Biography
Dr. Ajibade Aibinu Lectures in quantity surveying and construction economics in the property and construction programme. He joined the faculty from the National University of Singapore, where he was a PhD Research Scholar and Teaching Assistant in professional practice (construction), building measurement and construction management . Prior to joining the National University of Singapore, he was a Lecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University for 6 years where he taught measurement of building and civil engineering works, tendering and estimating, building contracts, construction management and economics, and advanced cost control. At that time, he participated in the monitoring of a multi-million dollars World Bank assisted institutional project. His experience over the last twelve years has been interplay of teaching, research and industry practice in quantity surveying and construction project management. Ajibade has published his research work in reputable international journals in construction engineering and management. He has also presented research papers at international conferences in the US, UK, Australia, Singapore and Thailand.
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest |
Key Words |
Country of Expertise |
| Project Failure and Project Governance |
Procurement Management |
Australia |
| Skill Shortage in Construction |
Employee Turnover, Rentention of Skill and Knowledge Retention in Construction Organisations |
Australia |
| Dispute Resolution |
Alternative Dispute Resolution and Commercial Arbitration |
Australia, Singapore |
| Claims and Conflict Management (Building Construction) |
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Australia |
| Claims and Conflict Management (Civil Engineering) |
|
Australia, Singapore, Nigeria |
| Construction Cost Management and Economics |
Cost Modelling, Cost Overrun, Contigency Analsyis, Estimating, Quantity Surveying, Life Cycle Cost Analysis |
Australia, Nigeria |
| Public Private Partnership |
Risk, Contract and Relationship Managment |
Australia |
| Managing Interorganisational Relationships in Construction |
Cooperative behaviour, Trust, Satisfaction, Perfomance |
Australia |
International Linkages
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other
Awards
Qualifications
| Title |
Institution |
Date Awarded |
Abbreviation |
| BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN QUANTITY SURVEYING |
Obafemi Awolowo University |
01-Dec-1995 |
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| MASTER OF SCIENCE IN QUANTITY SURVEYING |
Obafemi Awolowo University |
01-Dec-2001 |
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| DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY(Construction Project Management) |
National University of Singapore |
22-Jan-2009 |
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| NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN QUANTITY SURVEYING |
Polytechnic |
01-Jul-1989 |
|
Memberships
| Membership Type |
Membership Body |
Description |
Start Date |
End Date |
| Associate |
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (United Kingdom and Australia) |
Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (ACIArb) |
17-Nov-2008 |
|
Other Awards
| Award Type |
Awarding Body |
Comments |
Date Awarded |
| Scholarship |
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE |
|
21-Jul-2002 |
| Other (Award) |
IAN POTTER FOUNDATION |
|
05-Apr-2007 |
| Prize |
THE POLYTHECNIC IBADAN |
|
01-Jul-1989 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Grants
| Title |
Role |
Funding Source |
Scheme |
Award Date |
| 2008 COBRA CONFERENCE DUBLIN, IRELAND SEPTEMBER 2008 |
Chief Investigator |
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE,
THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION |
Travel and Conference Grants (THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION) |
01/06/2008 |
| Professional skills shortage and turnover in the Australia construction industry |
Chief Investigator |
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY INSTIT AUST |
Research Grants |
01/10/2008 |
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.
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