Dr Nnedinma Umeokafor

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About

I am the Course Leader for BSc Quantity Surveying Consultancy, BSc Building Surveying, and BSc Construction Management in the Department of Civil Engineering, Surveying and Construction Management where I also teach Construction Law.

I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and I hold a chartered membership status with the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) as a Chartered Construction Manager (MCIOB). I am also a Full Member of the Association for Project Management (APM) and the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) and a Graduate Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).

I have held academic postions in the UK, for example in the University of Greenwich, University of East London and University College of Estate Management (UCEM) where I also sat in the school's Research Committee. I have served as external examiner in Universities. I have also held various industrial and consultancy positions abroad and the UK, the most recent being a Health and Safety Manager.

I am research-active with publications in leading reputable refereed built environment and safety, health and environment journals (e.g. Elsevier Safety Science), international conferences (e.g. International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) W099) and book chapters. I am a member of the editorial review panel of the Journal of Construction Business and Management and a reviewer for many journals and conferences not limited to the International Journal of Construction Management, Construction Management and Economics, Journal of Engineering Design and Technology, and CIB W099.

While I am a socio-legal scholar, my other areas of research are construction education including pedagogy; construction law, contract administration; contextual influences in construction management; health, safety, environment and well-being; construction and project management; construction management in developing countries; and construction procurement. I am open to supervising doctorates in these areas.

I have received various honours/recognitions/awards not limited to CIB W099 bursary Award; UCEM Principal's Development Award; UCEM Values award for Passion ' and three nominations from the school of which two are for the teaching award of ‘Recognition of Excellence' for two consecutive years and one for ‘Innovation in Teaching and Learning'; and the 2019 Taylor and Francis Book and Digital Product Award in the Outstanding Monograph Category.

Academic responsibilities

Course Leader for Undergraduate BSc programmes - Quantity Surveying Consultancy, Building Surveying, and Construction Management. Lecturer in Construction Law

Qualifications

  • Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • Chartered Construction Manager of Chartered Institute of Building (MCIOB)
  • Member of Association for Project Management (MAPM)
  • Member of Institute of Leadership and Management (MInstLM)
  • Graduate Member of Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (Grad IOSH).
  • PhD, Law and Regulation, and Construction Management (Health, Safety and Environment)
  • MSc in Project Management
  • NCRQ Level 6 Diploma (equiv. to a degree) in Applied Health and Safety (Dip NCRQ)

Teaching and learning

Undergraduate courses taught

Postgraduate courses taught

Research

Areas of Research:

Legal and regulatory frameworks

Health, safety, environment and well-being

Construction procurement

Construction law and contract administration 

Contextual influences in construction management 

Construction management in developing countries

Teaching, learning and pedagogy

Scholarly affiliations

  • Member, Editorial Review Panel - Journal of Construction Business and Management
  • Reviewer, Architectural Engineering and Design Management Journal
  • Reviewer, International Journal of Construction Management
  • Reviewer, Journal of Engineering Design and Technology
  • Reviewer, Construction Management and Economics
  • Reviewer, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Reviewer (W099 and W123) Conferences - (CIB) International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction
  • Member, International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) Early Career Researcher Network

Research student supervision

Publications

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Number of items: 40.

Article

Windapo, A.O, Adediran, A.A, Rotimi, J.O.B and Umeokafor, N. (2021) Construction project performance : the role of client knowledge and procurement systems. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, ISSN (print) 1726-0531 (In Press)

Umeokafor, Nnedinma (2021) Briefing : the role of higher-education apprenticeship in apprentices’ mental health and well-being. Management, Procurement and Law, ISSN (print) 1751-4304 (Epub Ahead of Print)

Umeokafor, Nnedinma, Windapo, Abimbola and Olatunji, Oluwole (2020) Briefing : a conceptual framework for integrating health, safety and wellbeing into labour-only procurement. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Management, Procurement and Law, ISSN (print) 1751-4304 (Epub Ahead of Print)

Umeokafor, Nnedinma, Evangelinos, Konstantinos and Windapo, Abimbola (2020) Strategies for improving complex construction health and safety regulatory environments. International Journal of Construction Management, ISSN (print) 1562-3599 (Epub Ahead of Print)

