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I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Construction Economics and Management at University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. In the past, I have been a Lecturer in the School of Construction Management and Engineering at the University of Reading, UK (2010-12); and also a Post-Doctoral Academic Fellow (2009) and Graduate Teaching Assistant (2008). I completed my PhD at University of Reading in Dec 2008 on the relationship between risk and price in tendering. Prior to transferring to Reading in Jan 2008, I was an MPhil/PhD student at KNUST, Ghana (2004-07). I gained my undergraduate degree in Building Technology from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana in 1998-2002. During school days, my peers elected me to serve in several leadership positions including SRC President at KNUST. From 1994-96, I attended Suhum Sec. Tech. School after basic education at schools in Ghana and Nigeria. I did my National Service with the Fanteakwa District Assembly in 2002-03. After that, I worked at the Development Office of KNUST until I started my PhD in 2004. I am a co-organiser for the WABER Conference and an author of 30+ research publications.

Friday, 16 January 2009

Institution of Civil Engineers' (ICE) newsletter highlights procurement research at University of Reading

In January of this year 2009, procurement research at University of Reading was highlighted in the newsletter of the Institution of Civil EngineerS (ICE) as follows:

Studies close the gap

Researchers at the School of Construction Management and Engineering at the University of Reading are helping to close the gap between theoretical models of commercial risk management and actual practice. Altogether, about a dozen contractors in the UK were involved in the two-year study through interviews and documentary analysis – with a selection of firms allowing the research team to shadow the whole tender process. The study – published in Construction Management and Economics (Laryea and Hughes, “How contractors price risk in bids: theory and practice”, Volume 26: p911-924) – shows how risk is mostly managed through contractual rather than price mechanisms, reflecting commercial imperatives at the time of bidding.

Contact Sam Laryea
(s.laryea@reading.ac.uk) for more information

This particular issue of the ICE Newsletter can be found at the following link: (http://www.ice-southeast.org.uk/southeastengland/documents/Engage_SE_Jan_09_FINAL.pdf)

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