João Pedro Couto (Ph.D., MSc, and Licentiate Civil Engineer) is an Assistant Professor at the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Minho and a member of the C-TAC research centre. He has lectured various undergraduate and master courses in construction management at the Civil Engineering Department, Production Department and Architecture Department of the University over the last 20 years, has supervised 45 master's and Ph.D. theses, and published more than 80 conference papers, journal articles, books, and book chapters. Over the last few years, he has been involved in several projects related to construction management, and his current research interests include construction safety management, buildings refurbishment, environmental management at construction sites, construction and demolition waste management, and building economics focused on productivity and economical analysis of construction resources. Recently, his research activities have been focused on Building Information Modelling (BIM) and new technologies that support construction digitalization. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9607-0596