Associate Professor
Vaughan Coffey
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Biography
Broad area of research: InfrastructureMain areas of research
Dr Vaughan Coffey’s main areas of research are
- Organisational culture and its impact on organisational effectiveness and business outcomes
- Quality management systems and key performance indicators in the construction industry
- Management of Heritage Building Projects
- Post-disaster and Recovery Project Management
Career history
Dr Vaughan Coffey lectures in Construction and Project Management at the School of Urban Development, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia and prior to taking up the post in September 2006 was the Senior Manager/Procurement in the Development and Procurement Division of the Hong Kong Housing Department, where he worked since 1982.
Originally coming to the Department as an Architect, he later became the Department’s Technical Secretary and headed up the Performance Assessment Scoring System (PASS) Control Unit, as well as looking after the administration of the Department’s building, maintenance and soft landscape contractors. Dr Coffey assisted the department with setting up its ISO certified quality management system and was an internal quality auditor during his years in the department.
In 1998, he was awarded a Master of Science degree in Quality Management from the University of Paisley, United Kingdom. He has regularly lectured across the world on construction and project management topics and has been involved in MSc courses for aspiring construction/project managers on behalf of Hong Kong University and Bath University, UK.
Dr Coffey completed his Doctorate of Business Administration in 2005 with the Graduate School of Business, Curtin University, Australia and completed a doctoral thesis entitled "The Organisational Culture and Effectiveness of Companies involved in Public Sector Housing Construction in Hong Kong". He was Vice-president of the Hong Kong Institute of Value Management (HKIVM) and a Co-Director of the HKIVM International Value Conference held in June 2005, and Director of the 2006 HKIVM Asia-Pacific Value Conference jointly hosted with IVM Australia.
Jan 2018 - Present: Academic Program Director (Urban and Project Management) and Senior Lecturer
Sep 2006 - Jan 2018: Lecturer in Construction Management and Project Management, School of Urban Development, Queensland University of Technology
Dec 1982 - Sep 2006: Senior Procurement Manager/Senior Architect/Technical Secretary – Hong Kong Housing Department, Hong Kong
Sep 1979 - Dec 1982: Development and Improvement Manager, Merseyside Improved Houses, Liverpool, UK
1978 - 1979: Senior Architect, Skelmersdale Development Corporation, Lancashire, UK
1976 - 1978: Principle Architect, Tom Adams Design Associates, York, UK.
Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Keywords
Organisational culture, Performance measurement, Project management, Quality management, Post-disaster Reconstruction and Project Management
Discipline
Building
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Business Administration (Curtin University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
- Member, Project Management Institute (MPMI)
Teaching
Teaching areas
- Construction management
- Project management
- Quality and environmental management systems and philosophies
- Strategic total quality management
- Value management
- Design management
- Human resources and organisational culture
- Project procurement delivery and strategies.
Experience
External collaborators
Interests and community service
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- Hong Kong Construction Association Limited
- Hong Kong Housing Department.
Interests and community service
- Reviewer for Journal of Professional Issues in Education Engineering and Practice
- Member of Scientific or Review Committees of major international value management and construction management conferences
- 2005/2007: Vice-president of Hong Kong Institute of Value Management
- 1995: Member of Hong Kong Institute of Architects Board of Internal Affairs
- 1997: Member of Hong Kong Institute of Architects Professional Practice Committee
- 1999: Speaker at International ISO 9000/TQM Conference in Hong Kong
- 2000: Speaker at Singapore HDB International Housing Conference
- 2001: Accreditation/Training Coordinator of Hong Kong Institute of Value Management
- 2002: Co-organizer of Inaugural Doctoral Work-in-progress Conference at Lingnan University, Hong Kong
- Feb 2004: Facilitator of Hong Kong Housing Department Value Management Workshop “Re-engineering PASS”
- Oct 2004: Facilitator of Hong Kong Housing Department Value Management Workshop “Quality Standard Verification”
- 2005: Hong Kong Institute of Value Management 7th International Conference Co-Director
- 2006: Member of Hong Kong Construction Industry Institute Research Committee
- 2006: Hong Kong Institute of Value Management International (Asia Pacific) Conference Director
Selected publications
- Xia B, Fawzia S, Karim A, Olanipekun A, Coffey V, Sarhan J, (2020) Framework for the implementation of lean construction strategies using the interpretive structural modelling (ISM) technique: A case of the Saudi construction industry, Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27 (1), pp. 1-23.
- Cui C, Wang J, Liu Y, Coffey V, (2019) Relationships among value-for-money drivers of public-private partnership infrastructure projects, Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 25 (2), pp. 1-11.
- Basak M, Perrons R, Coffey V, (2019) Schedule overruns as a barrier for liquefied natural gas projects: A review of the literature and research agenda, Energy Reports, 5, pp. 210-220.
- Li H, Zhang J, Wang C, Wang Y, Coffey V, (2018) An evaluation of the impact of environmental regulation on the efficiency of technology innovation using the combined DEA model: A case study of Xi'an, China, Sustainable Cities and Society, 42, pp. 355-369.
- Liu Y, Sun C, Xia B, Cui C, Coffey V, (2018) Impact of community engagement on public acceptance towards waste-to-energy incineration projects: Empirical evidence from China, Waste Management, 76, pp. 431-442.
- Sadiqi Z, Trigunarsyah B, Coffey V, (2017) A framework for community participation in post-disaster housing reconstruction projects: A case of Afghanistan, International Journal of Project Management, 35 (5), pp. 900-912.
- Ahmed M, Coffey V, Xia B, (2017) The requirements of developing a framework for successful adoption of quality management systems in the construction industry, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology: International Journal of Social, Behavioral, Educational, Economic, Business and Industrial Engineering, 11 (1), pp. 189-197.
- Sadiqi Z, Trigunarsyah B, Coffey V, (2016) Community participation in post-disaster reconstruction, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Municipal Engineer, 169 (3), pp. 173-186.
- Willar D, Trigunarsyah B, Coffey V, (2016) Organisational culture and quality management system implementation in Indonesian construction companies, Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 23 (2), pp. 1-30.
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