Professor Charles Egbu

Associate Head – Research and Innovation

• Maxwell Building Room 440
• T: +44(0)161 295 6807
• E: c.o.egbu@salford.ac.uk
• SEEK: Research profile

Monday 10.00am – 11.00am

Thursday 10.00am – 11.00am

I am the Chair in Project Management and Strategic Management in Construction, and am Associate Head for Research and Innovation in the School of the Built Environment, at the University of Salford, England, UK. I am a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS); a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building (FCIOB), a Fellow of the Association for Project Management (FAPM), and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). I lecture at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the areas of Construction Management; Project, Programme and Portfolio Management. I supervise doctoral researchers in varied areas of Project and Programme Management, Strategic Management in Construction, Sustainable Development as well as in Innovation and Knowledge Management. I have contributed over 350 publications in various international journals and conferences. I have also authored more than 10 books in Construction Management, Knowledge Management, Sustainable Development, Refurbishment Management, and Health & Safety in Construction.  I have supervised over 20 PhD students, examined over 50 PhD students worldwide, and acted as an External Examiner to many undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in many universities all over the world. I am a Visiting Professor to a number of Universities in Europe, Africa, and Asia. I am a co-ordinator of the Working Commission on “Information and Knowledge Management”, and Working Commission on “Performance Measurement in Construction of the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction’s Working Commission (CIB).

Project Management in Construction

Project, Programme  and Portfolio management; Strategic Management in Construction; Sustainable Development; Innovation and Knowledge Management; Human Resources Management; Construction Management; Risk and Value Management;  Refurbishment and Modernisation Management; and Health & Safety in Construction.

BSc (Hons: First Class), PhD

FRICS, FCIOB, FAPM, FHEA, FRSA

• Ochieng, E.G., Price, A.D.F., Ruan, X., Egbu, C.O. and Moore, D. (2013). The effect of uncertainty and complexity within multicultural construction teams, Engineering Construction and Architectural Management, Vol. 20.3.
• Ochieng, E.G., Egbu, C.O., Price, A.D.F. and Ruan, X. (2013). An appraisal of the management of construction projects in Kenya: Key issues and the way forward. International Journal of Project Planning and Finance, 3 (1), 1-35.
• Ximing, R & Ochieng, E & Price, A D & Egbu, C (2012), ‘Knowledge integration process in construction projects: a social network analysis approach to compare competitive and collaborative working?’ Construction Management and Economics , 30, pp.5-19.
• Suresh Renukappa, Charles Egbu, Akintola Akintoye, Jack Goulding, (2012) “A critical reflection on sustainability within the UK industrial sectors”, Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management, Vol. 12, Issue: 3, pp.317 – 334.
• Suresh, S. & Egbu, C. (2012) Knowledge Capture is Small and Medium Enterprise. Lamber Academic Publishing. ISBN 978-3-659-16945-8.
• Egbu, C. O. (2012) “Construction Innovation through Knowledge Management” IN: Construction Innovation and Process Improvement. Chapter 10. Edited by: Akintola Akintoye, Jack S. Goulding, and Girma Zawdie
• Arayici, Y & Egbu, C & Coates, P 2012, ‘Building information modelling (BIM) implementation and remote construction projects: issues, challenges, and critiques’, Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 17(5), pp.75-92.
• Arayici, Y & Onyenobi, T & Egbu, C. (2012), ‘Building information modelling (BIM) for facilities management (FM): The MediaCity case study approach’, International Journal of 3D Information Modelling, 1(1), pp.55-73.
• Zawawi, E M A & Kamaruzzaman, S N & Egbu, C & Che-Ani, A I & Ali, A S. ( 2011), ‘The effect of indoor environmental quality on occupants’ perception of performance: A case study of refurbished historic buildings in Malaysia’, Energy and Buildings, 43(2-3), pp.407-413.S.D.
• Wapwera, Ali Parsa, Charles Egbu, (2011) “Financing low income housing in Nigeria”, Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, Vol. 16 Issue: 3, pp.283 – 301.
• .Arayici, Y & Egbu, C & Onyenobi, T. ( 2011), ‘Project management of a relocation project supported by building information modelling’, International Journal of Project Planning and Finance, 2(1), pp.1-19.
• Egbu, C; Arif, M; and Williams, A., (2011) “Knowledge Mapping Techniques for Sustainable Urban Environment”, International Journal of Construction Project Management, 3(3).