manuscripts and communications submitted to scientific journals and meetings
Teaching undergraduate and master's degree courses in Civil Engineering and postgraduate courses