Paulo Vaz-Serra is a Senior Lecturer in Construction Management within the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning of the University of Melbourne since 2014. He is a civil engineer with over twenty years’ experience in commercial, industrial, institutional and domestic construction.
He has a Master Science degree in Construction, a PhD in Civil Engineering that focused on knowledge management within construction companies and post-graduate in entrepreneurship and innovation. In the industry, he was a senior construction manager, senior project manager and general director. He has also held executive, operative and R&D responsibilities in one of the largest construction companies in Portugal (Coordinator of the Construknowledge, 700k euros project involving multiple contractors, two universities, the Portuguese Government and the European Community), identifying best ways to improve the efficiency of processes and lessons learned. Paulo is a Senior Member and an Expert in Construction Management of the Portuguese Engineers Organization, and a Chartered Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (MICE) of the UK, currently he is the deputy chairman of the Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE), Local Victorian Delegation. For academia, Paulo has been teaching in the civil engineering course as an invited professor since 2010 and in several professional training courses for graduates in civil engineering and construction management in Portugal until 2014. He has acted as professional supervisor for several young engineers and supervised Master’s Thesis in Construction Management. Paulo was presenting his work on knowledge management in construction at international conferences, Portugal, Canada and Australia.
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Ppp Versus Traditional Procurement Methods: Schools
Research Contracts
Construction Project Managers Graduate Agile Competencies Required to Meet Industry Needs
Conference Proceedings
Prototype Prefabricated Wall Element For Advanced Manufacturing In Plumbing
Research Contracts
Understanding the Key Master of Construction Project Management Graduate Competencies Requ..
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Managing Project Risks
Book
Request for information frequency and their turnaround time in construction projects
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Projects
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Additional Information
(2019) Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute Future Cities Seed Funding - "Exposure to greenery and PM2.5 during active transport modes"
(2019) Early Career Research Project Grant, Faculty ABP, University of Melbourne - "Proof of concept testing for an early stage project complexity assessment Tool"
(2017) Seed Fund Award John McIlwraith Foundation Grant - "Construction Project Management, Academic Programs and Industry Needs"
(2017) Exner College - "Evaluation of the Maker Immersion Project"
(2016) ABP Grant - BM Research program - "Exploring the use and the effects of using electronic and cloud-based project facilitation platform"
(2016) ABP Grant - BM Research program - "Can Scrum methodologies improve bidding processes and procedures in construction?"
(2016) The Association of Commonwealth Universities - Early Career Academic Grant - "The Challenge of Knowledge Management for Design, Engineering and Management Companies"
(2010) Operational Competitiveness Programme - COMPETE - Project SI I&DT n.o 13780 - Portuguese Government and EU - "Construknowledge - Knowledge Management in Construction"
(2008) Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portuguese Ministry of Education - Doctoral Grant (BDE No 33333)
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Fellowship of the Portuguese Order of Engineers
Credentials
Positions
Positions
Senior Lecturer In Construction Management
Architecture, Building And Planning
Applicant Membership
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
Full Membership
Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM)
Member
Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)
Deputy Chairman Of The Ice - Victorian Local Association
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
Senior Expert In Construction And Project Management
Portuguese Order of Engineers (Ordem dos Engenheiros)
Education
Education
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management
Universidade Catolica Portuguesa
Doutor in Engineering
Technical University of Lisbon
Master in Construction
Technical University of Lisbon
Project & Construction Site Management
University of Lisbon
Civil Engineer (Licensee 5 years)
Technical University of Lisbon