Andrea Parisi Kern is a professor at the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos in the Postgraduate Program in Civil Engineering. She holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (1995) and a master’s degree (1999) and a doctorate (2005) in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. She has experience in civil engineering, with an emphasis on construction management and economics, working mainly on the following topics: civil construction, construction management, waste management, and sustainability in construction.