Dr. Muqing Liu serves as an Assistant Construction Manager in Gemdale USA’s Seattle office since 2021. He joined Gemdale as Assistant Manager of Operations in Gemdale USA’s New York Office in 2020. 

Prior to joining Gemdale, Dr. Liu worked as a Senior Associate for real estate development, corporate M&A, and infrastructure investment at Strategic Capital from 2015 to 2020. He worked as a consultant on transport projects for the World Bank from 2013 to 2014. 

Dr. Liu holds a Ph.D. in Construction Management, an M.S. in Operations Research, an M.S. in Civil Engineering from Columbia University in the city of New York.

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a Concentration of Construction Management

Columbia University

*   Execute and coordinate budget and schedule management, consultant and construction agreement review, change order management, payment application review and approval, close-out process, and project status reporting for a luxury 33-story 338-unit residential building with a development budget of $206 million
*   Administer the pre-construction procurement process for a class-A office building with development budgets of $180 million
*   Leverage state-of-the-art project management platforms to streamline the collaboration between internal and external stakeholders for construction execution plans, development risk mitigation plans, contract management, entitlement and permitting process, design management and coordination, construction loan draws, and quality control
*   Prepare performance reports and presentations to advocate best practices and lessons learned in Seattle projects to other regional offices

Assistant Construction Manager

*   Liaised between HQ and project teams to manage and coordinate construction, design, entitlement, sales, and financing activities for 7 commercial development projects totaling $1.36 billion in Berkely, CA, Pleasant Hill, CA, Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, Seattle, WA
*   Reviewed and drafted business plans, project feasibility studies, and market research reports regarding the entitlement process, project design, budget and schedule update, and construction management plan for existing and potential development projects in key geographic markets
*   Provided periodic project reports and financial analysis, including development budget tracking, profitability analysis, and project cash flow projections

Assistant Manger of Operations

*   Managed and coordinated construction, sales, and financing activities as Development Manager for two luxury residential condominium development projects totaling over $350 million in Jersey City, NJ
*   Executed and supported mergers and acquisitions activities in the U.S. Engineering & Construction sector
*   Evaluated Public-Private Partnership investment opportunities in U.S. infrastructure projects

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