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E. William (Bill) East is an internationally known construction management researcher whose career spans the areas of planning and scheduling, quality management, and building information modeling. While with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, East created the Corps’ Standard Data Exchange Format (SDEF).  This format has been getting Corps’ contractors paid every month of every job for over 25 years.

He also developed parametric planning and automated schedule analysis tools, and provided related consulting services on Corps’ and Army projects. East’s Design Review and Checking System (DrChecks) streamlined design quality management for public project stakeholders at the federal, state, and local levels.  When last checked, DrChecks was being used by over 120,000 users world-wide. 

Most recently, East invented the Construction-Operations Building information exchange (COBie)—an international standard that squeezes profits from an otherwise wasteful construction handover process. 

East currently is Owner, Prairie Sky Consulting where he helps owners and contractors specify and meet COBie requirements. East has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois. East is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Virginia and Fellow,  American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). other accolades East was an ASCE Government Civil Engineer of the Year and, among other awards, has received three FIATECH's CETI Innovation Awards.