DrArgaw Gurmu

Senior Lecturer, Construction Management

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Architecture and Built Environment

  • Senior Lecturer, Construction Management
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Architecture and Built Environment
  • +61 3 522 78663 (Work)
  • Geelong Waterfront Campus, 1 Gheringhap Street Geelong, Victoria 3220

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Building defects
  • Construction quality
  • Construction productivity
  • Construction management practices
  • Cost management
  • Construction economics
  • Sustainable construction

 

GRANTS

  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Promoting Quality Assurance in Prefabricated and Modular Construction: Mitigating Potential Defects
    School of Architecture and Built Environment1 Apr 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Gurmu A,
    • Mills A,
    • Kite J
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Framework for Mitigating Non-compliance Risks in Domestic Buildings in Victoria, Australia.
    School of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University1 Apr 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Future Proofing QS: Reimagining QS Roles and Skill Set
    School of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University1 Apr 2024 - 30 Nov 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Gurmu A,
    • Mills A
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Analysis of defects waste in low rise residential building in Victoria
    School of Architecture and Built Environment3 Mar 2023 - 31 Oct 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Gurmu A,
    • Karunasena G,
    • Udawatta N,
    • Shooshtarian S,
    • Maqsood T
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Analysis of Defects Waste in Low-Rise Residential Buildings in Victoria
    School of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University1 Mar 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
    People funded by this grant:
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Causes of Water Ingress into Low-rise Residential Buildings: A study of Construction Practices of Footing Systems.
    Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University1 Feb 2023 - 30 Dec 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Gurmu A
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Analysis of Water Ingress into Low-rise Residential Buildings:  A study of Footings Construction Practices and Selected Australian Standards
    School of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University1 Mar 2022 - 31 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Gurmu A
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Developing Plumbing Defects Management Tool for Residential Buildings
    Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University1 Feb 2022 - 31 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Gurmu A
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Developing Quality Assurance Framework for Medium to Large-sized Domestic Volume Builders in Australia
    Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University2 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Facility management of nursing homes
    School of Architecture and Built Enviornment⁠7 May 2021 - 31 Oct 2021
    People funded by this grant:
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Building Price Outlook: Reviewing the Modelling of Developing Building Price Data.
    1 May 2021 - 31 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors - $18,181.81
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Stakeholders’ Perceptions of the Causes and Impacts of Defects in High-Rise Buildings
    School of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University2 Mar 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Gurmu A
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Demystifying the root causes of defects in high-rise residential buildings
    Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University1 Feb 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Gurmu A
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Investigation of defects in detached housing
    Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Gurmu A,
    • Kite J
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Sustainable Building Construction: Introducing Social License to Operate into the Australian Construction Industry
    School of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University1 Apr 2020 - 31 Dec 2020
    People funded by this grant: