Narciso M. DicksonProject leadership + controls analytics + responsible AI
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Narciso M. Dickson

Construction Project / Program Management

Project Controls · Construction Data Analytics · Responsible AI

Narciso M. Dickson, construction project management and analytics professional

Narciso M. Dickson, MS, PMP®, is a construction project/program management and project-controls professional with 15+ years of experience leading construction, design, and consulting work. His experience spans multimillion-dollar portfolios, concurrent projects, multidisciplinary teams, budgets, schedules, procurement, contracts, risk, quality, change control, and stakeholder governance.

As Founder of In Project LLC, he combines construction project-management experience with project controls and data analytics to improve visibility, decision-making, and project performance. His recent portfolio includes project-controls analytics, RFI and change-order workflow analytics, and predictive cost-overrun and schedule-delay modeling using Excel, SQL, Python, Power BI, Tableau, and responsible machine-learning methods.

Based in Lehi, Utah, United States. Works in English and Spanish.

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Career

Fifteen years running construction work, then learning to measure it.

The first decade was delivery: budgets, schedules, procurement, and the teams that carry them. What kept repeating was how late a problem became visible. That is why the recent work is analytics — same job, better instruments.

Founder & Construction Project Management Consultant

January 2022 – Present

In Project LLC — Lehi, Utah

  • Lead construction project planning and controls across multiple concurrent assignments, integrating scope, budget, schedule, procurement, risk, change management, reporting, and closeout
  • Develop project-control frameworks, KPI reporting, risk registers, change-control workflows, and owner-ready dashboards to improve visibility and accountability
  • Build Excel and Power BI dashboards for cost, schedule, risk, change orders, RFIs, and executive project reporting
  • Coordinate stakeholders, vendors, consultants, and project teams while supporting procurement, contract negotiations, invoices, changes, and project governance
  • Developed an integrated construction analytics portfolio covering project controls, RFI and change-order workflows, and predictive overrun modeling using Python, SQL, SQLite, Excel, Power BI, Tableau, and machine-learning methods
10+ concurrent projects annually30% reduction in project-preparation time25% expense reduction through vendor and contract negotiation

Project/Program Manager

2011 – 2021

PUBLINTER, Arq. y Sup. SRL — Santiago, Dominican Republic

  • Managed construction and design portfolios exceeding $30 million
  • Coordinated 15+ multidisciplinary teams across 20+ annual projects
  • Improved preparation efficiency by 25% through standardized frameworks and scheduling
  • Increased stakeholder satisfaction by 30% through clear reporting and progress tracking
  • Applied Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery to match project complexity
  • Implemented risk management and quality assurance frameworks; mentored junior staff

Earlier Commercial and Client Leadership

2003 – 2010

McGraw-Hill · Grupo SM · Grupo Santillana — Santiago, Dominican Republic

  • Increased sales by up to 35% and developed relationships across 150+ educational institutions
  • Led events, training, and product launches, positioning the businesses as market leaders
  • Negotiated contracts and service agreements with customers, agents, and brokers

Capabilities

What I do, in four areas.

Construction leadership sets the context, project controls supply the measurement, analytics turn that into evidence, and governance decides what may be acted on.

Project and Program Leadership

  • Project lifecycle and governance
  • Scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, and stakeholder management
  • Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery
  • Multidisciplinary team leadership

Construction Project Controls

  • Cost and schedule controls
  • CPI, SPI, EAC, variance, and contingency
  • Procurement, contracts, RFIs, submittals, and change orders
  • Forecasting, reporting, and closeout

Construction Data Analytics

  • Excel, Power BI, SQL, SQLite, Python, and Tableau
  • Data preparation and validation
  • Dashboard development
  • Descriptive, diagnostic, and predictive analytics

Responsible AI and Digital Solutions

  • AI-enabled project workflows
  • Predictive-risk concepts
  • Data-quality and leakage controls
  • Model cards, human review, overrides, and monitoring
  • In Project AI product and workflow leadership

Scope of the predictive work

The predictive modeling is demonstrated on a synthetic portfolio with time-based validation, calibration, feature importance, and a model card. It does not represent production machine learning deployed on a real client engagement.

Portfolio

Case studies, in short.

Construction Project Controls Analytics

Descriptive and early-warning analytics

75 synthetic projects · $5.83B portfolio · 2022–2025

Project teams often detect cost and schedule stress after intervention options have narrowed. This case study tests which controls metrics move early enough to support management action.

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Construction Change Order and RFI Analytics

Diagnostic workflow analytics

90 synthetic projects · 3,318 RFIs · 1,119 change orders · 2022–2025

Change orders and RFIs move through many reviews, handoffs, and approvals. This case study identifies where cycle time, aging, backlog, and handoff patterns create cost and schedule exposure.

View case studyGitHub

Predictive Construction Project Overrun Model

Predictive early-warning modeling

2,362 clean modeling projects · 40 predictors · 2019–2025

Cost and schedule outcomes are usually confirmed too late to change them. This case study tests which early and mid-project controls and workflow indicators predict material overruns and delays while intervention is still possible.

View case studyGitHub

Core competencies

Tools and methods.

Project and program leadership

Full project lifecycleScope and schedule managementPredictive, Agile, Waterfall, HybridMultidisciplinary team leadershipExecutive communication

Construction project controls and scheduling

Cost and budget controlEarned Value ManagementCPI, SPI, EAC, variance analysisPrimavera P6Microsoft Project

Commercial, contracts, procurement, and change

RFQ and RFP processesContract negotiationVendor managementChange orders and invoicesProject closeout

Risk, quality, governance, and stakeholders

Risk managementQuality assuranceGovernance and reportingStakeholder engagementLessons learned and mentoring

Data analytics, dashboards, and predictive modeling

ExcelSQL and SQLitePythonPower BITableauRelational modeling and validationDescriptive, diagnostic, predictive analysis

Responsible AI and digital solutions

AI use-case definitionModel cards and human reviewDrift monitoring and overridesWeb design and local SEOBilingual English and Spanish

Education

  • Master of Science in Project ManagementPUCMM, Santiago, Dominican Republic / EOI, Madrid, Spain · 2015 – 2017
  • Bachelor of Science in Business AdministrationUniversidad Abierta para Adultos (UAPA), Santiago, Dominican Republic · 2007 – 2013

Languages

English and Spanish, professional working proficiency.

Certifications

  • Project Management Professional (PMP)®Project Management Institute
  • Google Data Analytics Professional CertificateGoogle
  • Google Project Management SpecializationGoogle
  • Construction Management SpecializationColumbia University / Coursera
  • Agile Hybrid ProjectProject Management Institute

Contact

Open to roles and consulting work.

Construction project and program management, project controls, construction analytics, and consulting. Based in Lehi, Utah; open to Utah-based and remote work.

ndickson@inprojectmanagement.com

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