Dr. Syed Shujaa Safdar Gardezi

PROFILE SUMMARY

With a diverse experience of more eighteen (18) years, currently working as “Associate Professor” in Department of Civil Engineering, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad. Estimation and Quantity Surveying, Construction Contracts, Construction and Project Management, Construction Safety Management, Sustainable Developments, Hazard and Disaster Management, Project Planning and Control remain the main areas of teaching. Besides my teaching and administration roles, I am also an active researcher with works published in well reputed journals and conferences including achievement of certain competition awards. I was founding member / current Director for BIM Centre of Excellence at CUST and certified Building Information Modeling (BIM) professional. During PhD, I was part of research program sponsored by Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), Malaysia to develop a “SMART INTEGRATED LOW CARBON INFRASTRUCTURE MODEL” for sustainable development using BIM under “Sustainable Resources Mission Oriented Research (SUREMOR)”. Before joining UTP in Feb. 2013, I worked in National Engineering Services of Pakistan (NESPAK) at the position of “Resident / Senior Engineer”. Key responsibilities included Contract Operation/Management (FIDIC), Construction Management, Project Management, Risk Management , Project Monitoring, Evaluation and Control, Contractual coordination, Claim Management, Dispute Resolution, Evaluation of Notices regarding Termination and Suspension of works, , Developing and Auditing Quality Control Plans, Chair Progress Review Meetings, Approval of IPCs, Verification and recommendation of Deviated Items, Variation orders, IPCs, Escalation claims etc.

QUALIFICATION
PhD	Civil Engineering	University Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), MALAYSIA	2017
MSc	Engineering Management	Centre of Advanced Studies in Engineering (CASE), Islamabad, PAKISTAN (UET Taxila)	2012
BSc	Civil Engineering	University of Engineering & Technology, Taxila, PAKISTAN	2004

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad	Since – 2023
Head of Department / Professor	Department of Civil Engineering, IBADAT International University Islamabad	2022 – 2023
Assistant Professor/ Director BIM-CoE	Department of Civil Engineering, Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad	2017 – 2022

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Engineer (Proposal)	National Engineering Services Pakistan Pvt. Limited (NESPAK)	2017 – 2017
Graduate Assistant / Tutor (Undergraduate)	Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) , Malaysia	2013 – 2017
Resident / Senior Engineer	National Engineering Services Pakistan Pvt. Limited (NESPAK)	2007 – 2013
Junior Engineer	Civil Works Organization (CWO)	2004 – 2005
Management Trainee	DESCON Engineering Pvt. Ltd	2004 – 2004

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
Member	Pakistan Engineering Council (Reg. No. CIVIL/24083)
Reviewer	Journal of Building Engineering
Reviewer	Buildings
Reviewer	Building and Environment
Reviewer	Journal of Cleaner Production
Reviewer	Journal of Housing and the Built Environment
Reviewer	Sustainability
Reviewer	Energy and Building
Reviewer	Scientia Iranica
Reviewer	Journal of Scientific Research and Reports

HONORS & AWARDS
1.	Method of Quantification of CO2 Emissions during Planning and Design Phase of Construction (PI2017700046). Patent filed
2.	2nd Position, 11th Industrial Open House , CUST Islamabad, July 2021 (B.Sc Students Design Project)
3.	1st Position, 10th Industrial Open House , CUST Islamabad, July 2020 (B.Sc Students Design Project)
4.	2nd Position, 9th Industrial Open House , CUST Islamabad, June 2019 (B.Sc Students Design Project)
5.	Prominent Publication Award, Faculty of Engineering UTP Malaysia, 2017
6.	Bronze Medal Award, International Invention & Innovation Exhibition (ITEX) Malaysia, 2015
7.	Bronze Medal Award, Science & Engineering Design Exhibition (SEDEX 34) UTP Malaysia, 2014
8.	Best Presenter PG Research Award, Science & Engineering Design Exhibition (SEDEX 33) UTP Malaysia, 2014
9.	Graduate Assistance ship Award (GA), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Malaysia, 2013 – PhD in Civil Engineering by Research (Construction and Project Management)
10.	Letter of Appreciation from NESPAK for work performance during the year 2012-2013.
11.	Merit Based Scholarship in MSc in Semester Spring 2012.
12.	Letter of Appreciation from NESPAK for work performance during the year 2011-2012.
13.	Merit Based Scholarship in MSc in Semester Fall 2011
14.	Letter of Appreciation from NESPAK for work performance during the year 2009-2010.
15.	Honorarium from NESPAK for work performance during year 2006-2007

RESEARCH SUPERVISION
1.	PhD	Precipitation Variability in Connection with Various Potential Determinants ( Co-supervision)
2.	MS	Assessment of Potential Effects of CPEC on Development of Pakistan’s Construction Industry
3.	MS	Development of Economic Risk Factor Matrix for project Construction
4.	MS	Impact Assessment of a Housing Scheme Considering Environmental Aspect of Sustainability
5.	MS	Energy Optimization of a Residential High Rise Building using BIM for Sustainability
6.	MS	Comparative Analysis of Green Building Rating Systems for Sustainability Assessment of a Residential Building
7.	MS	Health and Safety Framework Using Analytic Hierarchy Process for Building Construction Projects in Pakistan
8.	MS	Development of Causal Relationship of Cost and Transformation of a Conventional Commercial Building to Net Zero Energy Building
9.	MS	Prospects of Industrial Revolution 4.0 in Construction Industry of Pakistan
10.	MS	Innovating Role of Lean Culture in Health and Safety Management at Construction Sites of Pakistan

