Rate My Professor Ki Pyung Kim

Dr. Ki Pyung Kim serves as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Natural and Built Environments within UniSA STEM at the University of South Australia in Adelaide, with recent affiliations listed in the School of Civil Engineering and Construction Management at Adelaide University. He earned his PhD from Aston University School of Engineering and Applied Science between 2011 and 2014, supported by an International Scholarship for PhD study. Kim holds professional certifications including PMP, PMI-SP, and MCTS. His career encompasses research and teaching in construction management, following his doctoral work on BIM feasibility studies for housing refurbishment in the UK.

Kim's research specializations encompass Building Information Modelling (BIM), smart city transition and development, project planning and control with a focus on schedule management using tools like Primavera 6 and MS Project, sustainable construction, modular construction (MMC), and Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA). Key publications include 'Exploring the status, benefits, barriers and opportunities of using BIM for advancing prefabrication practice' (2020, International Journal of Construction Management, 230 citations); 'Critical success factor analysis for effective risk management at the execution stage of a construction project' (2022, International Journal of Construction Management, 100 citations); 'Cloud-BIM enabled cyber-physical data and service platforms for building component reuse' (2020, Sustainability, 81 citations); 'The first two decades of smart city research from a risk perspective' (2020, Sustainability, 51 citations); 'BIM feasibility study for housing refurbishment projects in the UK' (2013, Organization, Technology & Management in Construction, 42 citations); and recent works such as 'Integrating BIM and MMC Towards Industry 5.0' (2026) and 'Digital Twin for Sustainable Social Housing: Integrating BIM and MMC Towards Industry 5.0' (2026). He contributes to academic committees, including the IEOM Society Australia Chapter, and has expertise in areas like green building, energy efficiency, and housing refurbishment using BIM-enabled life-cycle analysis.