Qualifications and Professional Body membership

Academic Qualifications:

• Postgraduate Certificate in Learning & Teaching (Higher Education), (Anglia Ruskin University), (2006)
• PhD, Privatisation of Professional Services for Housing Maintenance, (The University of Hong Kong, Department of Real Estate & Construction, 2003)
• MA in Building Rehabilitation Studies (The University of Greenwich,1992)

Professional Qualifications:

• MCIH, Chartered Institute of Housing (2009)
• MBIFM, British Institute of Facilities Management (2005)
• Chartered Facilities Management Surveyor, RICS (2004)
• Chartered Project Management Surveyor, RICS (2002)
• FRICS, The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Chartered Building Surveyor) (1993)
• MHKIS, Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (Building Surveying Division) (1989)
• MRICS, The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (Chartered Building Surveyor) (1988)

Personal Profile / Teaching Experience

Teaching Experience
Senior Lecturer in Building Surveying, Anglia Ruskin University (2005 to present). For undergraduate teaching, I am involved in a diverse teaching (lectures, seminars and tutorials) and module leadership in facilities and property management, professional practice and contract management, building construction, research methods, and supervision of dissertation at undergraduate and master levels.

I have successfully supervised the following professional doctorate candidates at various stages of research:
Peter Defoe has successfully achieved his doctoral award in March 2008 (The Validity of Daylight Calculations in Rights to Light Cases).

• Malvern Tipping has successfully achieved his doctoral award in October 2011 (British Bank Halls as a Property Investment)
• Keith Gale has passed his three Stage 1 papers and research proposal in April 2011 (Performance Improvement within Construction Frameworks).
• P/T Lecturer for the Master of Housing Management programme at CUPEM of the University of Hong Kong (9/2004 to 1/2005): teaching housing design, construction, and maintenance with PBL strategy. Visiting lecturer for the MSc in Real Estate programme at Department of Real Estate and Construction of the University of Hong Kong (2003 and 2004): lecturing on the outsourcing process of professional services for property management
• Senior Lecturer in Building Surveying, South Bank University London (1/1990 to 4/1995)

Professional Practice

• Maintenance Surveyor, Hong Kong Housing Authority (4/1995 to 7/2005)
• Building Surveyor, Hong Kong Building Department, 7/1989 to 12/1989)
• Building Surveyor, Spence Robinson Ltd, Architects, Engineers & Surveyors, (6/1987 to 6/1989)
• Assistant Building Surveyor, Collier Petty Chartered Surveyors, (6/1988 to 6/1987)

Research Interests

My research interest lies in real estate asset management. My research focuses to apply economics and management theories and principles to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the construction management and business processes in asset management of housing organizations. My main research areas are privatization and outsourcing, strategic and change management, performance and quality management, property management and maintenance, as well as waste management.

International Scholarship

• Presenting a CPD paper on ?development of intelligence housing estates? for the CIH Northern Ireland Branch in 2003.
• Presenting four refereed papers in the RICS Construction and Building Research International Conferences (COBRA) in Dublin (2008), Cape Town (2009) Paris (2010) and Manchester (2011). See my publication list in Section 12.
• A member of the paper assessment panel for the COBRA RICS International Conference 2010.
• A journal paper referee for Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal (2011)
• PhD external examiner for the Department of Real Estate & Construction, the University of Hong Kong, April 2011, examining a thesis on the building management process in HK.

Publications

My research interest in real estate asset management and the associated construction management and business processes is shown in my publications below.

Business & Management Processes
Lam, T. Y. M. (2010) Managing the Growth of Housing Organizations, RICS Construction and Building Research Conference COBRA 2010, Paris, 2 to 3 September 2010.
Tipping, M. and Lam, T. (2010) Factors most Influencing United Kingdom Retail Market Investment Yields: A Theoretical Perspective, RICS Construction and Building Research Conference COBRA 2010, Paris, 2 to 3 September 2010.
Lam, T. Y. M. (2009) A Total Change Management Model for Successful Growth of Housing Associations, International Journal of Housing Markets & Analysis, Vol. 2, Iss. 3, pp. 263-275.

Operational & Construction Management Processes
Lam, T. (2011) The Impact of Market on Delivery of Housing Services, The Asia-Pacific Network for Housing Research APNHR Conference 2011, Hong Kong, 8 to 10 December 2011, abstract submitted.
Lam, T. Y. M. (2011) Economic Outsourcing of Facilities Management Services, RICS Construction and Building Research Conference COBRA 2010, Manchester, 12 to 13 September 2011, in press.
Lam, T. Y. M. (2011) Outsourcing of Housing Services: Optimization of Transaction Value, Journal of Facilities Management, Vol. 9, Iss: 2, pp. 114 ? 126.
Lam, T. Y. M. (2009) Prediction of Consultant Performance for the Selection Process, RICS Construction and Building Research Conference COBRA 2009, Cape Town, 10 to 11 September 2009.
Lam, T. Y. M. (2008) Procuring Professional Housing Maintenance Services, Facilities, Vol. 26, No. 1/2, pp. 33-53.
Lam, T. Y. M. (2008) The Impact of Management Measures on Performance of Outsourced Professional Housing Maintenance Services, Property Management, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 112-124.
Lam, T. Y. M. (2008) Optimisation of Performance Management for Housing Services, Journal of Facilities Management, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 226-240.
Lam, T. Y. M. (2007) The Validity of Quality Practices on Performance of Outsourced Professional Housing Services, The TQM Magazine (now The TQM Journal), Vol.19, No.6, pp. 590-603.
Lam, T. Y. M. (2003) A Strategic Evaluation of Privatisation of Professional Services for Housing Maintenance, Ph.D. e-Thesis, Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong.


Other Publications in Teaching and Learning for Construction Students in HE
Lam, T. Y. M. (2008) Teaching Strategy for Inspiring Critical Thinking Required by Construction Professionals, RICS Construction and Building Research Conference COBRA 2008, Dublin, 4 to 5 September 2008.
Lam, T. Y.M. (2008) A Group-based Multiple Assessment Strategy for Construction-related Subjects, Journal for Education in the Built Environment, Vol. 3, Issue 2, pp. 46-62 (17).