Mike Vorster

Mike Vorster is the David H Burrows Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech where he has taught in the Construction Engineering and Management Program since 1986.

His teaching and research interests focus on construction equipment, estimating, cost engineering, and contract dispute resolution. He is a consultant to various companies in these areas and is the academic advisor to the Association of Construction Equipment Managers for whom he has presented a number of seminars and short courses focusing on the management aspects of Construction Equipment. Mike is the author of Construction Equipment Economics and leads in the design and presentation of the Construction Equipment Management Program.

He is a member of the National Academy of Construction and the Virginia Tech Academy of Teaching Excellence. He holds a BS in Civil engineering and an MBA from the University of Cape Town and a PhD from the University of Stellenbosch. He is a Fellow of the South African Institution of Civil Engineers and is registered as a Professional Engineer in South Africa.

1405 Highland Circle
Blacksburg VA 24060
(540) 961 0732
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Andrew Agoos

Andrew (Andy) Agoos has spent over 45 years in the equipment, service, and maintenance side of heavy construction. Mr. Agoos is currently president and principal of Agoos Consulting headquartered in Orlando, Florida and an adjunct professor in the University of Central Florida civil engineering department.

Most recently, Mr. Agoos spent three years as the Vice President of Fleet for Neff Rental, Inc., a national heavy equipment rental house with over 13,000 major pieces of rental equipment and over $500M in first cost value.

Previously, Mr. Agoos spent 17 years as the Senior Vice President of Equipment for Florida based Hubbard Construction Company while managing their 2,000 piece fleet. Reporting to the company CEO, he oversaw all centralized equipment operations including planning, budgeting, fleet standardization, acquisition, replacement, disposition, maintenance, fueling operations, repair, parts operations, transport, and storage. This included a 125 man operation in five locations and four full service multi-shift shops. Hubbard's equipment operations were recognized and received awards as one of the best managed equipment operations in the country. Prior to that, Mr. Agoos spent 13 years as President of Austin Construction Equipment, the corporate equipment arm for Dallas, Texas based Austin Industries that worked throughout the southern states.

Mr. Agoos began his career in the construction industry with Caterpillar, Inc. He worked one year in the company's headquarters in Peoria, Illinois, two years in their European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, four years as a service representative throughout Africa, and four years as Service Director for Caterpillar dealerships in Atlanta, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina.

Mr. Agoos is a 1966 graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology with a co-operative bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. While at Georgia Tech, he lettered in football and track. Mr. Agoos also completed graduate MBA work at Bradley University and Georgia State University. He is a former president and charter member of the Association of Construction Equipment Managers (ACEM), is active with the Association of Equipment Management Professionals (AEMP) and has served as United Way industry chairman, Olympic Development Program director, chairman of the Orlando venue of the 1994 World Cup Soccer Committee, and Flame Soccer Club president. He is an avid cyclist and sports enthusiast. Mr. Agoos is married and has two adult sons, both of whom are in collegiate or professional sports.

11025 Ullswater Ln.
Windermere, FL 34786
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