He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in project planning, project management, estimating, scheduling, and real estate development. Dr. Collins has over 15 years of construction-related academic and industry experience, with his time in industry spent working as an estimator and project manager on a variety of commercial building projects across the United States. His research focus area is preconstruction, completing several studies focusing on ways to improve project performance through enhancing the front end planning process, and has presented his research findings at both domestic and international venues.