SEEK: Salford Environment for Expertise and Knowledge
Bingunath Ingirige
Dr Bingunath Ingirige
postal addressSenior Lecturer / Programme Director, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, , Maxwell Building , The Crescent, Greater Manchester, Salford, M5 4WT, UK..
email addressm.j.b.ingirige@salford.ac.uk
telephone0161 295 2858
website addresshttp://www.rics-defences.net
Key Memberships
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Full Member of Research Centre: Centre for Disaster Resilience (CDR)
From October 2009 to present.
Associate Member of Research Centre: Management in Construction Research Centre (MIC)
From October 2009 to June 2009.
Profile Summary

Dr. Ingirige lectures in the area of construction and project Management at both Undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Sureveyors (MRICS). He is the Director of the QS Discipline Centre responsible for the delivery of Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses in Quantity Surveying and Project Management at the School of the Built Environment. He is also the Programme Leader for the MSc in Quantity Surveying.He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy of UK. He is an active researcher and has published  in the areas of knowledge managment, project collaboration, Intranets / extranets, SME capacity building, knowledge transfer, post disaster reconstruction and rehabilitation, community development, disaster management, resilience and adaptive capacities of SMEs - click here for recent press notice

He is an investigator of EPSRC projects and currently supervises several PhD students in the above areas of research. Dr. Ingirige serves in the Editorial Board of the Construction Annual Review and a regular reviewer of the Journal of Construction Management and Economics, Constrution Innovation, International journal of disaster resilienec in the built environment, ITCON journal.

