Staff Profile:Professor of Construction Management

Name:

Professor Roger Flanagan

Job Title:

Professor/Chairman, Steering Comm. for International Affairs

Responsibilities:

Professor of Construction Management, School of Construction Management and Engineering, Engineering, University of Reading

Visiting Professor: Tsinghua University, Beijing; Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru; University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

Guest Professor, Chongqing University, China; Tianjin University, China

Past President of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) 2007

Previously Non-Executive Director of companies in the UK and overseas, including Skanska AB (parent company of the Skanska Group world wide) and the Halcrow Group.

Areas of Interest:

Research interests include: international construction, whole life appraisal, risk management, cost management and new technologies for the construction sector.

Current research includes:

• Understanding the impact of technology on the construction sector
• Studies considering the future have included 'Bridge to the Future - profitable construction for tomorrow's industry and its customers' and 'Vision 2020 - building Sweden's future', which considers the changes likely to take place in Sweden's construction sector. Analysis of the changing patterns and trends in international construction markets
• Auto-ID technologies and their impact on construction
• Whole life appraisal for the built environment
• Risk management for construction work across the supply chain
• Competitiveness and the construction sector

Research groups / Centres:

Publications:

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Number of items: 43.

2012

• Jewell, C. and Flanagan, R. (2012) Measuring construction professional services exports: a case for change. Building Research and Information, 40 (3). pp. 1-12. ISSN 1466-4321

2010

• Jewell, C. , Flanagan, R. and Anac, C. (2010) Understanding UK construction professional services exports: definitions and characteristics. Construction Management and Economics, 28 (3). pp. 231-239. ISSN 0144-6193 doi: 10.1080/01446191003587729

2009

• Flanagan, R., Jewell, C. and Anac, C. (2009) A review of growth for construction service companies in global markets. In: Fifth International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-V) “Collaboration and Integration in Engineering, Management and Technology”, 20-22 May 2009, Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 950-958.
• Flanagan, R. and Jewell, C. A. (2009) Economics, urbanisation and infrastructure. In: State of the World, FIDIC Infrastructure Report. FIDIC - International Federation of Consulting Engineers, Geneva, pp. 5-11.
• Park, S.H. and Flanagan, R. (2009) Integrating whole life cost into the evaluation of design-build in Korea. In: 25th Annual ARCOM Conference, Albert Hall, Nottingham, pp. 227-37.
• Donyavi, S. and Flanagan, R. (2009) The impact of effective material management on construction site performance for small and medium sized construction enterprises. In: 25th Annual ARCOM Conference, Albert Hall, Nottingham, pp. 11-20.
• Flanagan, R., Jewell, C.A. and Anac, C. (2009) A review of growth for construction service companies in global markets. In: Fifth International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-V) “Collaboration and Integration in Engineering, Management and Technology”, Istanbul, Turkey.

2008

• Mutti, C. D. N. and Flanagan, R. (2008) International construction and Brazilian contractors’ operations. Construction Information Quarterly, 10 (1). pp. 19-24. ISSN 1469-4891
• Flanagan, R., Jewell, C.A., Bernstein, H.M. and Young, N.W.B. (2008) Key trends in the European and US construction marketplace. SmartMarket Report. Mc-Graw Hill Construction, New York, pp56. ISBN 9781934926055
• Flanagan, R. and Lu, W. (2008) Making informed decisions in product-service systems. In: IMechE Conference, Knowledge and Information Management Through-Life, Institute of Mechanical Engineers, London.
• Alnaser, N. W., Flanagan, R. and Alnaser, W. E. (2008) Model for calculating the sustainable building index (SBI) in the kingdom of Bahrain. Energy and Buildings, 40 (11). pp. 2037-2043. ISSN 0378-7788 doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2008.05.015
• Alnaser, N. W., Flanagan, R. and Alnaser, W. E. (2008) Potential of making - Over to sustainable buildings in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Energy and Buildings, 40 (7). pp. 1304-1323. ISSN 0378-7788 doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.11.010
• Pekericli, M.K., Flanagan, R., Jewell, C. and Lu, W. (2008) Vision 2020 - A whole life-cycle information management system for built environments. In: AEC 2008 Conference, Antalya, Turkey.
• Lu, W.S., Flanagan, R., Pekericli, M.K. and Jewell, C.A. (2008) A creative decision support system for generating decision options from situation analysis. In: KIM Project Conference, Reading, UK.

