Biography

Alireza is an assistant professor in Construction Management at the School of Engineering. He has research and teaching background in different fields of construction management and structural mechanics. He joined the University of Warwick in October 2018 as a Senior Teaching Fellow. He is teaching construction management module for the Civil and Environmental Engineering stream and some modules for the Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Degree Apprenticeship (CEDA) programme. He has taught in different Project Management workshops in South Africa, Malaysia, Cyprus, and Iran.

He has designed and supervised several reinforced concrete structures and has been project manager for a few mass-housing projects.

Education

1993-1997 BSc Civil Engineering, University of Tabriz, Iran

1997-2000 MSc Civil Engineering (Structures), Mazandaran University of Science and Technology, Babol, Iran

2003-2011 PhD Civil Engineering (Construction Management), Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus

2017-2018 MSc Real Estate Management, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK

Employment

2018-Present School of Engineering, University of Warwick, UK

2017-2018 School of the Built Environment, Birmingham City University, UK

2015-2017 Civil Engineering Department, Cyprus International University, North Cyprus

2011-2014 Civil Engineering Department, Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus

2001-2003 Civil Engineering Department, Islamic Azad University, Iran

Research Interests

• Time management
• Cost management & value management
• Environmental management
• Waste management
• Resource management
• Quality management
• Risk management
• Occupational safety management in construction
• Sustainability
• Performance management & measurement
• Real estate and property pricing
• Reinforced Concrete construction

Teaching Interests

• Construction management
• Professional Engineering Competencies
• Engineering Business Management
• Construction Planning and Scheduling
• Occupational Safety Management in Construction
• Value Management
• Engineering Economy
• Computer Applications in Construction Management
• Civil Engineering Construction
• Life Cycle Costing for Construction

Selected Publications

Journal Papers

• Higgins, D. M., Rezaei, A., Wood, P., “The value of a tram station on local house prices: an hedonic modelling approach”, Pacific Rim Property Research Journal, 25(3), pp. 217-227, doi: 10.1080/14445921.2019.1693323.
• Rezaei, A., Jalal, S., “Investigating the causes of delay and cost-overrun in construction industry”, International Advanced Researches and Engineering Journal, Vol. 2, Issue 2, pp. 075-079, 2018.
• Rezaei, A., Tahsili, S., “Urban vulnerability assessment using AHP”, Advances in Civil Engineering, Vol. 2018, doi:10.1155/2018/2018601.
• Moghimi, G., Afsharghotli, A., Rezaei, A., “Waste generation in Iranian building industry: Addressing a theory”, International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 3(8), 2016.
• Rezaei, A., “Location based scheduling in the form of flow line and its comparison to CPM/BAR Chart scheduling”, International Journal of Electronics, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 891-903, 2015 (doi: 10.17932/ IAU.IJEMME.m.21460604.2015.5/1.891-903) (Aydin University, Turkey).
• AfsharGhotli, A., Rezaei, A., “Value management in building construction industry of Northern Cyprus: Addressing a theory and practice gap”, Building Solutions for Architectural Engineering, ASCE Proceedings, AEI 2013, pp. 84-93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784412909.009.
• Akhavan Kazemi, K., Eren, O., Rezaei, A., “Some mechanical properties of normal and recycled aggregate concretes”, Scientia Iranica, Transactions A: Civil Engineering, 22(6), pp. 1972-1980, 2015.
• Rezaei, A., Celik, T., Baalousha, Y., “Performance measurement in a quality management system”, Scientia Iranica, Transaction E, 18(3), pp. 742-752, 2011.

