Surv. Engr. Prof. Collins Ameyaw
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Dean, Faculty of Built and Natural Environment
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Associate Professor
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Department of Building Technology
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Faculty of Built and Natural Environment
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Prof. Collins Ameyaw is an Associate Professor of Project Management and Quantity Surveying at the Department of Building Technology, Kumasi Technical University (KsTU). He is a DAAD scholar and holds a Doctor of Engineering from the Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany and an MSc Construction Management from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.

Collins is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and a Professional Member of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors and has over 10 years of experience in Public Procurement Training and Procurement Auditing, and over 15 years of experience in Infrastructure Project Management. He is an author of over 30 peer reviewed Journal Articles and International Conference Papers, 2 Monographs and a reviewer of 5 reputable International Journals including: Taylor and Francis, Emerald Publications, Elsevier, Springer Publications and Global Scholars. He is also an External Examiner to the Department of Construction Technology and Management and the Institute of Distance Learning, KNUST.

Collins’ work-experience spans twenty (20) years; worked with ADD Design Group Limited and Fasota Limited both of which are construction project management firms, and Stivo Company Limited, a Building Construction Company. He has facilitated training programs for Crown Agents, Public Procurement Authority (PPA) and Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). His research currently focuses on Sustainable Procurement and the creation of Social Value through public procurement, Value for Money (VfM) in Public Procurement and Public-Private Partnership.

  • Doctor of Civil Engineering, Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany – 2017
  • M. Sc. Construction Management,  Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Kumasi, Ghana -  2008
  • B.Sc. (Hons), Building Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Kumasi, Ghana   - 2002
  • Certificate in Public-Private Partnerships, World Bank Group, 2015
  • Certificate in Project Management Professional, Merja Technologies, (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)- 2008
  • Senior Secondary School Certificate, Opoku Ware School – 1996       
  • Goethe-Zertifikat A2, Goethe-Institute, Accra, Ghana

Professional Member, Ghana Institute of Surveyors (GhIS) Mem. No. 895 
Member: Ghana Institute of Construction (GIOC)

His research currently focuses on Sustainable Procurement and the creation of Social Value through public procurement, Value for Money (VfM) in Public Procurement, Public-Private Partnership, Project Finance and Corruption in Public Procurement

  • Project Management 
  • Contract Management
  • Civil Engineering Measurement 
  • Measurement of Building Works
  • Contract Administration 
  • Procurement of Services and Works
  • Project Human Resource Management
  1. Academic Leadership organized by the West Africa Built Environment Research (WABER), 2019
  2. 1st International Conference on Infrastructure Development in Africa (ICIDA, 2012), Organized by KNUST, Ghana, 22nd – 24th March, 2012, Kumasi, Ghana.
  3. 1st Applied Research Conference in Africa, 29 – 31 August, 2012, Elimina Ghana 
  4. West Africa Built Environment Research (WABER) Conference, organized by University of Reading, UK held in Accra, British Council – 2011 
  5. West Africa Built Environment Research (WABER) Conference, organized by University of Reading, UK held in Accra, British Council – 2010  
  6. West Africa Built Environment Research (WABER) Workshop, organized by University of Reading, UK held in Accra, British Council – 2009
  7. Continuous and Professional Development Annual Seminar and General Meetings Organized by the GhIS 2004 - 2010
  8. Association of African Quantity Surveyors (AAQS) – August 2008
  9. 9.    Doctoral Workshop Proceedings, ARCOM, Ashesi University College, Accra- Ghana, 27 – 28 July 2016.
  10. West African Built Environment Research (WABER) Conference, University of Reading, 2012, Abuja.
  11. West Built Environment Research Conference (WABER), 12th – 14th August, 2013, British Council, Accra, Ghana.
     

  1.  Ameyaw, C., Abaitey, A. B., Mensah, S. and Manu, Emmanuel (2021). Assessing the Cost of Competitive Tendering in Ghana using Transaction Cost Theory. Built Environment, Property and Asset Management, Emerald Publications…

  2. Asigri, E. O., Afram, S. O. and Ameyaw, C. (2021). Fire Safety Design Attributes of Students’ Housing Facilities. African Journal of Built Environment, Vol. 5 Issue 1, April, 2021. 
  3. Mensah, S., Ameyaw, C., Abaitey, A. B., Yeboah, Hayford (2021). Optimizing Stabilisation of Laterite as Walling Unit. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology. Emerald..
  4. Boateng, A., Ameyaw, C., and Mensah, S. (2020). Assessment of Systematic Risk Management Practices on Building Construction Projects in Ghana. International Journal Construction Management. DOI: 10.1080/15623599.2020.1842962. Taylor and Francis.
  5. Ohene-Asiedu, R. and Ameyaw, C., (2020) System Dynamics Approach to Conceptualizing Causes of Cost Overrun of Construction Projects in Developing Countries. Journal of Building Pathology, Emerald Publications
  6. Mensah, S., Nani, G. and Ameyaw, C. (2019) Breaking Contractors’ socio-cultural barriers inhibiting adaptation to environmentally sustainable construction, International Journal of Management and Applied Science, Vol 5, Iss. 5, May-2019IJMAS
  7. Ameyaw, C. & Alfen, H. W. (2017). Two Strands Model of the Soft System Methodology Analysis of Private Sector Investment in Power Generation Sector in Ghana. Systemic Practice and Action Research. Vol. 30 (3)
  8. Ameyaw, C. & Alfen, H. W. (2017). Identifying risks and mitigation strategies in private sector participation (PSP) in power generation projects in Ghana. Journal of Facilities Management, 15 (2).
  9. Ameyaw, C., Adjei-Kumi, T., & Owusu-Manu, D. G. (2015). Exploring value for money (VfM) assessment methods of public-private partnership projects in Ghana: A theoretical framework. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 20(3), 268-285.
  10. Osei-Tutu, E, Offei-Nyako, K., Ameyaw, C. And Ampofo, T. K. (2014) Conflict of Interest and Related Corrupt Practices in Public Procurement in Ghana. International Journal of Civil Engineering Construction and Estate Management. Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 1-1 
  11. Ameyaw, C., Mensah, S., and Osei-Tutu, E. (2013). Curbing Corruption in the Public Procurement Process in Ghana. Journal of  Public Policy and Administration Research (JPPAR), Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 44 – 53. 
  12. Ameyaw, C., Mensah, S. and Osei-Tutu E. (2012) “Obstacles to the Procurement Reforms in Ghana”, Journal of Public Procurement and Contract Management

