Professor David Scott
Chair Professor of Construction Management
BSc(Eng), PhD, FIE (Aust), CPEng, FAIB, MICE, CEng, MCIOB, FHKIE, FHKICM

email : bsDScott@polyu.edu.hk

David Scott is Chair Professor of Construction Management.   This position means that a lot of the satisfaction comes from working with others in the department.   Much of the development and innovative work in the department is done in teams.  David leads or is involved in many of these groups; CyberU, Subject review, Co-operative research centre, new programmes, etc.

The sort of research things he is working on at present (mostly its the students under his supervision who do most of the work he tries to inspire them with ideas) are; Information Systems and Knowledge based systems (separately or together) for the construction industry.

More generally his interests are construction management, appropriate technology, project feasibility and assessment processes.

Major Research Interests are;

Construction Management
• Practical methods of economic evaluation of projects.
• Development technology in the construction industry.
• Practical methods of monitoring and controlling the costs of construction projects.
• Technology transfer.


Construction Related Information Technology
• Introduction and use of computer aided management systems for construction and real estate.
• Information systems: development and use in the Construction and Property Industry
• Information Technology based teaching systems and processes for construction.