The 5th Biennial Meeting on Construction History will take place at The University of Texas at Austin from May 26 - 29, 2016. Construction Historians and independent scholars will share research and establish a discussion within the frame of Knowledge  Exchange and Building Technology Transfer. Presentations will be given which depict the spectrum of scenarios, building solutions, industry, and cultural transformations that are the result of those exchanges and transferences in the Americas.

The opening lecture will be presented by UTSOA professor Dr. Richard Cleary and keynote speakers include Tom F. Peters and Roberto Meli. UTSOA Assistant Professor Bejamin Ibarra Sevilla has curated twelve sessions of more than forty presentations from all over the United States and Latin America, and will present a lecture entitled Mixtec Stonecutting Artistry, 16th-century Ribbed Vaults in Mexico.