BOOK CHAPTERS AUTHORED
1.	Prospects of a Sustainable EOL-Carbon Footprint Assessment of a Tropical Housing Habitat. Proceedings of the International Conference on Civil, Offshore and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore, 2021.
2.	Carbon footprint reduction in building construction by less usage of ore-based materials. Paper presented at the Advances in Civil, Architectural, Structural and Constructional Engineering: Proceedings of the International Conference on Civil, Architectural, Structural and Constructional Engineering, Dong-A University, Busan, South Korea, August 21-23, 2015.
3.	Embodied Carbon Potential of Conventional Construction Materials Used in Typical Malaysian Single Storey Low-Cost House Using Building Information Modeling (BIM). Advanced Materials Research, 2014, pp. 242-246.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
1.	Construction project delays, conflicts and their mutual relationship: A Review – Ain Shams Engineering Journal
2.	Sustainable Consumption Patterns adopting BIM-enabled Energy Optimization – A Case Study of Developing Urban Centre – Polish Journal of Environmental Studies
3.	Life Cycle Carbon Footprint Assessments, Case Study of Malaysian Housing Sector – Environmental and Climate Technologies
4.	Prospects of Transforming Conventional Commercial Buildings to Net Zero Energy Building – Balancing the Economic Aspects with Energy Patterns – Environmental and Climate Technologies
5.	Relational Pre-Impact Assessment of Conventional Housing Features and Carbon Footprint for Achieving Sustainable Built Environment – Environment, Development and Sustainability
6.	Soil Improvement using Waste Marble Dust for Sustainable Development – Civil Engineering Journal-Tehran
7.	BIM-Based Research Framework for Sustainable Building Projects: A Strategy for Mitigating BIM Implementation Barriers – Applied Sciences
8.	Strategies to adopt Building information modeling (BIM) in sustainable building projects- A Case of Malaysia – Buildings
9.	Knowledge-Based Prediction of Load-Carrying Capacity of RC Flat Slab through Neural Network and FEM – Mathematical Problems in Engineering
10.	Transforming Conventional Commercial Buildings to Net Zero Energy Building – Balancing the Economic Aspects with Energy Patterns – Environmental and Climate Technologies (Paper Accepted)
11.	Green Rating Assessment of a Residential Building in Pakistan Using LEED’s. Open Journal of Science and Technology
12.	Operational carbon footprint prediction model for conventional tropical housing: a Malaysian prospective – International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
13.	Recurrent carbon footprint assessment and forecasting model for sustainable conventional housing – Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy
14.	A multivariable regression tool for embodied carbon footprint prediction in housing habitat – Habitat International
15.	Minimization of embodied carbon footprint from housing sector of Malaysia – Chemical Engineering Transactions
16.	Carbon footprint assessment of a typical low rise office building in Malaysia using building information modeling (BIM). International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development
17.	4D BIM Application in AEC Industry: Impact on Integrated Project Delivery – Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology
18.	Reduction of Embodied CO2 Emissions from Conventional Single Storey House in Malaysia by Recycled Materials using Building Information Modeling (BIM) – Advances in Environmental Biology.
19.	Low-Carbon Buildings: Renewable Energy Systems, Materials and Assessment Methods – Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences
20.	Time Extension Factors in Construction Industry of Pakistan – Proceedia Engineering
21.	Embodied Carbon of Buildings: Tools, Methods and Strategies – Applied Mechanics and Materials
22.	Challenges for Implementation of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Malaysian Construction Industry- Applied Mechanics and Materials
23.	Prospects of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Malaysian Construction Industry as Conflict Management Tool –International Journal of Energy Technologies and Policy

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
1.	Investigative Assessment of Geological location on Energy Consumption Patterns of a Modern Building. 3rd International Conference on Applied Engineering and Natural Sciences on 20-23 July, 2022 at Konya/Turkey.
2.	Seasonal Variation of Sun Path and its Impacts on Energy Consumption Using BIM, A Case Study of Multi-Story Educational Building, 1st International Conference on Advances in Civil & Environmental Engineering, (1st ICACEE-2022), February 22-23, 2022 UET Taxila Pakistan
3.	Energy Conservation using Conventional Fascia Brickwork of an Educational Building, 4th International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering Management and Sciences (ICETEMS-2021), October 13-14, 2021 CITY University, Peshawar Pakistan
4.	Energy Performance Analysis of a Multi-Story Building Using Building Information Modeling (BIM), The 7th International (Virtual) Workshop on UI Green Metric World University Rankings, 24-26 August 2021, Malaysia.
5.	Sustainability Rating Assessment of a Building using CASBEE Tool, The 2nd International Conference of Sustainability and Resilience, November 11 -12, 2020 University of Bahrain
6.	BIM-Based Energy Optimization – Case study of High-Rise Building in Pakistan, The 6th International (Virtual) Workshop on UI Green Metric World University Rankings, 13-15 October 2020.
7.	Sustainability Assessment of a House by using LEED and BREEAM- 11th International Civil Engineering Conference (ICEC-2020) “Integrating Innovation & Sustainability in Civil Engineering” March 13-14, 2020, Karachi, Pakistan.
8.	Embodied Carbon Footprint Assessment of a conventional Commercial Building using BIM- 11th International Conference (CITC-11) September 9-11,2019, London, United Kingdom.
9.	Assessment of Embodied Carbon Footprint of an Educational Building in Pakistan using Building Information Modeling (BIM) – 11th International Conference (CITC-11) September 9-11,2019, London, United Kingdom.
10.	Transformation of 3Ds jobs using Building Information Modeling (BIM) – A prospective of Malaysian construction industry, 3rd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Management and Sciences, 2018 (ICETEMS-2018) Peshawar, Pakistan
11.	Construction delays assessment- A case study of interchange project in Pakistan – 13th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering (ACE -2018) Izmir Turkey

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