Engr. Farhan Saleem

Biography

Engr. Farhan Saleem is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at NED University of Engineering & Technology. He did his Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from NEDUET and Master’s in Construction Management from Florida International University, USA. Currently, he is pursuing his PhD in Civil Engineering from North Dakota State University, USA. He has over 20 years of research, teaching and construction industry experience in the USA, Pakistan, and Ethiopia. His research interests include construction safety and risk management, construction process re-engineering, project management and controls, sustainability, and smart buildings.

Area of Specialisation

Construction Project Management

Research Interest 

Construction safety and risk management, construction process re-engineering, project management and controls, sustainability, and smart buildings.

Selected Publications

• “Analysis of workplace injuries among Hispanic construction workers due to safety hazards”, 2007. Fifth LACCEI International Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology (LACCEI’ 2007) “Developing Entrepreneurial Engineers for the Sustainable Growth of Latin America and the Caribbean: Education, Innovation, Technology and Practice”, Tampico, México, May 29 – June 1.

• “Risk Management Perceptions and Trends among Construction Contractors in Pakistan”, 2007. Fourth International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century: Accelerating Innovation in Engineering, Management and Technology (CITC IV 2007), Gold Coast, Australia, July 11-13.

• “Developing Safety Culture in Pakistani construction industry – Site Safety Implementation and Safety Performance Improvement”. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Construction in Developing Countries (ICCIDC–II), “Advancing and Integrating Construction Education, Research & Practice”, August 3-5, 2010, Cairo, Egypt.

• "Effectiveness of Worker Motivational Techniques on Construction Project Safety, Productivity and Quality Performance" Sixth International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-VI) “Construction Challenges In The New Decade”, July 5-7, 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

• “Financial Health of the Construction Industry of Pakistan - A Perspective of Major Stakeholders”. Sixth International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-VI) “Construction Challenges in the New Decade”, July 5-7 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• “Benchmarking of Client’s Financial Management Practices in the Construction Sector of Pakistan”. International Conference on Structural Engineering, Construction and Management (ICSECM 2011), December 15-17, 2011, Kandy, Sri Lanka

• “An Empirical Assessment of Building Information Modeling as an Emerging Technology in the Pakistani Construction Industry”, Third International Conference on Construction in Developing Countries (ICCIDC-III), “Advancing Civil, Architectural and Construction Engineering & Management”, Bangkok, Thailand, July 4-6th, 2012 

• “Key Causes of Construction Disputes in Pakistan”, Third International Conference on Construction in Developing Countries (ICCIDC-III), “Advancing Civil, Architectural and Construction Engineering & Management”, Bangkok, Thailand, July 4-6th, 2012

• “A Comparative Study Between Schedule Based Costing & Traditional Costing Techniques- Case Study of a Building Project”, Third International Conference on Construction in Developing Countries (ICCIDC-III), “Advancing Civil, Architectural and Construction Engineering & Management”, Bangkok, Thailand, July 4-6th, 2012

• “An Empirical Assessment of Decision Making in the Public Procurement Lifecycle 2022”, The Twelfth International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-12), Amman, Jordan, May 19-19, 2022

• An Exploratory Computational Piecewise Approach to Characterizing and Analyzing Traffic Accident Data, International Journal of Modern Research in Engineering & Technology, Vol. 1, Issue 1. June, 2016

• Design Changes in Construction Projects – Causes and Impact on the Cost, Civil Engineering Journal, Vol. 5, No. 7, July, 2019