Research and expertise
My research interest falls under the following broad themes: Resilience in Projects, Building Information Modelling, Information Resilience, and Inclusion in the Built Environment. I am currently supervising PhD students in the area of Building Information Modelling (BIM)/Geographic Information Systems/Blockchain/Digitalisation in the Built Environment. At the undergraduate level, my supervised research areas include Information Security, Digitalisation, and Inclusion in the Built Environment.
Current research activity
- Social Value in a Digitalised Built Environment
- Information Security in the Built Environment
- Artificial Intelligence for RAAC Monitoring
- Blockchain for Project Governance
- Digital Inclusion in the Built Environment
Recently completed research projects
- Information Resilience in the Built Environment
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- Building Information Modelling in Africa
- Digital strategies for community resilience
- The interplay between density, design, and well-being toward developing resilient cities
Recent publications
Kurwi, S, Demian, P, Hassan, T, Blay, K (2022) A process model for collaboration at the design stage of rail project delivery, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 148(10), 04022105, ISSN: 0733-9364. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0002355.
Blay, K, Yeomans, S, Demian, P, Murguia, D (2020) The information resilience framework: Vulnerabilities, capabilities and requirements, Journal of Data and Information Quality, 12(3), 14, ISSN: 1936-1955. DOI: 10.1145/3388786.
Blay, K, Tuuli, MM, France-Mensah, J (2019) Managing change in BIM-Level 2 projects: benefits, challenges, and opportunities, Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 9(5), pp.581-596, ISSN: 2044-124X. DOI: 10.1108/BEPAM-09-2018-0114.
Amankwaa, EF and Blay, K (2018) Cities at risk? Exploring the synergies between smartphones and everyday vulnerabilities, Cities, ISSN: 0264-2751. DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2018.06.015.
Teaching
I contribute to learning and teaching activities across the Schools programmes including:
Undergraduate
- Building Information Modelling technologies
- Building Measurement
- Collaborative Design Management
- Human Resource Management
- Project Planning, Monitoring and Control
- Qualitative Research technologies
- Risk Management
- Simulations and Clash Detection
Postgraduate
- Federated Building Information Modelling
Enterprise
Short courses
- Inclusive Engineering for Project Management Institute (PMI)
Consultancy
- Cross-Government Program of the Research into Reinforced Aerated Autoclaved Concrete Plank Performance
Profile
Career
I graduated from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology with a First-Class Bachelor of Science degree in Building Technology. Prior to my degree, I completed a Hardware and Networking Professional (HNQP) and a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) certification program and studied various programming languages. I have a Master of Science degree (with Distinction) and a PhD in Construction Project Management from Loughborough University and I am a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy.
I have previously worked as a Quantity Surveyor on local and international projects and worked with diverse teams in managing Information Technology Systems and Construction Projects. I am currently researching in the areas of Socio-technical systems and Inclusion in the Built Environment. Within the school, I am the Part A tutor for the Commercial Management and Quantity Surveying Program, a member of the Wellbeing Committee and I assist on the Athena SWAN Charter.
Professional affiliations
- FHEA
- ACM
- AMASCE
External activities
- Co-chair of European Council on Computing in Construction (EC3) Summer School
- Member of the BIM4Health Task Group
- Reviewer for the BIM Dictionary Project
- External Examiner for the MSc BIM Management & Integrated Digital Delivery program- Middlesex University
- Scientific Committee Member of the Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM)
- Research Committee member of the BIM Africa initiative
Key collaborators
My research and enterprise activities are conducted with a range of academic and stakeholder partners, including:
- Association for Project Management
- Center for Digital Built Britain