Construction Management Research Group

Overview

The Construction Management Group, within the Centre for Advanced Construction Studies (CACS) and the Division of Structures & Construction (ST & CO), conducts interdisciplinary research that will lead to the development of new concepts and methodologies in the construction industry. The Centre's emphasis is on developing innovative solutions to the state-of-the-art technologies throughout the project life cycle from design to construction, and from operations to maintenance and decommissioning. Research is focused in the following three major domains: construction management, construction engineering, and management of technology. 

In construction management, research is carried out in the following areas: project finance, build-operate-transfer (BOT), project planning and control, estimating, scheduling, strategic planning, contracting, infrastructure technologies, renovation, quality, productivity, and re-engineering. 

In construction engineering, research covers areas such as buildability, project life cycle, design-build, CAD-scheduling integration, and innovative construction methods. 

In management of technology, research areas include, Internet collaboration, intelligent buildings, bar-coding, knowledge robots in procurement, simulation techniques, and expert systems via the Internet. 

The construction group within CACS and the Division of ST & CO, is reaching out to external organisations to help develop research that fulfils the current and future needs of the construction industry in Singapore and abroad. Collaboration with other universities and research institutes will help take advantage of advances in other areas and particularly information technology via technology transfer.

  Current Research Project