I am Professor of Project Management and Construction Management at the FCE, University of Zagreb, Croatia. Simultaneously I am a part time consultant for complex local and regional projects and advisor for organization design. I also hold the position of President at the International Project Management Association (IPMA), while also previously being Vice President for Education and Training / Research for the period from 2007 to 2012. My past experience includes various positions such as site engineer, supervisor, designer, project manager, consultant and professor, over the past 30 years, of which he spent more than 10 years in industry. I held leading positions in companies, NGOs and at the university. From 2002 to 2006 I was Vice Dean for research and from 2006 to 2010 Dean of the FCE, University of Zagreb. From 2009 to 2011 I was a member of the Zagreb University Management Board. I am one of the founders and is currently President of the Croatian Association for Project Management (CAPM) , so as Editor-in-Chief of the OTMC Journal, a regional central and south-east Europe journal focused on construction project management topics.
My international experience includes participation in projects owned by Ilbau Austria, Strabag Germany, Booz Allen Hamilton USA, Importanne Canada, EU COST, IPMA and USAID. I published more than 150 papers and delivered presentations at more than 50 international events across the globe, including Dundee, Glasgow, Hong Kong, Helsinki, Berlin, Paris, Bratislava, Ljubljana, Cape Town, Prague, Budapest, Bucharest, New Delhi, Rome, Krakow, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Seoul, Panama City, Lima, Beijing, Wuhan. Over the past 30 years I have been continuously engaged in professional activity, providing supervision and consultancy for many local or regional projects related to research, tourism, water, transport, investment and education
Geoffrey has a proven track record of academic and research leadership in construction management with special interest in value management and collaborative working in construction, supported by information and communication technologies. He has led a large number of research projects with total funding over HK$25 million including five Research Grants Council-Competitive Earmarked Research Grants in a row since 2002/03, and has authored more than 300 publications including 160+ refereed papers in academic and professional journals. He has also been invited to give keynote presentations in a number of international conferences, has chaired and/or served the scientific committee of a number of major international events.
Professionally Geoffrey is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), and the Hong Kong Institute of Value Management (HKIVM). He was the President of HKIVM from 2007 to 2011. As a certified Value Management Facilitator (VMF) recognised by the Hong Kong SAR Government and a Certified Value Specialist (CVS) certified by SAVE International, he has professionally designed and facilitated more than 40 value management and partnering workshops for a number of large client organisations in both the public and private sectors. He was awarded the “Presidential Citation Award” by the SAVE International in 2009 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the value methodology.
Dr. Ramzi Taha completed his B.Sc., M.Eng., and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University. He graduated with the doctoral degree in December 1989. He worked over seven years in various academic institutions in the USA before joining the Department of Civil Engineering at Sultan Qaboos University in June 1997. He was promoted to the Associate Professor’s rank in 1999 and he became a Professor in 2005. From 2005-2009, Dr. Taha served as the Head of the Department. In 2006, the Civil Engineering Program received substantial equivalency accreditation from the USA Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). In 2009, the Architectural Engineering Program was fully accredited by ABET. Dr. Taha served as a member of three audit panels for colleges in Oman, and in 2010 he served as a member of an audit panel for the University of Bahrain.
Dr. Taha’s teaching and research interests include engineering education, sustainable use of construction and recycled materials in highway and building construction, and transportation infrastructure, He has completed more than 25 research projects and has more than 100 publications to his credit. Dr. Taha served on many international, university, college and departmental committees. He was also a reviewer for many scientific publications. From April 2010 until January 2012, Dr. Taha served as the Dean of Postgraduate Studies at Sultan Qaboos University. In February 2012 he joined the College of Engineering at Qatar University, and in April 2012 he was appointed as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the college. As of September 2013, he is serving as the Head of the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at Qatar University.
Born in 1963, he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 1986 at the Department of Civil Engineering of Tsinghua University, China and his Master Degree in 1989 and Doctor Degree in 1992 at the Department of Civil Engineering of Nagoya University, Japan. He became an Associate Professor in 1994 and a Professor in 2003 at Tsinghua University. His major research interests are on the application of information technology in civil engineering. He has been in charge of two large national research projects on IT application and drafted several plans and strategies on applying information technology for the central government of China. He is the director of the Committee of Computer Application, China Civil Engineering Society. He acts as the member of expert committee of several nation-wide industrial associations in China. He serves as the member of board of editorial committee of several international and domestic academic journals.
Hanbin Luo is a Professor and Director of Department of Construction Management at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China. His main areas of research and teaching include information technologies in construction management, real estate development and investment, and engineering risks and safety management. He serves as a member of the Disciplinary Steering Committee for Construction Management in Colleges and Universities, a Council Member of the Architectural Society of China-Construction Management Research Society, and a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS). Professor Luo has won the National Science and Technology Progress Award, 2nd Prize, among other Ministry and Province prizes for his research on Key Technologies of Computer-integrated Management System of Rail Transit Construction, and other research on construction management.
