Dr Joshua Olutayo Olorunkiya

CEO, Esthoj Group

Abridged Biography

Dr. Joshua obtained a PhD Degree in Civil Engineering (Construction Project Management) following the award of an International Doctoral Scholarship by the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Prior the pursuit of his PhD degree which was completed ahead of time, he earlier obtained a Master's Degree in Construction Contract Management with a Distinction from the University of Technology Malaysia in 2008. Because of his passion for excellence, Dr. Joshua later obtained a B.Sc. (Hons) Quantity Surveying from the University of Reading, United Kingdom to compensate for his HND background in Quantity Surveying earlier obtained from the Ondo State Polytechnic Owo. Dr. Joshua served as the Head of Quantity Surveying, Contracts Management and Project Planning in Doha, Qatar with one of the leading Multi-disciplinary Consultancy firm. During his stay in Doha, he handled Multi-billion Qatari Riyals projects including some specifically relating to the Qatar 2022 World Cup fiesta. As the Founder of Esthoj Multi-Disciplinary Group, he is responsible for overall strategic planning for the group with three subsidiaries consisting of Esthoj Multi-Disciplinary Consults which focusses on training (RC2126685); Esthoj Multi-Disciplinary Consulting Services Limited-(RC1325727); Esthoj Engineering Construction & Facility Management Limited (RC1535657); General Quantity Surveying//Project Management Consultancy;. His in-depth knowledge and leadership skills has resulted in successful completion of several high-profile construction projects around the country. Such projects include the Multi-Billion Naira joint-venture Integrated Poultry Farm development in Panda, Nasarawa State between the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) and FarmBuilders Netherlands and UFF Agric Asset management South Africa, Park Villas Mansions, Maitama, Abuja, 200 Apartment Residential Development, Galadimawa Abuja, Federal Airport Authority Security Towers and Intruder Detection Systems at Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos among others. Dr Joshua was also the brain behind the successful implementation of the Federal Government NPower project in the first term of President Buhari's administration where over 60,000 artisans were trained in skill acquisition in Six (6) construction trades across the entire states of Nigeria including the FCT. Lastly, Dr Joshua holds certifications and memberships of several International and National professional bodies such as Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CInstCES), Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (MNIQS), Nigeria Institute of Building (MNIOB), British Institute of Facility Management (BIFM), Fellow, Occupational Health and Safety Association, UK (OSHA) among others.

Education and Qualifications

Mar 2010 - Feb 2014

Doctorate of Civil Engineering, University of Auckland

Specialization: Construction Project Management

Recipient: University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarship

Dec 2013 - Sep 2016

Bachelor of Science (Hons), University of Reading

Specialization: Quantity Surveying

Undertaken as Top-Up to the HND Qualification to meet Academic Teaching career requirements in the future

Jun 2007 - Aug 2008

Masters of Science, University of Technology, Malaysia

Specialization: Construction Contract Management

Achieved Grade: Distinction with a CGPA 3.97/4.00 Overall Best Graduating Student 2008

Jan 1997 - Dec 2001

Higher National Diploma, Ondo State Polytechnic, Owo

Specialization: Quantity Surveying

Achieved Grade: Higher Credit

Jan 2003 - Sep 2003

Diploma in Data Processing, Ika Computer Technology, Katsina

Achieved Grade: Higher Credit

Professional Affiliations / Certifications

•Member, Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CInstCES)
•Member, Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE)
•Member, Nigerian Institute of Management - Chartered (AMNIM)
•Member, Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS)
•Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
•Associate, British Institute of Facility Management (ABIFM)
•Member, Association of Cost Engineers (ACostE)
•Member, Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
•Member, Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB)
•Member, Society of Construction Law (SCL)
•Chartered Construction Manager (CCM)
•Registered Quantity Surveyor with QSRBN
•Registered Builder with CORBON

Teaching & Academic Research Experience

•Reviewer for Built Environment Project and Assets Management (BEPAM)
•Reviewer for Journal of Sustainable Development (JSD)
•University of Auckland, New Zealand, Tutored Final Year Undergraduate Risk Management in Construction.
•University of Auckland, New Zealand, Tutored 4th Year Engineering Students ENG403- Professionalism and Sustainability Issues
•University of Technology, Malaysia, Tutored 3rd Year Students Project Management

