Construction Engineering and Management Research Area

The Construction Engineering and Management (CEM) research area explores how digital tools, organizational strategies, and new management principles can transform the built environment. By combining organization and management studies with digital construction, we develop methods, technologies, and processes that drive innovation and sustainability across the entire life cycle — from design and construction to facility management. Through close collaboration with industry and integration of research into education, CEM contributes to a more efficient, resilient, and sustainable construction sector.

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How can Total BIM improve quality and efficiency in construction and enable a Digital Twin of the construction site? 1. Data-driven material and component re-use with Total BIM

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About Construction Engineering and Management

Our primary academic goal is to advance the transformation of the built environment by developing organizations, processes, and digital technologies that foster innovation and sustainability across the entire life cycle – from design and construction to facility management. By combining insights from organization and management studies with digital construction, we equip a wide range of stakeholders with the knowledge, methods, and tools needed for this transformation. Our interdisciplinary research spans both fundamental explorations of how organizations evolve in response to digitalization and applied studies of new technologies and methods such as Total BIM, Set-based design, AI, and VR/AR, always grounded in real-life industry collaboration and societal challenges.

Research questions and connection to societal challenges​

CEM addresses major societal challenges linked to climate change, resource efficiency, and digital transformation in the construction sector.

Our research is guided by the following questions:

  • How can design, construction, and facility management processes be enhanced through new organizing and management principles in relation to digital construction?

  • How can the interplay of organizations, practices, people, processes, methods, technology and tools foster a sustainable and innovative built environment?

  • How can set-based design, digital- and data-driven construction, including AI, accelerate the sustainable transformation of the sector?

  • How does digital transformation reshape organizations, project management practices, and business models?

By addressing these questions, we contribute to the transformation towards a circular, resource-efficient, and innovative construction industry, supporting both environmental and societal sustainability.

Research Area Members

Research Area Leader

Mattias Roupé

  • Associate Professor, Con­struc­tion Management, Archi­tec­ture and Civil Engineering
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Members

Göran Lindahl

  • Professor, Con­struc­tion Management, Archi­tec­ture and Civil Engineering
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Mathias Gustafsson

  • Associate Professor, Con­struc­tion Management, Archi­tec­ture and Civil Engineering
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Viktoria Sundquist

  • Senior Lecturer, Con­struc­tion Management, Archi­tec­ture and Civil Engineering
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Daniella Troje

  • Head of Programme, Archi­tec­ture and Built Environment
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Dilek Ulutas Duman

  • Senior Lecturer, Con­struc­tion Management, Archi­tec­ture and Civil Engineering
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Mikael Johansson

  • Researcher, Con­struc­tion Management, Archi­tec­ture and Civil Engineering
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Mikael Viklund Tallgren

  • Director of Master's Programme, Archi­tec­ture and Built Environment
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Rasmus Rempling

  • Senior Researcher, Con­struc­tion Management, Archi­tec­ture and Civil Engineering
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Christine Räisänen

  • Full Professor, Con­struc­tion Management, Archi­tec­ture and Civil Engineering
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PhD students

Shahin Sateei

  • Visiting Researcher, Con­struc­tion Management, Archi­tec­ture and Civil Engineering
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Oliver Disney

  • Doctoral Student, Con­struc­tion Management, Archi­tec­ture and Civil Engineering
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Madhushree Mrutyunjaya Happalad

  • Doctoral Student, Con­struc­tion Management, Archi­tec­ture and Civil Engineering
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Ahmet Arif Yakupogullari

  • Doctoral Student, Con­struc­tion Management, Archi­tec­ture and Civil Engineering
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Sean Elliot Wisse

  • Doctoral Student, Con­struc­tion Management, Archi­tec­ture and Civil Engineering
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Anders Efraim Ljung

  • Doctoral Student, Con­struc­tion Management, Archi­tec­ture and Civil Engineering
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Alexander Kjellgren

  • Doctoral Student, Con­struc­tion Management, Archi­tec­ture and Civil Engineering
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Viktor Eriksson

  • Doctoral Student, Con­struc­tion Management, Archi­tec­ture and Civil Engineering
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Secondary / Affiliated

Keith Hampson

  • Affiliate Professor, Con­struc­tion Management, Archi­tec­ture and Civil Engineering
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The Virtual Reality Lab

The Research Area have developed our own Lab Environment, visit the VR Lab.

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Contact

Mattias Roupé

  • Associate Professor, Con­struc­tion Management, Archi­tec­ture and Civil Engineering
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