Umeokafor, Nnedinma (2020) Why copied or transposed safety, health and well-being legislation and standards are impracticable and irrelevant in developing economies. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 18(1), pp. 41-54. ISSN (print) 1477-3996

Umeokafor, Nnedinma, Windapo, Abimbola and Evangelinos, Konstantinos (2019) Causal inferences of external–contextual domains on complex construction, safety, health and environment regulation. Safety Science, 118, pp. 379-388. ISSN (print) 0925-7535

Umeokafor, Nnedinma and Windapo, Abimbola (2019) The influence of religious consciousness on construction health and safety practices and performance. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 24(1), pp. 23-47. ISSN (print) 1823-6499

Umeokafor, Nnedinma (2018) An investigation into public and private clients' attitudes, commitment and impact on construction health and safety in Nigeria. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 25(6), pp. 798-815. ISSN (print) 0969-9988

Umeokafor, Nnedinma and Windapo, Abimbola (2018) Challenges to and opportunities for establishing a qualitative approach to built environment research in higher education institutions. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 16(4), pp. 557-580. ISSN (online) 1726-0531

Umeokafor, Nnedinma (2018) Community interventions in construction health and safety and the implications. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 23(3), pp. 312-329. ISSN (online) 1366-4387

Umeokafor, Nnedinma and Windapo, Abimbola Olukemi (2018) Understanding the underrepresentation of qualitative research approaches to built environment research in Nigeria. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 14(3), pp. 198-217. ISSN (print) 1557-8771

Umeokafor, Nnedinma (2017) An appraisal of the barriers to client involvement in health and safety in Nigeria's construction industry. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 15(4), pp. 471-487. ISSN (print) 1726-0531

Umeokafor, Nnedinma (2017) Barriers to construction health and safety self-regulation : a scoping case of Nigeria. Civil Engineering Dimension, 19(1), pp. 44-53. ISSN (print) 1410-9530

Umeokafor, Nnedinma and Isaac, David (2016) Construction health and safety self-regulation in developing countries : a Nigeria case study. Journal for the Advancement of Performance Information & Value, 8(1), pp. 74-87. ISSN (print) 1941-191X

Umeokafor, Nnedinma (2016) Approaches, drivers and motivators of health and safety self-regulation in the Nigerian construction industry : a scoping study. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 12(6), pp. 460-475. ISSN (print) 1745-2007

Umeokafor, Nnedinma I. (2015) A discussion of obser-view as a method of generating data in the construction industry. Civil Engineering Dimension, 17(1), pp. 54-58. ISSN (print) 1410-9530

Umeokafor, Nnedinma, Isaac, David and Umeadi, Boniface (2014) Determinants of compliance with health and safety regulations in Nigeria's construction industry. Journal of Construction Project Management and Innovation, 4(S1), pp. 882-899. ISSN (print) 2223-7852

Umeokafor, Nnedinma, Umeadi, Boniface, Jones, Keith and Igwegbe, Ogechukwu (2014) Compliance with occupational safety and health regulations in Nigeria's public regulatory entity : a call for attention. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 4(5), ISSN (online) 2250-3153

Umeokafor, Nnedinma, Isaac, David, Jones, Keith and Umeadi, Boniface (2014) Enforcement of occupational safety and health regulations in Nigeria : an exploration. European Scientific Journal, 3, pp. 93-104. ISSN (print) 1857 - 7881

Umeokafor, Nnedinma, Evaggelinos, Kostis, Lundy, Shaun, Isaac, David, Allan, Stuart, Igwegbe, Ogechukwu, Umeokafor, Kosi and Umeadi, Boniface (2014) The pattern of occupational accidents, injuries, accident causal factors and intervention in Nigerian factories. Developing Country Studies, 4(15), pp. 119-127. ISSN (print) 2224-607X

Book Section

Olatunji, Oluwole, Windapo, Abimbola and Umeokafor, Nnedinma (2020) Ad hoc and post hoc analysis of contractors' safety risks during procurement in Nigeria. In: Manu, Patrick , Emuze, Fidelis , Saurin, Tarcisio Abreu and Hadikusumo, Bonaventura H. W., (eds.) Construction health and safety in developing countries. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 128-139. (Spon Research) ISSN (print) 1940-7653 ISBN 9781138317079