2007

• Flanagan, R. (2007) An African perspective on changes influencing the construction sector. In: CIDB Annual Conference, University of Stellenbosch and CIDB South Africa..
• Alnaser, N. W., Flanagan, R., Al-Khalifa, S. E., Mumtaz, R., El-Masri, S. and Alnaser, W. E. (2007) Architectural, construction and environmental matters of Bahrain's international formula 1 circuit. Building and Environment, 42 (4). pp. 1783-1794. ISSN 0360-1323 doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.01.014
• Flanagan, R., Lu, W., Shen, L. and Jewell, C.A. (2007) Competitiveness in construction: a critical review of research. Construction Management and Economics, 25 (9). pp. 989-1000. ISSN 0144-6193 doi: 10.1080/01446190701258039
• Flanagan, R. (2007) Competitiveness of Nordic construction enterprises. In: Nordic Conference in construction economics and organisation, University of Technology, Lulea, p. 10.
• Flanagan, R. (2007) Creating competitive advantage for the engineering sector. In: Proceedings of Annual Conference of the New Zealand Association of Consulting Engineers, Napier.
• Flanagan, R. (2007) Drivers and issues for the Hong Kong construction sector. In: UNSPECIFIED, Hong Kong.
• Lu, W., Flanagan, R., Pekericli, M.K. and Jewell, C.A. (2007) From situation analysis to decision options: An improved SWOT approach. In: CME 25 Conference, Reading, UK.
• Flanagan, R. (2007) Internationalisation of the Chinese construction sector. In: UNSPECIFIED, Chongqing University.
• Jewell, C.A., Flanagan, R. and Lu, W. (2007) Measuring competitiveness in the construction sector: a new perspective. In: CME 25 Conference, Reading, UK.
• Flanagan, R. (2007) Trends shaping the construction sector. In: Innovations in Structural Engineering and Construction, The Netherlands, p. 1588.
• Flanagan, R. (2007) Vision 2020 for procurement in the construction sector. CIDB Malaysia, Malaysian Association of Engineers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Flanagan, R. (2007) The drivers and issues shaping the construction sector. In: Innovations in structural engineering and construction, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 3-13.
• Alnaser, N. W. and Flanagan, R. (2007) The need of sustainable buildings construction in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Building and Environment, 42 (1). pp. 495-506. ISSN 0360-1323 doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.08.032
• Pekericli, M.K., Lu, W., Flanagan, R. and Jewell, C.A. (2007) A review of decision theory and decision support systems. In: KIM Conference, Loughborough.

2006

• Alnaser, W. E., Probert, S. D., El-Masri, S., Al-Khalifa, S. E., Flanagan, R. and Alnaser, N. W. (2006) Bahrain's Formula-1 racing circuit: energy and environmental considerations. Applied Energy, 83 (4). pp. 352-370. ISSN 0306-2619 doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2005.04.006
• Tehranchi, H. and Flanagan, R. (2006) The social and cultural construction of risk. Construction Information Quarterly, 8 (4). pp. 167-172. ISSN 1469-4891

2005

• Flanagan, R. and Jewell, C.A. (2005) International competitiveness of the Finnish construction sector. TEKES (Finnish Research Council)
• Flanagan, R. (2005) Malaysia in the global construction market - a focus on sustaining competitiveness. In: International Conference of the Construction Industry Development Board, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Flanagan, R. and Jewell, C. (2005) Whole life appraisal for construction. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, pp182. ISBN 9780632050468
• Salama, H. and Flanagan, R. (2005) The challenges facing privatization of infrastructure projects in Libya. In: QUT Research week 2005, Brisbane.
• Jewell, C.A., Flanagan, R. and Cattell, K. (2005) The effects of the informal sector on construction. In: Broadening Perspectives - Proceedings of the Construction Research Congress, San Diego, USA. doi: 10.1061/40754(183)78
• Flanagan, R. (2005) The synergy between business and global drivers in futures planning for construction enterprises. In: Combining Forces, Advancing Facilities Management and Construction through Innovation, Helsinki.

2004

• Cattell, K., Flanagan, R. and Jewell, C.A. (2004) Competitiveness and productivity in the construction industry: the importance of definitions. In: Proceedings of the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), 2nd Postgraduate Conference, Cape Town.
• Henricsson, J.P.E., Ericsson, S., Flanagan, R. and Jewell, C.A. (2004) Rethinking competitiveness for the construction industry. In: Proceedings 20th Annual ARCOM Conference, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.
• Flanagan, R. (2004) The future forces of change - a global perspective. In: Proceedings of EPPM Conference Product and Process Modelling in the Building and Construction Industry, Istanbul.

2003

• Liu, J., Flanagan, R. and Li, Z. (2003) Why does China need risk management in its construction industry. In: Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Association of Researchers in Construction Management, University of Brighton, UK.
• Flanagan, R., Jackson, S. and Jewell, C.A. (2003) The management of risk - Yours, mine and ours. RICS. p. 42.
• Flanagan, R. and Jewell, C.A. (2003) A review of recent work on construction futures. Construction Research and Innovation Strategy Panel, London.
• Flanagan, R. and Jewell, C.A. (2003) The risk of mould damage over the whole life of a building. Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. p. 28.

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Qualifications:

MSc, PhD, DSc, DSc (Hon), PPCIOB, FRICS, FICE

1997 - ongoing: Member of the College of Assessors for research grants for the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Member of the UKTI Construction Sector Advisory Board for construction exports

Supervisor of 22 successful PhD submissions and five MPhil submissions