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Dr Bee-Lan Oo

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BBCM (Hons) (UNSW), PhD (HK PolyU)
Lecturer
Construction Management



School of Civil Engineering, Room 314
Phone: +61 2 9351 2122
Fax: +61 2 9351 3343
Email: B.Oo@usyd.edu.au

About Bee

Bee started in Singapore construction firms as a Quantity Surveyor. In 2004, Bee obtained her bachelor degree in Building Construction Management from UNSW. She then moved to Hong Kong for her PhD studies in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Bee obtained her PhD degree in September 2007 and started as a Research Fellow in the National University of Singapore before joining the USYD.

Research interests & current/recent research projects

  • Construction management and economics
  • Construction contract bidding
  • Construction procurement strategies
  • Quantitative methods

Publications

  • Journals
  • Oo BL, Drew D and Lo HP (2007), Applying a random-coefficients logistic model to contractors’ decision to bid, Construction Management and Economics, 25 (4), p. 387-398.
  • Oo BL, Drew D and Lo HP (2007), Modelling contractors’ mark-up behaviour in different construction markets, Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 14 (5), p. 447-462.
  • Oo BL, Drew D and Lo HP (2007), A comparison of contractors’ decision to bid behaviour according to different market environments, International Journal of Project Management (in press).
  • Oo BL, Drew D and Lo HP (2007), A heterogeneous approach to modelling the contractors’ decision to bid, Journal of Construction, Engineering and Management ASCE (under review).
  • Oo BL, Drew D and Lo HP (2007), A comparison of construction market environments in deciding to bid or not to bid, Australian Journal of Construction Economics and Buildings (under review).
  • Oo BL, Drew D and Lo HP (2008), Modelling the heterogeneity in contractors’ mark-up behaviour, Construction Management and Economics, (under review).
  • Conference Proceedings
  • Oo BL and Drew D (2005), The effect of market conditions and number of bidders on contractors' bidding behaviour across countries, CIB W102 Intl Conf Proceedings:219-28, Institute Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, 19-20 May.
  • Oo BL and Drew D (2005),The bidding environments in the Hong Kong and Singapore construction industries, ICCREM Intl Conf, Penang, 12-13 Dec.
  • Oo BL, Drew D and Lo HP (2007), Applying an experimental approach to comparing contractors’ bidding behaviour in different competitive environments, CME 25 Anniversary International Conference , Reading, London, 16-18 July.

Teaching and Learning

Teaching Duties

  • CIVL3805 Project Scope, Time and Cost Management

School & University Service

  • TBA

Professional Service and Memberships

  • TBA