Sr Dr. Saipol Bari Bin Abd Karim

Biography

Sr Dr. Saipol Bari Abd Karim is a Professional Quantity Surveyor (PQS), registered with the Board of Quantity Surveyors Malaysia (BQSM). A senior lecturer in construction economics and project management at the Department of Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Built Environment, he developed his research interests in the area of project management and value management. Currently he is the Programme Coordinator for Master of Project Management, a leading, multi discipline and cross-sectoral programme in project management in Malaysia. Sr Dr. Saipol is also an alumni of UM, the pioneer batch of Bachelor of Quantity Surveying graduates. He pursued his post-graduate studies at the University of Manchester where he obtained his MSc in Management of Project from the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering (MACE) and a PhD from Manchester Business School (MBS). Prior to joining UM in 2005, his professional experiences started in 1999 with Gamuda Berhad as QS and was directly involved in the Western Kuala Lumpur Traffic Dispersal Scheme project or known as SPRINT highway. He later joined MCM Associates in 2001 as QS, responsible for several private and public projects including the prestigious Four Seasons Resort Langkawi and the new UiTM campus in Puncak Alam, Selangor. In 2003, he moved to Dialog Group Berhad and was involved in various upstream and downstream projects, from tendering to implementation related to the catalyst handling and plant services both locally and internationally. He was responsible to manage contracts to many clients such as Petronas, Shell, ExxonMobil, BP, Malaysian Oxygen, MLNG, Halliburton, Pertamina (Indonesia), and Conoco Phillips. While in the UK, in 2010, he was called by BDAS, a building dispute and adjudication services consultancy firm to assist its client on the loss and expense claims, extension of time evaluation, as well as progress claims works for hospital projects located in the Northwest of UK. He is actively involved with the Institute of Value Management Malaysia (IVMM) since 2001 promoting and educating the public at large on VM and was elected to serve as Council Member for five terms. Currently he is the Programme Director of the institute. Besides that, he is also an active member with the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM), serving the Building Cost Information Center (BCIC) and the Education and Accreditation Board (AEB). Additionally, he is also actively serving BQSM for its 'Programme for QS Registration Scheme' or PQRS since 2015 as a member of the Promotion Sub-Committee. Recently, he has been appointed as Executive Council member of the Association of Construction Project Managers (ACPM), assisting its Working Group for the Regional Project Management Symposium. Sr Dr. Saipol has been frequently invited to deliver talks, seminars and trainings organized by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), Public Works Department (PWD), Contractor and Entrepreneur Development Division (BPKU) of the Ministry of Works, Malaysia, Authority for Building Control and Construction Industry (ABCI) of Brunei Darussalam and several NGOs and private organisations.

Research Interest

Building Morphology; Design Economics; Cost Management; Financial Management; Commercial Management (Quantity Surveying & Construction Economics) Value Methodology; Value Planning; Value Engineering; Value Assessment; Value Analysis (Value Study, Function Analysis, FAST, Paired Comparison, WEM) Management of Risks, Uncertainty & Opportunity (Project Risk Management, PRAM, Risk Governance, Integration of Risk & Value Management) Management of Projects; Strategic Management & Governance; People & Culture (Stakeholder Management); Supply Chain (Production Management); Planning & Control (Construction Project Management, PMBOK, APMBOK, P2M, PRINCE2, ISO)