About AWOLESI, Jacob Abiodun Bamidele

Chief Lecturer|HND (Quantity Survey), MSc. (Project Management)

School

SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Department

Quantity Surveying

Programme

Higher National Diploma

Research Interest

Project Management

Awards & Honours

Winner of College’s Prize for Best all round Student of School of Environmental Studies, Yaba College of Technology 1985/86 Session

Fellow – Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (FNIQS)

Teaching Areas

Professional Practice & Procedures I & II

Measurement of Civil Engineering Works II

Computer Application in Project Management

Advanced Measurement of Building Works II

Selected Publications

1. Awolesi, J.A.B. (2019). “Factors Affecting Implementation of Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) Highway Projects in Nigeria’ Environmental Technology and Science Journal Federal University of Technology Minna 10 (1) 109-118
2. Awolesi, J.A.B. and Fabi, J.K. (2019). ‘Assessment of Organizational Culture of Selected Construction Companies in Nigeria’ - Paper accepted for Publication in International Journal of Advances in Scientific Research and Engineering (IJASRE) 5(12) 80-87
3. Awolesi, J.A.B. and Ayedun C.A.(2012) An Assessment of the Effect of Remuneration on the Construction Performances of the Professionals in the Nigerian Building Industry. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 (1) 401-412    
4. Akinola, G.A. and Awolesi, J.AB. (2019) ‘Effects of Delay in Interim Payment on Contractors’ Working Capital in Lagos State Nigeria’ – Paper accepted for publication in The Ilaro Journal of School of Environmental Research and Development
5. Awolesi, J.A.B., and Fabi, J.K. (2017). ‘A Study of the Involvement of Quantity Surveyors in Construction Contract Auditing in Nigeria. The Ilaro Journal of School of Environmental Research and Development 2 (1). 79-90
6.  Fabi, J.K., Awolesi, J.A.B., and Akinseinde O.A. (2016).’ An Assessment of the Impact of Information and Communication Technology on the Productivity of Selected Skilled Labour’ - Paper accepted for Publication in Ilaro Journal of Science and Technology 2 (1)
7. Awolesi, J.A.B. (2015). ‘Assessment of Stress as a Socio-Psychological Challenge affecting Construction Industry in Nigeria’ International Journal of Management and Technology 1 (1) 84-96
8. Fabi, J.K. and Awolesi, J.A.B., (2015). A Study of Risk Management Practice of Highway Projects in Nigeria’ Journal of Economic and Sustainable Development 6 (18) 171-177
9. Musa, N.A., Okafor, B.O. and Awolesi, J.A.B.(2011) Evaluation of the Effectiveness of TVET for Manpower Development Towards   Vision 20; 2020 – A Case Study of Quantity Surveying Technician. A Book of Readings of the 4th National conference Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) Federal Polytechnic Ilaro 138-144

Conferences Attended

1. Awolesi, J.AB. (2019) ‘Challenges Confronting Quantity Surveying Profession in Nigeria: Perspectives of the Education System’ – Paper presented at the West African Built Environment Research (WABER) 2019 Conference at Accra Ghana
2. Adenaiya, O.A. and Awolesi, J.AB. (2018) ‘An Assessment of Occupational Accidents on Construction Sites in Nigeria’ – Paper presented at 13th Unilag Annual Research Conference and Fair
3. Awolesi, J.AB. (2018) ‘Assessment of Impact of Cost Control Techniques on Construction Project Delivery in South West Nigeria’– Paper presented at The 1st International Conference and Exhibition of The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro Ogun State
4.  Awolesi, J.AB. (2017) ‘Assessment of Variables Affecting Innovations in the Nigerian Construction Industry’ – Paper presented at  The International Conference on Science Engineering and The Social Science
5.  Awolesi, J.AB. (2017) ‘A Study of Construction Professionals Roles in Effective Material Management as a Panacea for Resource Sustainability’ – Paper presented at 6th National Conference of the School of Environmental Studies, Federal Polytechnic Ilaro. Ogun State
6.    Adenaiya, O.A. and Awolesi, J.AB. (2017) ‘Influence of Contractors Selection on Project Quality in the Construction Industry’ – Paper presented at 12th Unilag Annual Research Conference and Fair
7. Awolesi, J.AB. (2016) ‘The Place of Quantity Surveying in Repositioning Nigerian Technological Education in the 21st Century – Paper presented at 5th National Conference of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) Ilaro Chapter.
8. Bashir, K.T., Awolesi, J.A.B., Akinseinde, O.A., and Adenaiya, O.A. (2015). ‘An Assessment of the Socio-Economic Impacts of Abandoned Building Projects on the Residents of Ibadan’ - Paper presented at 5th National Conference on Environment, School of Environmental Studies, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro.
9.   Fabi, J.K.,  Awolesi, J.A.B., and Akinseinde, O.A. (2015). ‘An Assessment of Effect of Procurement Process on Construction Project Delivery’ - Paper presented at 2nd Research Conference (NIQS RECON 2), the Federal University of Technology Akure.
10. Akinseinde, O.A., and Awolesi, J.A.B., (2015). ‘The Challenges and Benefits of Advance Payment on the Performance of Nigerian Building Contractors’ - Paper presented at 2nd Research Conference (NIQS RECON 2), the Federal University of Technology Akure.
11. . Awolesi, J.A.B. (2015). ‘An Evaluation of Roles of Environmental Professionals in Economic Development of Nigeria’ - Paper presented at 5th National Conference on Environment, School of Environmental Studies, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro.
12. Awolesi, J.A.B., and Fabi, J.K.(2013).’ Comparative Study of Construction Risk ManagementPractice between Indigenous and Expatriate Contractors in Nigeria’ Paper presented at the Construction, Building and Real Estate Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS COBRA 2013) 10th – 12th September at New Delhi India.

Summary of Profile

AWOLESI, Jacob Abiodun Bamidele is a Chief Lecturer of the Department of Quantity Surveying. The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro. He holds a Master’s Degree in Project Management, is a Fellow of The Nigeria Institute of Quantity Surveyors (FNIQS), a Registered Quantity Surveyor with the Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria (QSRBN), and is currently a Board member.

He served as the Head of, the Department of Quantity Surveying between 2013 and January 2016.  He also served as Director, of the Industrial and Liaison Placement Office (ILPO) between 2017 and 2022 and presently he is the Dean of, the School of Environmental Studies, at the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro.

He has presented Eighteen papers at local and international conferences and has twelve academic articles published in reputable journals to his credit and has co-authored three standard textbooks.