Interests

•Construction Law
•Construction Technology
•Project Planning and Scheduling
•Quantity Surveying & Construction Contract Management
•Construction Economics
•Building Information Modelling (BIM)
•Project Finance Initiative
•Facility Management
•Value Engineering & Project Risk Management
•Sustainability (Low Impact Design Technologies-Green Infrastructure)
•Human Capital & Self-development training

Awards

•University of Auckland International Doctoral Scholarship, 2010
•University of Technology, Malaysia M.Sc. Best Graduating Student, 2008

List of Academic Publications

Journal Papers (Academic)

•Olorunkiya, J. (2014). Equitable Risk Sharing and Incentive Provisions: A Community-Based Approach for Promoting the Adoption of Low Impact Design Technologies for Urban Stormwater Control (PhD Thesis, University of Auckland).
•Olorunkiya, J., S. Wilkinson, et al. (2013). "Eliciting Stakeholders Preferences for Low Impact Design Incentives: A Conjoint Analysis Approach" ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction: 10.1061/(ASCE)LA.1943-4170.0000120 (May. 4, 2013).
•Olorunkiya, J., E. Fassman, et al. (2012). "Risk: A Fundamental Barrier to the Implementation of Low Impact Design Infrastructure for Urban Stormwater Control." Journal of Sustainable Development 5(9).
•Olorunkiya J., Fadhlin Abdullah (2008). PFI as the Key to infrastructure Development in Nigeria (M.Sc. Thesis, University of Technology, Malaysia).

Conference Papers (Peer Reviewed)

•Olorunkiya J. (2017), Effective Project Planning and Scheduling: The panacea for Capital Projects Abandonment in Nigeria: A Paper Presentation and Published in the Transaction Journal of the American Association of Cost Engineers (AACE) at Hyatt Hotel, Orlando Florida, USA June 11-14th, 2017
•Olorunkiya, J., E. Fassman, et al. (2012). Collaboration for Low Impact Design Implementation: An Approach for Bridging between Old and New towards Sustainable Urban Stormwater Control. International Conference on Bridging between Old and New: Towards Future Sustainable Built Environment University of Technology, Malaysia.
•Olorunkiya, J., E. Fassman, et al. (2010). Global Thinking- Local Action: Adopting the Low Impact Design (LID) Technologies in Urban Stormwater Management. The New Zealand Society for Sustainability Engineering and Science (NZSSES)-Transition to Sustainability. Auckland.
•Olorunkiya, J., E. Fassman, et al. (2010). Risk as a Fundamental Barrier to Adoption of Low Impact Design Technologies. The New Zealand Society for Sustainability Engineering and Science (NZSSES)-Transition to Sustainability. Auckland, New Zealand.

Poster Presentation

•Olorunkiya, J., E. Fassman, et al. (2011). Market-Based Instruments: The Catalyst for Low Impact Design (LID) Technologies Adoption. Proceedings of Environmental Health Conference 2011: Resetting Our Priorities, Salvador, Brazil.

Oral Presentation

•Olorunkiya, J. (2023). The FIDIC Silver Book: Impact for Project Financed EPC Contract- A detailed Analysis
•Olorunkiya, J. (2017). Examining the Bumps to Successful Implementation of Project Finance Initiative to Bridge Nigeria Infrastructure Deficits
•Olorunkiya, J. (2017). BIM Evolution: Where Are We on The Adoption Curve?
•Olorunkiya J. (2017), Building Information Modelling (BIM) And Integrated Project Delivery: A Seminar Paper accepted Presentation at the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, FCT Chapter in Abuja Nigeria in August 16th-17th, 2017
•Olorunkiya J. (2017), BIM: A Healthy Disruption for a Fragmented and Broken Process A Paper accepted for Presentation at the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) National Workshop and Annual General Meeting in Bauchi, Bauchi State Nigeria in August 7-11th 2017
•Olorunkiya J. (2016), BIM Evolution: Are We Ready? Or Where Are We on the Adoption Curve? Under the theme: Building Information Modelling (BIM) Concept, Applications, And Benefits in Project Development; An Oral Presentation at the Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State Nigeria.
•Olorunkiya, J., E. Fassman, et al. (2011). Today's Collaboration, Tomorrow's Success in LID Adoption" Philadelphia Low Impact Design Symposium: Greening the Urban Environment, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
•Olorunkiya J. (2015). Basis Upon Which On-Demand Bond May Be Resisted NIQS 2nd Research Conference, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
•Olorunkiya, J. (2014). Administration of On-Demand Bond under a Construction Contract: A Seminar Presentation to The Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (Qatar International Branch) in Conjunction with EmpowermentServe.

