Juhani Kiiras, Professor in Construction Economics and Management (CEM)
Helsinki University of Technology (HUT)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
P.O. Box 2100, FIN-02015 HUT, Espoo, Finland
Phone: +358 9 451 3741
Gsm: +358 40 563 0723
Fax: +358 9 451 3758
Email: juhani.kiiras@hut.fi
Web Link: http://www.cem.hut.fi
MSc (Tech) in Structural and Civil Engineering at HUT. Assistant, researcher and laboratory engineer in CEM unit at HUT. Professor in CEM 1978-1980 at Oulu University and Professor in CEM at Helsinki University of Technology 1981- . Expert and consultant in CEM for both public and private sectors 1970- .

Main teaching and research areas:

  • Construction Project Management
  • Construction Procurement and Contracting
  • Building Design Management
  • Cost Estimating and Control

Supervision and instruction of about 400 Master’s theses, 15 Licentiate theses, and 5 Doctoral theses in CEM. Several hundreds presentations, research publications, conference papers, and consultation reports in Finnish as well as some in English, German, and Russian.

Main research and development results:

  • Finnish Building 70, 80, 90 and 2000 Classification Systems
  • Finnish building cost databases and methods; Target Price and Building Element Estimate
  • Advanced Scheduling Systems for Construction Projects; advanced LOB and short throughput time
  • Construction in the Baltic States and Russia; benchmarking of Russian construction firms
  • Processes of, Procurement and Delivery Methods for Construction Projects; Finnish applications of Construction Management Consulting or Contracting
  • Two models for selecting (a) a procurement method and (b) a CM contractor or a CM consultant.