Background
The School of the Built and Natural
Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University,
is the largest Built Environment department
in Scotland.
Within the past three years, funded research projects led by
the School include a £137K EPSRC grant as well as an additional
linked EPSRC project studentship; a £340K EPSRC/DETR grant
to investigate the Private Finance Initiative; a £220K
EPSRC/DETR grant in the field of ‘Value Management’; £280K
EPSRC grant for research in Moisture Prediction, £220K
on Teaching Company Schemes and £350K from the Scottish
Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC) to establish the Centre
for Advanced Built Environment Research. It has a very strong
track record in research completion, supervision and management.
Professor Charles Egbu is currently Professor of Construction
and Project Management at Glasgow Caledonian University. Obtained
his PhD in Construction Management in 1994 from the University
of Salford. Previously was A Reader of Construction and Project
Management at Leeds Metropolitan University, worked as a Senior
Research Fellow and a Lecturer at the University College London
and as a Project Manager and Senior Consultant at the Building
Research Establishment. He also worked briefly in the industry
as a Contractor’s Quantity Surveyor for a large construction
company. He is a corporate member of the Chartered Institute
of Building (MCIOB) and the Association for Project Management
(MAPM). Currently a grant holder for the EPSRC (GR/N01323 - £100K)
research on "The exploitation of IT for improved teamworking
in design and construction teams". Recently completed an
internally supported research from Leeds Metropolitan University
on "Innovation and Knowledge Management in Diverse Project
Management Environments". He was also involved in the recently
completed European Social Fund (ESF) project on "Knowledge
Management Exchange". He also participated in the ESRC (L125251060, £125,548;
1998) project on "Simulator for Innovation in Construction.
He has contributed over 100 publications in various international
journals and conferences, with many relating to Innovation
and Knowledge Management in construction and diverse project
management
environments. He is a visiting Fellow to the Management, Knowledge
and Innovation Research Unit (MKIRU) of the Open University
Business School. He is also a member of the W102 (Information
and Knowledge
Management in Building) and TG47 (Innovation and Knowledge
Broker) groups of the International Council for Research and
Innovation
in Building and Construction (CIB).
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