Prof. Charles Egbu's Recent Research Grants

Recent Research Grants

Principal Investigator of a 6-month's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funded transition (April - October 2005: £134.4K) project on "Knowledge mapping for Sustainable Urban Environment.

Principal Investigator of a one-year Scoping Study funded by EPSRC (2003 - 2004) on Knowledge Mapping and Bringing About Change for The Sustainable Urban Environment (£221,000).

Principal Investigator of a 2- year (2002 - 2004) UK government funded DTI/PII Bid on Knowledge Management of Sustainable Competitive Advantage (£398,000). http://www.knowledgemanagement.uk.net

Co- Investigator of an 18 month (2003 - 2005) UK government funded DTI/PII study on "A Knowledge Management Approach for SME's" (£200,000).

Co- Investigator of a 12 month Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC ) Study - (June 2003 - May 2004) "Knowledge Mapping and Bringing About Change for The Sustainable Urban Environment".

Co-investigator of a successful internal bid (£440,000) to set up a Centre - "Glasgow Sustainability Centre" This is initially funded for 3 years. The main objectives of the Centre are:

(1) To synergise GCal research capability to produce a unique research centre in Scotland.

(2) To create distinctiveness through locally-relevant action research, and

(3) to position the centre and its outputs internationally ready for Research Assessment Exercise -RAE 2008.

(4) To focus the research on designing and managing sustainability solutions, which will

(5) lever current GCal research consortium activity with EPSRC, and

(6) yield cross-school applications to the ESRC and EPSRC, and

(7) create IP that can be used to educate and secure the gap market for commercial research, CPD, P/G education and other knowledge transfer activities.

Principal Investigator for the EPSRC (GR/N01323 - £100,000) research on "The exploitation of IT for improved teamworking in design and construction teams". (2000 - 2002).

Co-investigator on an Health & Safety Executive (HSE) Funded Study on "Avoiding Structural Collapse in Refurbishment: Decision Support System" (£56,000) ; 2003 - 2005, Prof. C. J. Anumba, Prof. C. Egbu & Prof. A. Gottfried

Co-investigator on an Health & Safety Executive (HSE) Funded Study on "Health & Safety in Refurbishment Involving Demolition and Structural Instability" ( £34,495): 2001 - 2002: Prof. C. J. Anumba, Dr C. Egbu, Engr. B. Marino & Prof. A. Gottfried

Recently Published Text Books:

Anumba, C; Egbu, C; and Carrillo, P (2005) Knowledge Management in Construction, Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 1-4051 2972-7

Recently Published Journal Papers:

Lee, C. Cynthia and Egbu, C. (2007) "Information technology tools for capturing and communicating learning and experiences in construction SMEs in developed and developing countries". ITcon Vol. 12, Special Issue on construction information technology in emerging economies, pg. 167-180
Egbu, C. O (2006), "Knowledge Production and Capabilities - Their Importance and Challenges for Construction Organisations in China" The Journal of Technology Management in China, Vol 1., No.3, ISSN 1746-8779

Liyanage, C. and Egbu, C. (2006), "The integration of key players in the control of Healthcare Associated Infections in different types of domestic services" Journal of Facilities Management, Vol. 4, No. 4, pg 245 - 261., ISSN: 1472-5967

Hari S, Egbu C and Kumar B (2005), "A knowledge capture awareness tool: an empirical study on small and medium enterprises in the construction industry " Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, ISSN 0969-9988, Volume 12, Issue 6, pp 533-567

Hunter K, Hari S, Egbu C and Kelly J (2005) “Grounded Theory: Its Diversification and Application Through two Examples From Research Studies on Knowledge and Value Management”, The Electronic Journal of Business Research Methodology, Volume 3, Issue 1, pp 57-68, available online at www.ejbrm.com

Liyanage C., Egbu C. (2005), Controlling Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) and the role of FM in achieving ‘Quality’ in Healthcare: A Three-Dimensional View, Facilities, 23 (5/6), pp. 263-277.

Charles O Egbu, Subashini Hari, and Suresh H Renukappa, (2005) "Knowledge management for sustainable competitiveness in small and medium surveying practices" Structural Survey, Vol. 23 No. 1, pp. 7-21

Egbu, C.O. (2004) "Managing Knowledge and Intellectual Capital for Improved Organisational Innovations in the Construction Industry: An Examination of Critical Success Factors" Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management (ECAM) Journal, Vol. 11 No 5., pp. 301 - 315.