Rate My Professor Assem Al Hajj

Assem Al-Hajj serves as a Lecturer in the School of Science and Engineering at Curtin University Dubai. He earned his PhD in Construction Management and Building Economics from the University of Dundee in 1991, an MSc in Construction Management from Heriot-Watt University, a BEng in Civil Engineering from Beirut Arab University in Lebanon, and a PgCert. Recognized as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building (FCIOB), Fellow of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (FAIQS), and member of the Middle East Facilities Management Association (MEFMA) and the Lebanese Order of Engineers and Architects (MLOEA), he brings over 30 years of expertise in education, training, construction project management, and facilities management.

Al-Hajj commenced his academic career in 1992 at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, UK, contributing for 13 years. In 2006, he founded the School of the Built Environment at Heriot-Watt University Dubai, acting as Academic Head and Director of Research. Subsequent roles include Vice President for Academic Affairs and Development at Applied Science University in Bahrain, CEO of Khawarizmi Holding Company, and President of Al Khawarizmi International College in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He currently holds the position of CEO and Director at Project Perfect Professional Practices FZ-LLC in the UAE. His research focuses on construction project management, sustainable construction, facilities management, construction economics, life cycle costing, cost estimation, and building information modelling. With over 80 scientific publications garnering more than 1,000 citations and 80,000 reads, key works include 'Whole life costing in construction: A state of the art review' (2003), 'Modelling the running costs of buildings' (1998), and 'Predicting Maintenance and Rehabilitation Cost for Buildings Based on Artificial Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic' (2020). He has presented at over 100 international events and received the MBM Research and Teaching Award from the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors in 2013.