International Conference Papers

• Tazehzadeh, M.N., Rezaei, A., Kamali, S., “Supply Chain Risk Management in Canadian Construction Industry”, 11^th International Congress on Civil Engineering, ICCE, 8-10 May 2018, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
• Rezaei, A., Lawan, A.A., “Comparison of Multi-Story Structure Design Using American and Turkish Codes”, International Advanced Researches & Engineering Congress-2017, IAREC, 16-18 November 2017, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Osmaniye, Turkey.
• Rezaei, A., “Retrofitting an old house to a low energy house”, 12^th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, ACE 2016, 21-23 September 2016, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Rezaei, A., “Construction re-evaluation through application of new technologies to achieve more sustainable buildings”, 12^th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, ACE 2016, 21-23 September 2016, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Sanei Sistani, N., Rezaei, A., “Building Information Modeling; a new business trend in the construction industry of Iran”, CIB World Building Congress 2016, WBC16, 30 May-3 June 2016, Tampere Hall, Tampere, Finland.
• Onochie, K. K., Rezaei, A., “Special considerations in design of foundation in problematic soils”, 3^rd International Conference on Challenges of Civil Engineering, 3-BCCCE, 19-21 May 2016, EPOKA University, Tirana, Albania.
• Abkenari, M., Rezaei, A., Pournayeb, N., “Recycling Construction Waste Materials to Reduce the Environmental Pollutants”, 17^th International Conference on Critical Infrastructures, ICCI 2015, 6-7 August 2015, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Rezaei, A., Ahbab, C., Sanei Sistani, N., “Building Information Modeling as new teaching tool in Civil Engineering education”, 11^th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, ACE 2014, 21-25 October 2014, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Honarpisheh, A., Rezaei, A., “Application of Building Information Modeling in highway projects”, 11^th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, ACE 2014, 21-25 October 2014, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Rezaei, A., Aminu, A.B., “Risk management in Nigerian construction industry”, 11^th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, ACE 2014, 21-25 October 2014, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Rezaei, A., Awad, A., “Construction safety in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”, 11^th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, ACE 2014, 21-25 October 2014, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Ghaffari Oskouei, A., Rezaei, A., “Investigation of knowledge management based on Nonaka and Takeuchi model in governmental organizations of construction industry”, 11^th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, ACE 2014, 21-25 October 2014, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Ahbab, C., Rezaei, A., Sanei Sistani, N., “Integration of building information modeling into the undergraduate curriculum: Case of Eastern Mediterranean University”, 2^nd International Conference on Challenges of Civil Engineering, BCCCE, 23-25 May 2013, EPOKA University, Tirana, Albania.
• Sanei Sistani, N., Rezaei, A., Ghodrati, N., “Using Public-Private Partnership towards public services improvement”, CIB World Building Congress, CIB WBC 13, 5-9 May 2013, Brisbane, Australia.
• Rezaei, A., Ghaderi, S., “Linking of Natural Disaster Risk and Environmental Degradation in Developing Countries”, 1^st International Conference on Environmental Crisis and its Solutions, ICECS 2013, 13-14 February 2013, Kish Island, Iran.
• Ahbab, C., Rezaei, A., Sanei Sistani, N., “Adopting BIM as a new Technology into Civil Engineering Education”, 7^th International Symposium on Civil and Environmental Engineering, CENG’12, 29-30 November 2012, European University of Lefke, Gemikonaği, North Cyprus.
• Rezaei, A., “Project management in the Iranian construction industry”, 7^th International Symposium on Civil and Environmental Engineering, CENG’12, 29-30 November 2012, European University of Lefke, Gemikonaği, North Cyprus.
• Sanei Sistani, N., Rezaei, A., “BIM implementation in developing countries”, 10^th International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering, ACE 2012, 17-19 October 2012, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
• Rezaei, A., Celik, T., “Application of Microsoft Visual Studio.Net in Organizational Breakdown Structure Development”, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Soft Computing, Computing with Words and Perceptions in System Analysis, Decision and Control; ICSCCW 2009, 2-4 September 2009, EMU, Famagusta, North Cyprus, pp. 218-221.
• Rezaei, A., Mohamed, A.N., “An expert advisory system to check materials prior to concrete mixing of reinforced concrete residential buildings”, International Conference on Modeling and Simulation, 27-29 August, 2007, Coimbatore, India.
• Rezaei, A., Vaseghi, J., “Evaluation of existing concrete buildings in Sari against 2800 seismic code of Iran”, First International Conference on Concrete and Development, April 30 - May 2, 2001, Tehran, Iran.

Projects and Grants