Prof. Edward Ayebeng Botchway

Associate Professor


Dept: Architecture
International Accreditation(CAA) Office
Department of ARCHITECTURE
Faculty of BUILT ENVIRONMENT
College of ART and BUILT ENVIRONMENT
KNUST
Kumasi-Ghana

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Research Areas/Interests

Architectural Education and Pedagogy, Architecture Practice, Design Specification and Detailing, Construction Project Management Practice and Materia...~more


Research Projects (Current and Past)

  1. Architecture Practice and Design Detailing (2014 and Ongoing)
  • Building design and construction detailing for Medium Rise developments (Specialization in detailing for tropics: 2009-2014 and ongoing).
  • Building Safety requirements and its implication on users in multi-storey building projects (2007-2014 and ongoing).
  • Public Housing procurement and delivery in Ghana using Public Private Partnerships (2015 and ongoing).
  • Assessments of the Project Management competencies and performance of architects in the Ghanaian construction industry (2014 and ongoing).
  • Curriculum re-design for Architectural Design education pedagogy (2010 and ongoing).

 

  1. Construction Project Management and Materials Utilization (2012 and Ongoing)
  • Project management competencies and its deployment in project management teams (2013-2014 and ongoing).
  • Assessment of factors that affect effectiveness of construction project team (2014 and ongoing).
  • Project management processes and personnel performance in Local Government Organizations for rural development (Specialized investigation: 2010-2014 and ongoing).
  • Local materials (e.g. Pozzolana) utilization in the construction industry in Ghana (2008-2014 and ongoing).
  • The use of low resource material such as hydraform in rural housing in Ghana (2017 and ongoing).

 

  1. ICTs deployment in the Built Environment (2015 and Ongoing)
  • Information and Communications Technologies utilization and its deployment in physical infrastructure projects delivery at the Local Government Level (2015 and ongoing).
  • Software application in Architectural Design education in Ghana (2015 and ongoing).
  • The emergence of e-portfolios and its introduction in Architecture in Ghana (2017 and ongoing).
  • The introduction of ICTs as part of security management on University Campuses with KNUST as a case study. (2018 and ongoing).
  • ICTs as a new paradigm in design, management and construction of projects (2018 and ongoing).


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