Windapo, Abimbola, Olatunji, Oluwole and Umeokafor, Nnedinma (2020) Contractors' compliance with occupational health and safety legislation in South Africa : the benefits of self-regulation. In: Manu, Patrick , Emuze, Fidelis , Saurin, Tarcisio Abreu and Hadikusumo, Bonaventura H. W., (eds.) Construction health and safety in developing countries. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 29-42. (Spon Research) ISSN (print) 1940-7653 ISBN 9781138317079

Umeokafor, Nnedinma, Evangelinos, Konstantinos and Windapo, Abimbola (2020) Implications and opportunities in a complex construction health and safety regulatory environment. In: Manu, Patrick , Emuze, Fidelis , Saurin, Tarcisio Abreu and Hadikusumo,, Bonaventura H. W., (eds.) Construction health and safety in developing countries. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 15-28. (Spon Research) ISSN (print) 1940-7653 ISBN 9781138317079

Umeokafor, Nnedinma, Windapo, Abimbola and Olatunji, Oluwole (2020) Integrating health and safety into labour-only procurement system : opportunities, barriers and strategies. In: Manu, Patrick , Emuze, Fidelis , Saurin, Tarcisio Abreu and Hadikusumo, Bonaventura H. W., (eds.) Construction health and safety in developing countries. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 140-151. (Spon Research) ISSN (print) 1940-7653 ISBN 9781138317079

Conference or Workshop Item

Umeokafor, N and Okoro, C (2020) Barriers to social support in the mental health and wellbeing of construction workers in emerging and developing economies : a systematic review. In: CIB W099 & TG59 Annual Conference; 10 Sep 2020, Glasgow, U.K. (Held online). (Unpublished)

Umeokafor, N and Windapo, A (2020) Improving the mental health and wellbeing of building and civil engineering workers : barriers to flexible working. In: CIB W099 & TG59 Annual Conference; 10 Sep 2020, Glasgow, U.K. (Held online). (Unpublished)

Alade, Kehinde, Windapo, Abimbola and Umeokafor, Nnedinma (2020) Sustainable contractor development : do CEOs/company leaders make a difference? In: CIB W099 & TG59 Annual Conference; 10 Sep 2020, Glasgow, U.K. (Held online). (Unpublished)

Haroglu, Hasan and Umeokafor, Ned (2020) What is happening in Quality Management in the UK construction industry? In: 36th Annual ARCOM Conference; 07 - 08 Sep 2020, Glasgow, U.K. (Held online). (Unpublished)

Dixon, Lily R., Umeokafor, Nnedinma, Haroglu, Hasan, Turner, Kieran and Dyer, Imogen (2020) What features of higher education apprenticeship effect apprentice satisfaction and engagement and how? In: Kingston University Festival of Learning 2020 : Supporting Students and Staff in Challenging Times; 23 Jun 2020, Kingston upon Thames, U.K. (Held online).

Umeokafor, Nnedinma (2018) Construction health and safety research in Nigeria : towards a sustainable future. In: Joint CIB W099 and TG59 International Safety, Health, and People in Construction Conference : Coping with the Complexity of Safety, Health and Wellbeing in Construction; 01 - 03 Aug 2018, Salvador, Brazil.

Umeokafor, Nnedinma I, Windapo, Abimbola O and Manu, Patrick (2018) Country context-based opportunities for improving health and safety. In: Joint CIB W099 and TG59 International Safety, Health, and People in Construction Conference : Coping with the Complexity of Safety, Health and Wellbeing in Construction; 01 - 03 Aug 2018, Salvador, Brazil.

Windapo, Abimbla O., Umeokafor, Nnedinma I. and Olatunji, Oluwole Alfred (2018) Self-regulation amongst South African contractors in achieving legislative requirements on occupational health and safety. In: Joint CIB W099 and TG59 Conference : Coping with the Complexity of Safety, Health, and Wellbeing in Construction; 01 - 03 Aug 2018, Salvador, Brazil.