Key Qualifications
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2009
MRICS , (from The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors).
2005
PG Cert (in Higher Education Practice and Research) (from University of Salford, UK).
2005
FHEA (Fellow of the Higher Education Academy) (from HEA, UK).
2004
PhD (UK) (from University of Salford).
1999
AIQS (SL) Member of The Institute of Quantity Surveyors (from Sri Lanka).
1999
MBA Management of Technology (from The Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand).
1995
BSc (First Class Hons) Quantity Surveying (from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka).
Key Projects
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2010
Jul
DEFENCES: DEveloping Flood Expert KNowledge in CharterEd Surveyors
RICS Education Trust, £7,300.00.
Principal Investigator: B Ingirige (100%).
2010
Apr
International travel grant
Royal Academy of Engineering, £600.00.
Principal Investigator: B Ingirige (100%).
2007
Nov
Community Resilience to Extreme Weather Events through improved Local Decision Making
EPSRC, £75,067.00.
Investigator: B Ingirige (100%).
2003
Dec
A star recruit proposal to develop a world-class body of theory based lean project and production management for the Salford IMRC
EPSRC, £545,721.00.
Investigators: P Barrett (14%), L Koskela (57%), B Ingirige (7%), M Kagioglou (7%), G Aouad (14%).
Key Publications
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Refereed Journal Articles
2012
Jan
Wedawatta, G & Ingirige, B 2012, 'Resilience and adaptation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises to flood risk', Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal (In press).
2011
Aug
Elgrari, O & Ingirige, B 2011, 'Privatisation and Manpower Capability Development: Cases from the Libyan house building sector', Engineering Construction and Architectural Management, 18(5), pp.497-515.
2011
May
Wedawatta, G & Ingirige, B & Jones, K & Proverbs, D 2011, 'Extreme Weather Events and construction SMEs: Vulnerability, impacts and responses', Structural Survey, 29(2), pp.106-119.
2010
Dec
Wedawatta, G & Ingirige, B & Amaratunga, D 2010, 'Building up resilience of construction sector SMEs and their supply chains to extreme weather events', International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 14(4), pp.362-375.
2009
Jul
Ingirige, B & Goulding, J S 2009, 'Maximising Social Interactions and Effectiveness within Distance Learning Courses: Cases from Construction', Journal of Education in the Built Environment, 4(1), pp.75-99.abstract
2009
Jan
Madubuko, L & Ingirige, B & Sexton, M 2009, 'The Interaction between Non-Governmental Organisations and Marginalized Communities to Build Self-Sustaining Capacity to Transfer, Absorb and use Building Technologies in Indigenous Housing', The Built & Human Environment Review, 2(1), pp.64-101.abstract
2008
Jan
Ingirige, B & Haigh, R & Chamindi, M & Roshani, P 2008, 'Exploring good practice knowledge transfer related to post tsunami housing (re-)construction in Sri Lanka,', Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 13(2), pp.21-42.abstract
Book Sections
2011
Apr
Ingirige, B & Wedawatta, G 2011 'Impacts of flood hazards on small and medium companies: Strategies for property level protection and business continuity', in: Proverbs, D & Lammond, J & Hammond, F & Booth, C (eds.), Flood Hazards, Impacts and Responses for the Built Environment, Routeledge (Taylor and Francis Group), London, United Kingdom .abstract
Guest Editorials in Journals
2011
Jan
Perera, S & Ruikar, K & Ingirige, B 2011, 'Innovation in construction eBusiness', ITCON, 16, pp.635-636.
Papers in Published Conference Proceedings
2011
Jul
Wedawatta, G & Ingirige, B & Amaratunga, D 2011, Case study as a research strategy: investigating extreme weather resilience of construction SMEs in the UK, in: 'Proceedings of International conference on Building Resilience 2011: Interdisciplinary approaches to disaster risk reduction, and the development of sustainable communities and cities', University of Salford, Salford, UK. Conference details: Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka 19th - 21st July 2011.
2010
Sep
Wedawatta, G & Ingirige, B & Amaratunga, D 2010, Developing a conceptual framework for investigating the resilience of construction SMEs and their supply chains against extreme weather events, in: 'Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Construction, Building and Real Estate International Research Conference (COBRA)', RICS, Paris, France. Conference details: Université Paris-Dauphine in Paris, France, 2-3 September 2010.
2010
Jun
Ingirige, B & Kulatunga, U & Amaratunga, D 2010, E-Auctions: A construction industry perspective on achieving stakeholder satisfaction and value creation, in: 'Sixth International Conference on Innovation in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC 2010)', Penn State University, Penn State, USA. Conference details: Penn State University, USA, June 9 - 11th, 2010.
2010
May
Wedawatta, G & Ingirige, B & Amaratunga, D 2010, Building up Resilience of Construction Sector SMEs and Their Supply Chains to Extreme Weather Events, in: 'Proceedings of Building a Better World - CIB 2010 World Congress', University of Salford, Salford, UK. Conference details: 10-13 May 2010 Salford Quays - United Kingdom.
2010
May
Bakri, A & Ingirige, B & Amaratunga, D 2010, Key Issues for Implementing Knowledge Management in Relational Contracting Project Settings, in: 'Proceedings of Building a Better World - CIB 2010 World Congress', University of Salford, Salford, UK. Conference details: 10-13 May 2010 Salford Quays - United Kingdom.
2009
Sep
Ingirige, B & Wedawatta, G 2009, Utilising intranet technologies in construction sector SMEs: Building up knowledge bases for extreme weather event risk management , in: 'Proceedings of the Joint International Symposium of CIB W055 & W065', University of Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Conference details: Joint International Symposium of CIB W055 & W065.
2009
Jan
Wedawatta, G & Ingirige, B & Jones, K 2009, Climate Change and Construction Sector SMEs: Vulnerability, Consequences and Resilience, in: 'Climate Change and the Built Environment. ', Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. Conference details: 8th Workshop and Meeting of the CIB W108 .
2009
Jan
Madubuko, L & Ingirige, B & Sexton, M 2009, Capacity building through appropriate technology transfer in community housing in Nigeria, in: '9th INTERNATIONAL POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE IN THE BUILT AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT', University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom. Conference details: 9th INTERNATIONAL POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE IN THE BUILT AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENT.
Reports
2006
Jan
Ingirige, B & Amaratunga, D & Dowdle, D & Keraminiyage, K & Goulding, J & Baldry, D & Lees, M 2006, Improving co-learner interactions through web based online assessments within distant learning settings (Unpublished), University of Salford, Salford, UK.
2006
Jan
Ingirige, B & Amaratunga, D & Sexton, M & Ahmed, V & Baldry, D & Aouad, G & Keraminiyage, K 2006, Guidelines for improving social outcomes gained through distance learning (DL) Tools, Final Report, University of Salford, Salford, UK.
2004
Jan
Ingirige, B & Amaratunga, D & Sexton, M & Ahmed, V & Baldry, D & Aouad, G 2004, Guidelines for improving social outcomes gained through distance learning tools , University of Salford, Salford, UK.
Key Presence
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Conference Presentations
2005
Feb
ARCOM Doctoral Workshop - 2005, University of Teeside, Middlesborough (February, 2005)
ARCOM Doctoral Workshop - 2005, University of Teeside, Middlesborough
Honours and Awards
2000
Overseas Research Studentship (ORS) from the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals (CVCP) of UK (2000)
Overseas Research Studentship (ORS) from the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals (CVCP) of UK
2000
Overseas Research Studentship (ORS) award for academic excellence and research potential from the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals (CVCP) of UK in 1999 to follow PhD studies at University of Salford, UK (2000)
Overseas Research Studentship (ORS) award for academic excellence and research potential from the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals (CVCP) of UK in 1999 to follow PhD studies at University of Salford, UK
1997
Received the Netherlands Government Technical Cooperation for Developing Countries (TCDC) award to follow the MBA in Management of Technology at The Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. (September 1997 - April 1999) (1997)
Received the Netherlands Government Technical Cooperation for Developing Countries (TCDC) award to follow the MBA in Management of Technology at The Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. (September 1997 - April 1999)
Internal University Support Received
2006
EU Leonardo Staff Mobility Funding to visit Institute for Information Engineering in Almere, Netherlands to familiarise with distance learning tools and develop an understanding on how they utilise the tools to increase the number of regional participation in their distance learning courses (2006)
EU Leonardo Staff Mobility Funding to visit Institute for Information Engineering in Almere, Netherlands to familiarise with distance learning tools and develop an understanding on how they utilise the tools to increase the numbe... more >>.
2005
Teaching and Learning Quality Improvement Scheme on Improving social outcomes in distance learning tools (2005)
Teaching and Learning Quality Improvement Scheme on Improving social outcomes in distance learning tools
Invited Papers and Lectures
2008
Mar
Invited by the RICS Project Management Group in Dubai to deliver a CPD Session titled 'Intranets & Extranets in Construction Projects: What do they promise? what have they achieved?', (United Arab Emirates, March, 2008)
Invited by the RICS Project Management Group in Dubai to deliver a CPD Session titled 'Intranets & Extranets in Construction Projects: What do they promise? what have they achieved?',
Memberships of External Bodies
2005
University of Salford's representative of CIB W102 - Information and knowledge management in construction (2005)
University of Salford's representative of CIB W102 - Information and knowledge management in construction
Other Research Activity
2008
Member of the Editorial Board, Construction Annual Review Journal, see weblink: www.constructive-publications.co.uk/id19.html (United Kingdom, 2008)
Member of the Editorial Board, Construction Annual Review Journal, see weblink: www.constructive-publications.co.uk/id19.html