David John McCuaig

Previously, Mr. McCuaig was Director of Operations at Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) and Project Director for the NAC Architectural Rejuvenation. Prior to joining the NAC in 2011, Mr. McCuaig was Regional Director for Defence Construction Canada for 10 years. In that capacity, he led a team of over 200 professionals providing infrastructure-related services to the Canadian Forces and the Department of National Defence. He oversaw a $60M annual construction program in the National Capital Region, the Canadian Arctic, and overseas. He proudly supported deployed Canadian Forces with construction engineering, procurement, and logistical support in Bosnia, Afghanistan, and other locations around the world.

As Project Manager from 1990 to 2001, Mr. McCuaig managed capital projects and improvements to a wide range of building types, facilities, and properties. He began his career in 1985 as an architectural designer and part-owner of a construction company, operating mostly in the United States. Mr. McCuaig has been active in academia as a Lecturer in the Masters in Project Management (MPM) Program at l’Université du Québec, as well as a part-time Professor at la Cité Collégiale in Ottawa, Canada. He has lectured on construction management, Critical Path and Logical Framework methodologies, project development, managing troubled projects, and infrastructure feasibility studies. Mr. McCuaig earned a master’s degree in Project Management from l’Université du Québec, is a graduate of the Executive Program at the Queens University School of Business in Kingston, Ontario, and the Canadian Department of National Defence Resource Management Program. He has been certified a Gold Seal Project Manager by the Canadian Construction Association and granted the designation of Project Management Professional by the Project Management Institute.

Born in 1958, Mr. McCuaig is a Canadian national and fluently bilingual in English and French.