Friday, April 21st 2023
10:30 AM – 11:20 AM
Join the seminar through Zoom here.
Speaker: Stephen O. Ogunlana
Professor & Chair of Construction Project Management
E-mail: S.O.Ogunlana@hw.ac.uk
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ABSTRACT
This presentation is a summary of the proposed research road map for construction in developing countries. It clearly outlines the conceptual framework of the domain along with a review of the historical challenges which have been facing the built environment in developing countries and vision for the future, both for construction industries and the research community. This leads to a review of the research contribution overtime and a development strategy and research agenda for 2022 and beyond. The CIB- W107 Research Roadmap (W107RR) aims to provide authoritative guidance and support for national and international research bodies and funding agencies. The presentation reflects on the following W107RR questions which need to be answered towards a modern and more sustainable developing country’s built environment: Conceptual framework: What are we talking about? This question includes the typical: What are the salient issues facing construction industries in developing countries, how are these interrelated, what influences all of this, who are the stakeholders, what are the relevant areas of expertise, what are the characteristics of relevant systems, processes, and technologies?; State of the art: where are we today? This question includes: state of technology, best practices, international variations, perceived problems and the world’s leading centers of expertise; Future scenario: the stakeholders’ vision is described in this section: Where do we want to be in ten years?; Development strategy: this section includes: What is needed in terms of knowledge, information, tools, concepts and applications to enable the respective systems, processes and technologies to be developed over time?; Research contribution: this section describes how research contributes to the development strategy and what the requirements for research are in order to make that contribution in developing countries; and Research agenda: the Roadmap concludes with the agenda for research within developing countries. This will include areas of science and technology development, required sequences of development, priorities, international cooperation within the research community, cooperation between research and practice
BIO
He is currently the Chair of Construction Project Management at the School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University. Professor Ogunlana has an international reputation for research in the application of system dynamics simulation to construction projects and organizations. He is the author of over 180 scholarly publications in top-tier journals and refereed conferences. He is also the editor of the book “Profitable partnering for construction procurement” published by Taylor and Francis and “Training for construction industry development” published by the CIB/AIT and co-editor of “Joint ventures in construction (Thomas Telford) and “Public-Private Partnership in Infrastructure Development – Case Studies from Asia and Europe”( Bauhaus Universitat Weimar). His research work has been funded by the Canadian International Development Agency, European Union, Thai National Housing Authority, UNOCAL, Japanese Government, etc. His works on leadership were awarded Emerald Literati Award for two consecutive years (2009 and 2010) for the most outstanding paper in the journal “Engineering Construction and Architectural Management”. Professor Ogunlana is the joint coordinator of CIB W107 Commission on Construction in Developing Economies and a member of the Editorial Board for over 10 internationally refereed academic journals including: Engineering Construction and Architectural Management, the International Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, International Journal of Energy Sector Management, International Journal of Construction Management, Journal of Engineering Development and Technology, Surveying and the Built Environment, Civil Engineering Dimensions, and Akruti Journal of Infrastructure. He has acted as external examiner for several top universities in the world. His research interest include: Project management in a global context including: risk management; contract management; procurement strategy; time and cost management; performance management etc.; Organizational learning through simulation of construction processes (project-based simulation and construction business simulation using system dynamics); Public private partnerships for infrastructure delivery; Social and environmental impacts management (conflict management, stakeholder communication, environmentally sound construction, sustainability, etc.); People in organizations (Motivation, Productivity, Leadership, Human Resources Development, etc.); and Construction industry development.