Professor Saheed Ajayi

Saheed is a Professor of Digital Construction and Project Management and the Director of Construction Informatics and Digital Enterprise Laboratory (CIDEL) within the school of Built Environment, Engineering and Computing.

Saheed's research interests are in Building Information Modelling (BIM), Sustainable Construction (with specific focus on waste management), Competency-based Modelling and Construction Informatics (the use of Digital Technologies such as Big Data Analytics, IoT and Machine Learning in Construction).

Saheed holds a PhD in Construction and Architectural Management, MSc (with distinction) in Sustainable Architecture and Healthy Building and a BSc with First Class (Hons) in Architecture. Prior to joining the academia, he has worked in various capacities within the construction industry as a design/project architect and construction project manager. Over the years, he has been involved in various collaborative and multidisciplinary research involving key players within the UK construction industry. He has executed various externally funded projects with a combined value of up to £7 million. Some of his recently completed and ongoing projects include Auto-BIM, with a value of £896, 935 in collaboration with Balfour Beatty PLC, LiVE-TAP (value: £495, 128), ADAGE (value: £497,705), Fire-BIM (value: £498,846), EDURIGHT (value: £498,449) and Adapt-ABLE (value: £499,276). Saheed has published widely in academic and professional journals, and he is highly ranked, globally, in Construction Waste; Demolition; Waste Management, Embodied Energy; Sustainability; Green Building and Information Modeling; Facilities Management; Construction Industry among other research topic clusters.

As a lecturer, Saheed's teaching is underpinned by the concept of “students as partners”. As such, he believes in a collaborative learning environment where students are increasingly engaged and involved in learning and teaching assessment, pedagogical consultancy, subject-based inquiry and scholarship of teaching and learning. He enjoys using various technology-enhanced teaching resources, such as Kahoot, Piazza and PollEv, among others, for enhancing students’ engagement and experience.

Saheed is a Chartered Construction Manager (MCIOB) and a Fellow of Higher Education Authority (FHEA).

Saheed teaches across our built environment courses, including:

• Architectural Technology
• Building Surveying
• Real Estate and Property Management
• Quantity Surveying
• Project Management
• Construction Management

He currently coordinates postgraduate research methods and dissertation modules and contributes to other modules at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. These include:

• Conservation
• Adaptation and Refurbishment of Buildings
• Construction Technology
• Sustainable Construction