Umeokafor, Nnedinma and Olukemi, Windapo Abimbola (2016) A framework for managing contextual influence on health and safety in construction projects. In: 9th cidb Postgraduate Conference: Emerging trends in construction organisational practices and project management knowledge area; 01 - 04 Feb 2019, Cape Town, South Africa. ISBN 9780620695909

Umeokafor, Nnedinma and Isaac, David (2015) Understanding the regulatory activities of the health and safety regulator in Nigeria. In: CIB W099 Benefitting Workers and Society through Inherently Safe(r) Construction; 10 - 11 Sept 2015, Belfast, U.K.. ISBN 9781909854017

Umeokafor, Nnedinma (2015) An assessment of the influence of contextual environment on health and safety practices in the Nigerian construction industry. In: CIB WO99 International Health and Safety Conference; 09 - 11 Sept 2015, Londonderry, NI.

Umeokafor, Nnedinma and Isaac, David (2015) A framework for analysing the determinants of health and safety self-regulation in the construction industry. In: CIB W099 Benefitting Workers and Society through Inherently Safe(r) Construction; 10 - 11 Sept 2015, Belfast, U.K.. ISBN 9781909854017

Umeokafor, Nnedinma (2015) The influence of contextual factors on health and safety performance of construction contractors in Nigeria : a comparative assessment. In: 10th Annual Plymouth University Doctoral Colloquium 2015 : Challenging Practice Through Research; 04 - 05 Jun 2015, Plymouth, U.K..

Umeokafor, Nnedinma, Umeadi, Boniface and Jones, Keith (2014) Compliance with occupational health and safety regulations : a review of Nigeria's construction industry. In: 3rd International Conference on Infrastructure Development in Africa (ICIDA) 2014; 17 - 19 Mar 2014, Abeokuta, Nigeria.

Umeokafor, Nnedinma, Isaac, David, Jones, Keith and Umeadi, Boniface (2013) Enforcement of occupational safety and health regulations in Nigeria: An exploration. In: 1st International Scientific Forum; 12 - 14 Dec 2013, Tirana, Albania.

Thesis

Umeokafor, Nnedinma Ikenna (2017) Realities of construction health and safety regulation in Nigeria. (PhD thesis), University of Greenwich, .

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Professional practice, knowledge exchange and impact

I have associations with a number of professional institutions where I have opportunities to exchange knowledge. For instance, I am a Chartered Construction Manager of Chartered Institute of Building (MCIOB) and I am a Mentor for applicants who want to undergo CIOB chartered membership professional review. Working with the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and IOSH Magazine, I engage/engaged with occupational safety, health and welfare professionals and others with interest in this areas through IOSH magazine articles. This magazine is read by more than 48,000 safety, health and welfare professionals globally. This provides me with the opportunity to stimulate discussions on burning issues and transfer knowledge. I have delivered to CPDs to organisations. For example, recently, under the invitation of IOSH (global), I was part of a three-expert discussion panel in a webinar delivered to IOSH members globally and other occupational safety, health and welfare professionals around the world. An event that witnessed over 890 attendees. While I hold a graduate membership status within IOSH and the Secretary of its London Metropolitan Construction Section (from May 2021 to 2023), I am full Member of Association for Project Management (MAPM) and Member of Health in Construction Leadership group UK.  I am an Approved STEM Ambassador for construction and the built environment, a platform for me to inspire and motivate younger people to take up a career in the construction.

I have served as External Examiner for postgraduate students' research projects at the University of Cape Town, South Africa in 2020 and 2021 and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa in 2019. Also, I have been involved in PhD research examination here at Kingston University in 2020. Further, in 2020, National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa provided me with the opportunity to examine the standing and impact of a Professor. I serve as a member of the Local Organising Committee of the Construction Business and Project Management conference in South Africa.  

I collaborate with leading academics in reputable universities across the world and industry practitioners in the UK and other countries such as Canada and Nigeria. Some of these academics abroad are in universities not limited to Curtin University, Australia; Massey University, New Zealand; University of Cape Town, South Africa; and University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Qualifications and expertise

  • Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • Chartered Construction Manager of Chartered Institute of Building (MCIOB)
  • Member of Association for Project Management (MAPM)
  • Member of Institute of Leadership and Management (MInstLM)

Professional and scholarly affiliations

  • Member, Health in Construction Leadership group UK