Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Ian Blackhall
Senior Lecturer
Ian works at Leeds Beckett University and supports undergraduate construction students across both full-time and part-time courses.
Current teaching and curriculum support is within construction technology, measurement, reflective professional practice and experiential learning subject areas and across all undergraduate year levels.
Ian is considerably involved in supporting Chartered Surveyor Degree Apprentices and works closely with employers to support apprentices in their preparations towards RICS Professional Review following the completion of their with honours degree and within the disciplines of quantity surveying, building surveying and real estate management.
Ian is a member of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and has extensive experience with regard to the development, accreditation and delivery of construction management and technical courses and enjoys supporting his students in their professional development and career progression.
Current Teaching
- Construction Technology
- Quantity Surveying and Measurement
- Experiential Learning
Research Interests
Ian is interested in many aspects of modern construction technologies and the ways in which the industry needs to embrace the digital information environment.
Current research focusses upon the continuing impact of digital information availability and over-availability and how the phenomena of information overload affects construction project decision-making for better or worse.
Current research considers how digital information management and capability level for managers then supports a range of decision-making paradigms and especially when industry professionals are considered according to position, time in role and where age-experienced such as archetypal Generation X colleagues are then compared with their younger/post-millennial co-workers in terms of their comfort with and adoption of digital information.
The research will look to establish where trends may be seen or are emerging with regard to effective digital information use and management within key project decision-making practices and in support of the present and future performance related challenges for the industry.
Ask Me About
- Construction
