The research activities of Prof. Igal Shohet (b. 1959) cover a broad range of topics including Extreme Events Engineering and Management, Critical Facilities Maintenance and Management, Construction Engineering and Management, and Automation in Construction. After studying a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering focus on Structural and geotechnical Engineering, Professor Shohet carried out his M.Sc. in Construction Management, and D.Sc. in Civil Engineering on Robotics in Construction. All degrees were at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. In 2004 Professor Shohet joined the founders of the Department of Structural Engineering at Ben-Gurion University; he is the head of the Construction Management Program since its establishment and the deputy-chair of the department between 2005-2019. The Department and its study program were evaluated by an International Advisory Committee of the Israel Council for Higher Education to equal the top level Civil Engineering Institutions in the Western Hemisphere. Professor Shohet's Facilities Management models are widely implemented in Healthcare and Critical Infrastructures in Israel and abroad. Prof. Shohet published more than 60 publications in peer-reviewed journals and more than 100 publications in international conference proceedings. Professor Shohet Scopus H-Index is 24 and Google-Scholar-H-Index is 31. His present research is carried out in risk management disaster resilience, and Extreme Events Engineering and Management.