Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
The construction industry is experiencing unprecedented pressure to change in response to the sustainability agenda and developments in digital technologies. Professor Zulu asks whether this transformation to a smart and sustainable built environment should be as much about managing the transition as it is about technological innovations.
In his lecture, Sam focuses on the people, organisational and management implications for projects and firms as they respond to the sustainability and digital technology developments, affecting the way construction projects are designed, constructed and managed. He will explore how firms in the construction industry are transitioning or should transition to new business models and organisational forms to meet changing demands.
This lecture is part of Leeds Beckett University's inaugural professional lecture series.
Sam is a Professor of Construction and Project Management in the School of Built Environment, Engineering and Computing. He is also a Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Applied Research + Innovation in the Built Environment (CARINBE). He has previously worked at Nottingham Trent University (UK) and Copperbelt University (Zambia) as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in quantity surveying.
Prior to joining academia, he worked as a quantity surveyor for a chartered quantity surveying practice. He is a chartered builder (MCIOB), chartered quantity surveyor (MRICS), Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), and holds a BSc in Building Science, an MSc in Constriction Project Management, MA in Practical Theology and a PhD in Construction Project Management.
His research addresses issues related to the management of projects and organisations in the construction industry, including among others, organisational and management studies, managing projects, digitalisation and sustainable project delivery. Currently, his research focus is on the implications of the interlinked challenges of digitalisation and sustainability on people, organisations and the management and delivery of projects. He is/has been involved in externally funded research and enterprise projects with a total value of over £3 million. He is also an experienced PhD supervisor and examiner.
He has published over 90 journal and conference papers. His research has been published in top-ranked journals including Construction Management and Economics, Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, Built Environment Project and Asset Management, Buildings, Journal of Engineering Design and Technology, Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Construction Innovation, Journal of Open Innovation and the International Journal of Construction Management, among others. Sam is a member of the Editorial Review Board/Advisory Board of the Environment Project and Asset Management and the Journal of Construction; a committee member of the Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) and has sat on scientific committees of various international conferences related to the built environment.
