This seminar series commenced in January 2023 in partnership with Purdue University. We are grateful to CIB President Makarand (Mark) Hastak who originally conceived the series for Purdue’s faculty and students in the Construction Engineering and Management area and then proposed that it be offered to the wider CIB membership.
The seminar were held every Friday during the Spring current semester from 11:30am to 12:20pm Eastern Standard Time and were accessible in person or by webinar. Whilst this series has concluded, there is another planned for the Fall semester 2023. Attendance is free of charge and the seminars are open to anyone around the world, and we particularly invite our members to encourage their students and colleagues to attend and take advantage of these valuable sessions on global research and advancements.
Most of the speakers have been drawn from the Coordinators of CIB’s Working Commissions, and recordings of the seminars are available to view on the dedicated YouTube channel for this series. The full list so far is as follows:
- Michael Behm – Professor and Graduate Program Director, East Carolina University
Benefits of Global Collaborations - Behzad Esmaeili – School of Industrial Engineering, Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University
Measuring Construction Workers’ Real-Time Situation Awareness: Using Wearable Technologies - Michael Lacasse – Senior Research Officer, Construction Research Centre (CONST), CIB Coordinator to W080 (SL Prediction) & TG97 (Nature based solutions)
Nature-based Solutions for Buildings and Communities – An Overview - Robert Amor – Professor School of Computer Science, University of Auckland New Zealand
Building the Future: How AI is Revolutionizing the Construction Industry - Dr Taha Elhag – Associate Professor, Heriot Watt University
TG96 Accelerating Innovation in Construction - Sogand Hasanzadeh – Assistant Professor, Entrepreneurial Ambassador, Division of Construction Engineering and Management Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University
Intelligent-Inclusive-Safe Built Environment: Toward Augmenting Worker Interactions with Current and Future Work Environments - Fred Sherratt – Professor, Associate Director of Research, University of Colorado & Billy Hare – Professor, Deputy Director of BEAM, Glasgow Caledonian University
An Overview and Insights into W099 – the CIB Working Commission for the Safety, Health and Wellbeing of Construction Workers - Hisham Elkadi – Chair, former Executive Dean, Architecture and the Built Environment, University of Salford
“IGNITION: Development of Integral NBS Living Lab for Greening Manchester” - Andrew Agapiou – Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), Director of Professional Studies, Department of Architecture, University of Strathclyde. Co-ordinator, CIB W113 Working Commission
Law and Dispute Resolution – A reflection on Construction Mediation in Scotland: A comparison of the views and experiences of Lawyers and end-users - Jeremy Gibberd – Adjunct Professor, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
Emerging Smart and Sustainable Built Environment Trends - P D Rwelamila – Professor Emeritus of Project Management, Project Procurement Systems, Graduate School of Business Leadership, University of South Africa & Stephen O. Ogunlana – Professor & Chair of Construction Project Management, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, UK
Construction Research in Developing Countries: Taking Stock & Looking at the Future – CIB W107 Research Road Map
A second series of seminars is planned for the Fall semester 2023, for more information please check this website or contact [email protected].