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Associate Professor Tak Wing Yiu PhD, BSc, MRICS, MRSNZ
Associate Professor
Doctoral Mentor Supervisor School of Built EnvironmentKenneth is also the:
- Member, College of Assessors, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), New Zealand,
- External Assessor, Research Grants Council (RGC) for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Hong Kong,
- Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction,
- Associate Editor, Management, Procurement and Law,
- Managing Guest Editor for a special issue in Safety Science,
- Guest Editor for four special issues in the ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction,
- Member of Scientific Committee, Session Chair or Co-moderator at various international conferences,
- Assessor, Assessment of Professional Competence (APC), Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), and
- PhD/MPhil External Examiner at various universities in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong
In 2014, he was selected as a short-term visiting fellow (funded) in Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) to visit the Construction Management Research Group in University of Tokyo, Japan.
As of today, 5 PhD students have already completed their studies under Kenneth's main supervision. All of them are currently holding academic positions in Massey University, University of Canterbury, Auckland University of Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (Malaysia) and Zhejiang University
Before joining Massey University, Kenneth held the following academic positions:
- Deputy Head of Department (Academic) (2015-2017) & Senior Lecturer (2010-2019), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland, and
- Instructor (2005-2007) & Lecturer (2007-2010), Department of Building and Construction, City University of Hong Kong.
He had taken up several service roles such as PG Advisor (Taught), Programme Co-ordinator of MEngSt (Construction Management), Departmental Representative for Misconduct, and Lecturers’ Representative in the Senate when he served the University of Auckland.
Kenneth is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor (MRICS) and Construction Manager (MCIOB). He is an internationally recognised academic in the field of construction engineering and management. He has already produced more than 100 research outputs, including international refereed journal articles, research monograph, book chapters and conference papers. Notably, two of his papers received the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) best paper award. His total number of citations is growing annually with the current H-index of 23 and over 1720 citations (As of March 2022 in Scopus). Currently, he is the Research Lead at the School of Built Environment.
Professional
Contact details
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Ph: +64 9 2136925
Location: QA3.43, Quadrangle Building A
Campus: East Precinct, Gate 1, Albany Highway, Auckland
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy - City University of Hong Kong (2005)
- Bachelor of Science (Honours) - City University of Hong Kong (2001)
Fellowships and Memberships
- Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Member) (2009)
- Member, Royal Society of New Zealand (Member) (2021)
Certifications and Registrations
- Licence, Mentor Supervisor, Massey University
Research Expertise
Research Interests
Construction Innovation - Behavioural Studies
Construction Dispute Resolution
Contracting Behaviour
Construction Health and Safety
Construction Project Management
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Websites & my Social Links
Research Opportunities
- Recruiting PhD students (29/07/2019) I am now recruiting PhD students under my main supervision. Research topics: behavioral studies of construction health and safety, contract management, construction contracting, or BIM.
Thematics
21st Century Citizenship, Health and Well-being
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Building (120200):
Built Environment And Design (120000):
Civil Engineering (090500):
Construction Engineering (090502):
Engineering (090000):
Quantity Surveying (120203)
Consultancy and Languages
Languages
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English
Last used: today
Spoken ability: Excellent
Written ability: Excellent -
Cantonese
Last used: today
Spoken ability: Excellent
Written ability: Excellent -
Mandarin / Putonghua
Last used: today
Spoken ability: Average
Written ability: Excellent
Teaching and Supervision
Teaching Statement
218211 Construction Economics and Estimating