Kirti graduated from the University of Pune, India
in 1995 with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. She
worked as a graduate architect in an architectural
practice in India. She then briefly worked at UMIST
as a teaching assistant in the Department of Civil
and Structural Engineering, before enrolling for
the EngD programme in the Department of Civil and
Building Engineering, at Loughborough University
(July 2000-July 2004). Her current research work
evaluates the business process implications of e-commerce
in construction organisations. Kirti is also expecting
an MSc from Loughborough University in December 2002.
Her MSc dissertation topic was 'E-Commerce in Construction
- Barriers, Enablers and Potential'.
Research Publications
Journal Papers
1. Anumba, C.J and Ruikar, K., (2002) "Electronic
commerce in construction -trends and prospects" Automation
in Construction, Elsevier Science B.V. Vol.11, pp
265-275.
2. Ruikar, K., Anumba, C.J., and Carrillo, P.M.,
(2002) "Business Process Reengineering and Electronic
Commerce in Construction" accepted for publication
in special issue of the TQM Journal, Emerald Press.
Conference Papers
3. Ruikar, K., Anumba, C.J., Carrillo, P.M. and.
Stevenson, G., (2001) "E-commerce in Construction:
Barriers and Enablers", in Proceedings of the
Eighth International Conference on Civil and Structural
Engineering Computing, B.H.V. Topping, (Editor),
Civil-Comp Press, Stirling, United Kingdom, paper
2001.
4. Ruikar, K., Anumba, C.J., and Carrillo,
P.M., (2002) "Industry Perspectives of IT and
E-commerce in Construction", Proceedings of
the 3rd International Conference on Concurrent Engineering
in Construction at University of California, Berkeley
1st-3rd July 2002.
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