Background
Levitt, Raymond Elliot was born on August 7, 1949 in Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa. Son of Barnard and Riva Eleanor Levitt. came to the United States, 1972.
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This book integrates the fundamentals of artifical intelligence (AI) approaches to knowledge representation with engineering examples. Its unified treatment makes it an essential tool in this emerging new field. Combining an informed approach to AI with engineering problem solving, this book is suitable for an introductory course on AI/expert systems which is specifically offered to engineers. The text provides an in-depth appreciation of the AI fundamentals underlying knowledge-based systems and covers rule-based, frame-based, and object-oriented representation with many engineering illustrations. Special Features include: discussions of emerging techniques, such as the methodology for integrating AI with CAD; implementation issues including knowledge acquisition, software and hardware issues, the system-building process, validation and testing of expert systems, and some sociological and legal aspects.
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Designing safety into every facet of your construction organization isn t just sensible, it s also profitable...Featuring proven safety management methods gathered from fifteen years or research at Stanford University and used by the most successful construction managers in the industry, Construction Safety Management is a comprehensive blueprint for CEOs, job--site managers, foremen, safety professionals, and owners on safely managing construction work at every level and phase of a project. Incorporating these management practices and policies into a practical format of real--life case studies and summary action steps, this new updated Second Edition offers each member of the construction management team specific advice on effectively upgrading an organization s total safety performance, including: aeo Building a corporate culture of zero accidents aeo Planning for high project performance aeo Establishing accountability for safety aeo Eliminating drugs and alcohol from the job site aeo Maintaining a communications safety net aeo Achieving the dual goal of safety and productivity aeo Maintaining effective crews aeo Measuring safety performance aeo Monitoring contractors for safety This new edition also reviews key requirements of the Comprehensive Safety and Health Reform Act of 1993 and discusses the potential of emerging management techniques and computing technologies for construction safety management, including Total Quality Management, partnering, robotics, automated process control, artificial intelligence, and expert systems. "The Second Edition is even better than the first. The information is timely but what s even more important, the techniques work!" Raymond Hays, Director Environmental Safety and Health/QA RUST Construction Services "The detailed guidance provided throughout the book will enable all segments and levels of the construction industry to increase productivity." Jim E. Lapping Director, Safety and Health Building and Construction Trades Department AFL--CIO
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Why do businesses consistently fail to execute their competitive strategies? Because leaders don't identify and invest in the full range of projects and programs required to align the organization with its strategy. Moreover, even when strategy makers do break their plans down into doable chunks, they seldom work with project leaders to prioritize strategic investments and assure that needed resources are applied in priority order. And they often neglect to revise the strategic portfolio to fit the demands of a dynamic environment, or to stay connected to strategic projects through completion, as new products, services, skills and capabilities are transferred into operations. In Executing Your Strategy, Mark Morgan, Raymond Levitt, and William Malek present six imperatives that enable you to do the right strategic projects—and do those projects right. And it is no accident that the six imperatives combine to create the acronym INVEST: Ideation—Clarify and communicate purpose, identity and long range intention; Nature—Develop alignment between strategy, structure and culture based on ideation; Vision—Create clear goals and metrics aligned to strategy and guided by ideation—Engagement—Do the right projects based on the strategy through portfolio management; Synthesis: Do projects and programs right, in alignment with portfolio; and Transition: Move the project and program outputs into operations where benefit is realized. Full of intriguing company examples and practical advice, this crucial new resource shows you how to make strategy happen in your organization.
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Levitt, Raymond Elliot was born on August 7, 1949 in Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa. Son of Barnard and Riva Eleanor Levitt. came to the United States, 1972.
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1971. Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Stanford University, 1973. PhDCE, Stanford University, 1975.
Project engineer Christiani & Neilsen, Cape Town, South Africa, 1971-1972. Assistant professor civil engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1975-1979, associate professor, 1979-1980, Stanford (California) University, since 1980, professor, since 1988, academy director advanced project management program, since 1999, director collaboratory research global projects, since 2003. Commissioner California Public Infrastructure Advisory Commission, since 2009.
Advisor United States Department Labor, Washington, 1976—1977, California Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, 1982—1984, United States Department Energy, 2002—2003. Chairman board directors Vité. Board directors Visual Network Design.
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President Stanford Homeowners Association, 1981—1983. Fellow: Woods Institute Environment (senior ). Member: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, American Society of Civil Engineers (Huber Prize award 1982, Computing Civil Engineering award 2000, Peurifoy Construction Research award 2006, named Distinguished Member 2008), Academy Management, Project Management Institute.
Married Kathleen Adele Sullivan, November 26, 1976. Children: Benjamin John, Joanna Maurine, Zoë Ellen.