Training and Workshop Facilitated

•BIM/ Primavera Software Training for the Nigerian Airforce Personnel at the Nigerian Airforce Headquarters, Abuja, September, 2022
•BIM/ Primavera Software Training for the Nigerian Airforce Personnel at the Nigerian Airforce Headquarters, Abuja, May 2017.
•BIM Compactible (CostX Software) Training for Quantity Surveyors in Kano, Abuja, Lagos and Akwa-Ibom States of Nigeria Jan- April, 2017.
•Primavera Training for Project Management Scheduling and Control for Quantity Surveyors and Builders in Abuja, Lagos and Uyo.
•BIM (PlanSwift Software) Training for Rivers State University, Kaduna State University and Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro Quantity Surveying Departments Lecturers and Students.

Seminars and Workshop Attended

•Workshop on the Settlement of Claims & Final Account in the Contemporary Nigerian Construction Industry by the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, FCT Chapter September, 2018.
•Specialized Workshop on Contemporary Innovative Technologies in Construction Industry by the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, FCT Chapter August, 2017.
•Risk Management: Real time risks, how do we handle them on projects in Qatar? Identification, evaluation and monitoring of construction related risks organized by the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors International, Qatar Branch May 2014.
•Extension of Time and Recovery of Prolongation Costs, Doha Qatar September 2013
•Contract for Complex Projects-Webminar Organized by the CIOB, United Kingdom August 2013.
•Comparative Construction Law Issues – English Law and Qatari Governing Law, Crown Plaza, Doha Qatar June 2013.
•"Integrated Design & Delivery Solutions: Design Management in an Online Collaborative Environment" A seminar by Prof Kerry London & Mr Darrell Edwards in association with CIOB New Zealand at Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand, 30th August, 2011
•"Construction Contracts & Early Contractor Involvement" A Seminar by RICS New Zealand in conjunction with Simpson Grierson, Auckland, New Zealand, 23th August, 2011
•Risk management: Real time risks, how do we handle them on projects in Qatar? - identification, evaluation and monitoring of construction and related risks. Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors International (Qatar Branch), Doha Qatar, 1st May 2014.
•The Global Financial Crisis- The Real Impact the Auckland Club, Auckland, New Zealand, 13th August, 2010
•"Cost Engineering in Research: Articulating the Technical Value of Engineering Terms the Non- Engineers can Understand", A seminar By Prof. Douglas D. Gransberg, FRICS, CCE from The Iowa University, USA. The University of Auckland, New Zealand, 27th July, 2010
•"Construction Strategy for the London 2012 Olympic" Organised by Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand, 30th March, 2010.
•"Manage, Analyze and Avoid Construction Delay and Disruption in a Changing economic Climate" Organized by Hill International and the CIOB, The Shangri-La, Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2nd-3rd June, 2009.
•"Programming in Construction" Organized by Society of Construction Law (Singapore) Supreme Court Building Singapore, 21st May 2008.
•"Competitive Corporate Strategy" Organized by Thisday Media in Conjunction with Professor Michael Potter from Harvard Business School, USA, Civic Centre, Lagos, Nigeria, 27th July, 2009.
•"Strategic Alliance-Public and Private sector" Organized by Institution of Surveyors Malaysia Istana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur 28th March, 2008.
•"Handling construction Claims in Arbitration" Organized by Society of Construction Law (Singapore) Light House Building Boat Quay Singapore 16th January, 2008.
•Post event update on "the use of Advanced Forensic Animations in the Resolution of Complex Dispute Claims" Organized by Society of Construction Law (Singapore), Singapore International Arbitration Centre 7th November, 2007.
•"Current Issues on Construction Contract and Dispute Resolution" Organized by Construction Management Group, University of Technology Malaysia, Dewan Jumaah, Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur- Malaysia 27th October, 2007.
•Facility Management as an important resource in achieving strategic leadership and superior Organization performance organized by IFMA Nigeria Chapter, Muson Centre Onikan, February, 2007.