Professor Bambang Trigunarsyah
Professor
Details
-
Department: School of PCPM
-
Campus: City Campus Australia
-
bambang.trigunarsyah@rmit.edu.au
-
ORCID:
0000-0001-6799-4781
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Bambang Trigunarsyah has held his position at RMIT University since 2018.
Bambang earned his BSc in Engineering (Civil) from Colorado School of Mines in the USA, a Master's 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 began his career in 1988 as a Graduate Project Engineer at Hudbay Oil Malacca Strait Ltd., a Production Sharing Contractor for the Indonesian State-Owned Oil Company. He worked on oil field development projects, including the construction of access roads, well-site facilities, a base camp, a process plant, pipelines, and offshore structures. He also coordinated two studies on road construction over 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 Deputy Head of the Civil Engineering Department and promoted to Head of the Department in November 2004. From 2007 to 2013, he held the position of Associate Professor and Course Leader for the Master of Project Management and the Master of Infrastructure Management at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia. In August 2013, he moved to Saudi Arabia, joining King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals as an 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's 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 began his career in 1988 as a Graduate Project Engineer at Hudbay Oil Malacca Strait Ltd., a Production Sharing Contractor for the Indonesian State-Owned Oil Company. He worked on oil field development projects, including the construction of access roads, well-site facilities, a base camp, a process plant, pipelines, and offshore structures. He also coordinated two studies on road construction over 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 Deputy Head of the Civil Engineering Department and promoted to Head of the Department in November 2004. From 2007 to 2013, he held the position of Associate Professor and Course Leader for the Master of Project Management and the Master of Infrastructure Management at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia. In August 2013, he moved to Saudi Arabia, joining King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals as an 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)
Academic positions
- Associate Professor and Head of Department
- University of Indonesia
- Civil Engineering
- Depok, Indonesia
- 1 Oct 2024 – 31 Dec 2006
- Associate Professor
- RMIT University
- School of Property, Construction and Project Management
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2 Jul 2018 – 31 Dec 2025
- Associate Professor
- King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
- Construction Engineering & Management
- Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
- 1 Sep 2013 – 30 Jun 2018
- Associate Professor
- Queensland University of Technology
- Civil Engineering and Built Environment
- Brisbane, Australia
- 10 Jan 2007 – 10 Jan 2013
- Senior Lecturer & Deputy Head of Department
- University of Indonesia
- Civil Engineering
- Depok, Indonesia
- 1 Jul 2002 – 30 Sep 2004
- Lecturer
- University of Indonesia
- Civil Engineering
- Depok, Indonesia
- 1 Aug 1995 – 30 Jun 2002
Non-academic positions
- Project Engineer/Senior Project Engineeri
- Kondur Petroleum SA (previously Hudbay Malacca Strati Ltd)
- Project Development
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- 1 Aug 1988 – 31 Mar 1999
Supervisor projects
- Managing Risks In Islamic Public-Private Partnership Projects: Indonesian Case Study
- 8 Oct 2025
- Developing a Risk Management Framework for Housing Construction Projects in Saudi Arabia Using Blockchain Technology
- 21 Mar 2024
- Enhancing Circular Economy in Saudi Arabia's Building and Construction sector: A Source Segregation Approach
- 18 May 2023
- Risk management of Public-Private Partnerships using Artificial Intelligence
- 6 Apr 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.
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.