  13. 13.  Ameyaw, C., Mensah, S. and Osei-Tutu E. (2012). “Public Procurement in Ghana: The Implementation Challenges to The Public Procurement Law 2003 (Act 663)”, International Journal of Construction Supply Chain Management. Vol. 2, No. 2.

  14. Osei-Tutu, E.,  Mensah, S. and Ameyaw, C (2011).“The Level of Compliance with the Public Procurement ACT (ACT 663) in Ghana”, International Journal of Project Planning and Finance

    Books:

  15. Ameyaw, C. (2011). Construction Project Delivery in Ghana: Traditional Design-Bid-Build verses Design-Build Procurement Methods. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG

  16. Ameyaw, C. (2018). Engendering Private Sector Investment in Power Generation Infrastructure in Ghana. Professur Betriebswirtschaftslehre im Bauwesen. ISBN: 978-3-95773-255-2

    Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings:
     
  17. Mensah, S., Nani, G. and Ameyaw, C. (2019) Breaking Contractors’ socio-cultural barriers inhibiting adaptation to environmentally sustainable construction, Proceedings of 173rd IASTEM International Conference, New York, USA, 16th-17th March 2019, p. 1 – 10.
  18. Asiedu, O. R., Ameyaw, C. and Adaku, E. (2018). The Dynamics of Cost Overrun in Public Sector Construction Projects in Developing Countries” 2018 POMS Annual Conference. May 4 to May 7, 2018, at the Hilton Americas-Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
  19. Ameyaw, C. & Alfen, H. W. (2016). Understanding the factors influencing private sector investment in the power generation sector of Ghana: System Dynamics Approach. Doctoral Workshop Proceedings, ARCOM, Ashesi University College, Accra- Ghana, 27 – 28 July 2016. Available on:http ://www.arcom.ac.uk/- docs/workshops/2016-07_Ghana_Proceedings.pdf

  20. Asamoah-Duodu, A., Danso, K. A. and Ameyaw, C. (2013). Effects of Management Practices on the Completion Time of Building Projects in Ghana. West Built Environment Research Conference (WABER), 12th  – 14th August, 2013, British Council, Accra, Ghana.

  21. Ameyaw, C., Mensah, S. and Asubonteng  J. (2013). Cost of Tendering in Ghana- Client’s Perspective. West Built Environment Research Conference (WABER), 12th  – 14th August, 2013, British Council, Accra, Ghana.

  22. Mensah, S., and Ameyaw, C. (2013). Challenges Facing District Assemblies’ “In-House” Administered Construction Contracts. West Built Environment Research Conference (WABER), 12th  – 14th August, 2013, British Council, Accra, Ghana.

  23.  

    Mensah, S., and Ameyaw, C. (2013). Post-Contract Construction Disputes In The Ghana Health Sector: Causes and Effects. West Built Environment Research Conference (WABER), 12th  – 14th August, 2013, British Council, Accra, Ghana.

  24. Ameyaw, C.,  Oteng Seifah, S. and Mensah S. (2012) “Comparative Study of DBB AND DB Procurement Methods in Ghana. 1st International Conference on Infrastructure Development in Africa (ICIDA, 2012), KNUST, 22nd – 24th March, 2012, Kumasi, Ghana.
  25. Mensah, S. and Ameyaw, C., (2012) “Sustainable Procurement Integration into Ghanaian Procurement Landscape” West African Built Environment Research (WABER) Conference, University of Reading, 2012
  26. Ameyaw, C., Mensah, S., Yarhards D. (2012) “Applicability of Bromilow’s Time-Cost Model on Building Projects in Ghana,  West African Built Environment Research (WABER) Conference, University of Reading, 2012.
  27. Ameyaw, C. (2012) “Utilization of Sawdust for the Development of Ceiling Panels”, 1st Applied Research Conference in Africa, 29 – 31 August , 2012, Elimina Ghana

  28. 28.  Ameyaw, C., Mensah, S., and Osei-Tutu, E. (2012). Improving Transparency in Public Procurement in Ghana. International Public Procurement Conference (IPPC), August 18-22, 2012. Seattle, Washington, USA, 1294 - 1316. Available on: www.ippa.org/IPPC5/Proceedings/Part6/PAPER6-2.pdf

  29. Ameyaw, C and Oteng Seifah, S. (2010) “Construction Project Delivery in Ghana – The performance of Traditional Procurement Method”, West African Built Environment Research (WABER) Conference, University of Reading, 2010.
  30. Ameyaw, C. Mensah, S. and Osei-Tutu E (2011). “Challenges facing the smooth implementation of Act 663, 2003 of Ghana”, West African Built Environment Research (WABER) Conference, University of Reading, 2011
  31. Osei-Tutu, E.,  Mensah, S. and Ameyaw, C. (2011) “The Level of Compliance with the Public Procurement ACT (ACT 663) in Ghana”, Management and Innovation for a Sustainable Built Environment Conference, 20 – 23rd June, 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.