Professor Dr. Christopher Preece BSc(Hons) PhD FCIOB MCIM FHEA

Professor Preece is in the Department of Civil Engineering, RAZAK School of Engineering and Advanced Technology at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Kuala Lumpur. He was for 2 years in the Department of Quantity Surveying at the International Islamic University Malaysia and prior to this, 14 years in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds, UK.

His specialist research field is in the area of construction and engineering business management. In addition, he is a recognized authority in international business development and marketing. He is an author of more than 50 books and papers at an international level.

Professor Preece is co-founder and editor of the Journal of Quantity Surveying and Construction Business.

Professor Preece is involved in postgraduate supervision managing many Masters and Doctoral students and has provided seminars on research management. He has been an external examiner of several doctoral candidates in the UK and Malaysia.

Professor Preece is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building, a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the United Kingdom. He has been external assessor for a number of universities in the UK and abroad including Glasgow Caledonian University and Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TARC) in Kuala Lumpur.

Preece C N (2009) Approaches to client orientation in the construction sector. 2^nd Construction Industry Research Achievement International Conference 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Preece C N (2009) Corporate social responsibility perspectives for construction organizations 2^nd Construction Industry Research Achievement International Conference 2009, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Preece C N & Saiful N M S (2009) Approaches to business development and services marketing in QS practices, given possible opportunities overseas. 2009 MICRA Conference, Penang, Malaysia

Preece C N (2009) Developing a framework for project level public relations in construction CIBW107 Symposium Construction in Developing Countries

Preece C N & Saiful N M S (2009) Websites as part of Malaysian QS practice’s marketing and corporate communications strategies. The Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors 13^th Congress

Preece C N, Khairuddin A.R. & Saiful N.M.S  (2009) Testing the Viability of a New Postgraduate Programme in Quantity Surveying Using Market Research QS Academia Conference. KAED, IIUM, 5^th May

Preece C N (2009) The Brand Management Challenges in Marketing Quantity Surveying Departments in Higher Education QS Academia Conference. KAED, IIUM, 5^th May

Preece C N & Khairuddin A R (2009) Shari’ah compliant construction marketing – development of a new theory. Proceedings of the Inaugural Construction in the Muslim World Conference, 21 October 2009, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

Preece C N & Khairuddin A R (2009) Assessing the potential for graduate training programmes in multi-national joint ventures for construction works in Asia and Pacific in Proceeding of the Second International Conference for Construction Law and Economics Circle in Asia and Pacific (CLECAP), 23 October 2009, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.

Moodley K, Smith N & Preece C N (2008) Stakeholder matrix for ethical relationships in the construction industry. Construction Management and Economics Vol 26, Issue 6 pp 625-632

Preece C N, Roziha C.H, Handzalah A. and Saiful N.M.S (2008) Are quantity surveying practices prepared to meet the business development challenges and opportunities in the increasingly competitive market environment in Malaysia? In the Proceedings of The Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors 12^th Congress, 16^th -18^th June, Edmonton Canada

Preece C N, Roziha C.H, Handzalah A. and Saiful N.M.S (2008) The challenges and opportunities in marketing the QS practice in Malaysia, in the Proceedings of the Quantity Surveying International Convention 2008, 21-22 October

Preece C N, Roziha C.H, Handzalah A. and Saiful N.M.S (2008) Marketing the QS practice in Malaysia, in the Proceedings of CIB working groups W055 (Building Economics) and W065 (Organisation and Management of Construction) 14^th -17^th November 2008, Dubai

First Issue of the Journal of Quantity Surveying & Construction Business Published

The Issue contains five full academic papers and one short practice paper as follows;

Work-family life of consultant quantity surveyors in Singapore
Low Sui Pheng, Liu Jun Ying & Leow Wei Yang

Implementing Innovation Within The UK Construction Industry
Malik M A Khalfan, Mohammed Arif , Mukesh Kashyap &  Salman Asad

Construction Industry Strategic Managament Under the Wave of Globalization in the Current Financial Crisis
Rita Yi Man Li & Don Henry Ah Pak

Participative Decision Making and Implementation in the Construction Industry
Gayani Karunasena and Arunothayan, S.

Towards the Development of A Modern Construction Contract: The Case of NEC3
Wayne Lord and Anita Liu

How should civil engineering businesses evaluate their marketing effectiveness?
Christopher Nigel Preece & Jonathan Selwood-Hogg

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Professor Dr Christopher Preece BSc(Hons) PhD FCIOB MCIM FHEA

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