Associate Professor Bambang Trigunarsyah
Associate Professor
Details
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College: School of PCPM
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Department: School of PCPM
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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bambang.trigunarsyah@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0001-6799-4781
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Bambang Trigunarsyah has started his position at RMIT University since 2018.
Bambang earned his BSc in Engineering (Civil) from Colorado School of Mines in the USA, a Master degree in Civil Engineering (Construction Management) from the University of Indonesia, and a PhD in Engineering Project Management from the University of Melbourne, Australia.
He started his professional career as a Graduate Project Engineer at Hudbay Oil Malacca Strait Ltd., a Production Sharing Contractor for the Indonesian State Own Oil Company, in 1988. He was involved in oil field development projects which included the construction of access road and well site facilities, base camp, process plant, pipeline and offshore structures. He also coordinated two studies on road construction on peat ground.
Bambang started his full-time tenure at the University of Indonesia in 2001, following the completion of his PhD. In 2002 he was appointed as the Deputy Head of Civil Engineering Department and was promoted to the Head Department position in November 2004. From 2007 to 2013, he took a position as Associate Professor and the Course Leaders for Master of Project Management and Master of Infrastructure Management in the School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia. In August 2013, he moved to Saudi Arabia, joining King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mineral as Associate Professor in Construction Engineering and Management.
Industry experience:
- Oil and gas industry (in Indonesia), as a project engineer and senior project engineer
- Secretary to the Advisory Board of the Indonesian National Construction Service Development Board (2002-2007)
- Member of Infrastructure Cluster Advisory Board, Australia-Indonesia Centre (2016-2018)
Bambang earned his BSc in Engineering (Civil) from Colorado School of Mines in the USA, a Master degree in Civil Engineering (Construction Management) from the University of Indonesia, and a PhD in Engineering Project Management from the University of Melbourne, Australia.
He started his professional career as a Graduate Project Engineer at Hudbay Oil Malacca Strait Ltd., a Production Sharing Contractor for the Indonesian State Own Oil Company, in 1988. He was involved in oil field development projects which included the construction of access road and well site facilities, base camp, process plant, pipeline and offshore structures. He also coordinated two studies on road construction on peat ground.
Bambang started his full-time tenure at the University of Indonesia in 2001, following the completion of his PhD. In 2002 he was appointed as the Deputy Head of Civil Engineering Department and was promoted to the Head Department position in November 2004. From 2007 to 2013, he took a position as Associate Professor and the Course Leaders for Master of Project Management and Master of Infrastructure Management in the School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia. In August 2013, he moved to Saudi Arabia, joining King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mineral as Associate Professor in Construction Engineering and Management.
Industry experience:
- Oil and gas industry (in Indonesia), as a project engineer and senior project engineer
- Secretary to the Advisory Board of the Indonesian National Construction Service Development Board (2002-2007)
- Member of Infrastructure Cluster Advisory Board, Australia-Indonesia Centre (2016-2018)
Supervisor projects
- Developing a Risk Management Framework for Housing Construction Projects in Saudi Arabia Using Blockchain Technology
- 21 Mar 2024
- Framework and business case for developing a market place for selling and buying Construction and Demolition waste Project management and circular Economy.
- 18 May 2023
- Influence of building facade design on indoor thermal environment
- 2 May 2023
- Risk management of Public-Private-Partnerships using Artificial Intelligence
- 6 Apr 2023
- Public opposition management towards developing construction and demolition waste recycling facilities in the Victoria State
- 8 Mar 2023
- Managing the impact of emergent strategies on project delivery within SMEs: the role of project governance
- 22 Feb 2023
- Projects to create the future: quality as a pivotal entry variable in planning projects in international development co-operation
- 26 Jul 2022
- Investigating front end planning for government projects in Australia
- 3 Mar 2021
- Investigation of fire safety strategies of buildings with BIPV external walls
- 15 Feb 2021
- Energy Support in the Saudi Residential Sector using Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV)
- 20 May 2019
Teaching interests
- Teaches postgraduate students in project management programs.
- Serves as Higher Degree Research Delegate Authority (HDR DA) for the School of Property, Construction and Project Management
- Serves as Higher Degree Research Delegate Authority (HDR DA) for the School of Property, Construction and Project Management
Research interests
Post-disaster reconstruction, Infrastructure project delivery, Project Governance, Constructability Operability and Maintainability of Infrastructure projects, project management in developing countries, and International Development Projects.
