Dr. MAHMOUD SODANGI
B.Sc. QUANTITY SURVEYING
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, NIGERIA
M.Sc. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA
PhD CIVIL ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS, MALAYSIA
Dr Mahmoud Sodangi
PERSONAL DETAILS
NAME:
Dr. Mahmoud Sodangi
SPECIALIZATION
Facilities Management, Construction Project Management, ,
Construction Contract Management and Quantity Surveying
PRESENT POSITION
Assistant Professor
PRESENT EMPLOYER
University of Dammam
OFFICE ADDRESS:
PROFESSIONL AFFILIATION
Building No. 800, Department of Construction Engineering,
College of Engineering, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi
Arabia.
Member, Malaysian Association of Facility Management
MOBILE PHONE NO:
+966-53-753-9630
E-MAIL:
misodangi@ud.edu.sa
RESEARCH AWARD
Winner of the Best Research Paper Award for Paper Entitled Development of Maintenance Management
Framework for the Conservation of Heritage Buildings at International Conference of Civil Offshore &
Environmental Engineering, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on June 14th, 2012.
RESEARCH INVOLVEMENT
Title
Team
Position
Duration
Sponsor
Budget
Status
Development
of
Building
Information
Modelling (BIM)
Implementation
Framework
for
Improving
Construction
Subcontracting
Performance
Dr
Mahmoud
Sodangi
Principal
Investigator
2 years
University of
Dammam
SR200,000
On-going
Dr
Muhammad
Saleem
Development
of
Cost
Estimation
Framework
for
Decommissioning
Offshore Oil and
Gas Installations in
Malaysian Waters
Dr
Mahmoud
Sodangi
Dr Noor
Amila
Dr. Shahir
Liew
Principal
Investigator
1 year
Petroliam
Nasional
Berhad
USD
50,000
Completed
Development
of
Maintenance
Management
Framework for the
Conservation
of
heritage Buildings
Prof Arazi
Idrus
Dr
Mahmoud
Sodangi
Dr Noor
Amila
Principal
Investigator
Dr Ahmed
Salman
April 2013
(PETRONAS)
3 years
2
Universiti
Teknologi
PETRONAS
USD
30,000
Completed
April 2012
Dr Mahmoud Sodangi
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
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Mahmoud Sodangi, Mohd Faris Khamidi, Arazi Idrus, Dabo Baba Hammad and Abdullahi Ahmed
Umar (2014). Best Practice Criteria for Sustainable Maintenance Management of Heritage Buildings in
Malaysia. Procedia Engineering, Vol. 77 Pp. 11-19 (Elsevier – ISI Index)
Abdulganiyu Otairu, Abdullahi Ahmed Umar, Noor Amila Wan Abdullah Zawawi, Mahmoud
Sodangi and Dabo B. Hammad (2014). Slow adoption of PPP in developing countries: Survey of
Nigerian Construction professionals. Procedia Engineering, Vol. 77, pp. 188-195 (Elsevier – ISI
Index)
Dabo B. Hammad, Nasir Shafiq, Muhd Fadhil Nuruddin and Mahmoud Sodangi (2014). Criticality
Analysis of Defects in Civil Engineering Structures: Case of Onshore Process Plant. Procedia
Engineering, Vol. 77, pp. 53-60 (published in Elsevier – ISI Index).
Sodangi, M., Khamidi, M.F., and Idrus, A. (2013). Maintenance Management Challenges for Heritage
Buildings used as Royal Museums in Malaysia. Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental
Sustainability. Vol. 1 (1): pp. 23-28.
Sodangi, M. Khamidi, M.F., and Idrus, A. (2013). Towards Sustainable Heritage Building
Conservation in Malaysia. Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Sustainability. Vol. 1 (1):
pp. 54-61.
Sodangi, M., Idrus, A. and Khamidi, F.M. (2012). Development of maintenance management
framework for the conservation of heritage buildings. In Proceedings of International Conference Civil,
Offshore and Environmental Engineering (ICCOEE2012), 12-14 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur
Convention Center, Malaysia.
Idrus, A., Sodangi, M. and Husin, M. H. (2011). Prioritizing Project Performance Criteria within
Client Perspective. Research Journal of Applied Sciences Engineering and Technology, 3(10): 11421151. (ISI & SCOPUS INDEX).
Idrus, A., Sodangi, M. and Amran, M. A. (2011). Decision Criteria for Selecting Main Contractors in
Malaysia. Research Journal of Applied Sciences Engineering and Technology, 3(12): 1358-1365. (ISI
& SCOPUS INDEX).
Idrus, A., Sodangi, M. and Yaakob, J. (2011). Legal Effect of Breach of Warranty in Construction
Insurance in Malaysia. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, 3(12):
1366-1373 (ISI & SCOPUS INDEX).
Sodangi, M., Idrus, A., Khamidi, F. and Adam, D. (2011). Environmental Factors Threatening the
Survival of Heritage Buildings in Nigeria. South Asian Journal for Tourism and Heritage, Vol. 4, No.
2, 38-53.
Sodangi, M. Bin Idrus, A. Khamidi, F.M. (2011) Examining the maintenance management practices
for conservation of heritage buildings in Malaysia. National Postgraduate Conference (IEEE - NPC),
vol., no., pp.1,7, 19-20 Sept. 2011 (SCOPUS INDEX).
Sodangi, M., Idrus, A., Khamidi, F. and Adam, D.E. (2011). Maintenance Management of National
Heritage Buildings in Malaysia. 3rd International Conference on Architectural Heritage, Gaza,
Palestine, 26-27 April.
Idrus, A., Khamidi, F. and Sodangi, M. (2010). Maintenance Management Framework for
conservation of Heritage Buildings in Malaysia. Journal of Modern Applied Science, Vol. 4, No. 11 pp
66-77 (SCOPUS INDEX).
Idrus, A. and Sodangi, M. (2010). Framework for Evaluating Quality Performance of Contractors in
Nigeria. International Journal of Civil & Environmental Engineering IJCEE-IJENS Vol. 10 No. 01,
34-39 Sodangi, M., Idrus, A. and Khamidi, M. F. (2010). Measuring Quality Performance in
Construction. International Conference on Sustainable Building and Infrastructure (ICSBI 2010),
Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, June.
Ibrahim, A.D. and Sodangi, M. (2007). An Assessment of Quality Performance in Construction using
Clients’ Perspectives of Contractors’ Project-Level Quality Performance. The Information Manager,
Journal published by the Department of Library and Information Science (ABU, Zaria), Vol. 7 No. 1,
pp. 22-31, ISSN: 1596-5422.
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Dr Mahmoud Sodangi
RELATED WORKING EXPERIENCE
PERIOD
PLACE OF
WORK
POSITION
HELD
DUTIES
DURATION
25.06.2013
University of
Dammam
Assistant
Professor
Teaching & Research
(Construction Management)
Still in service
Offshore
Engineering
Centre,
Universiti
Teknologi
PETRONAS,
Perak, Malaysia
Post-doctoral
Researcher
Teaching & Research
(Construction Project Management)
6 months
Universiti
Teknologi
PETRONAS,
Perak, Malaysia
Research
Assistant
Teaching & Research
(Construction Project Management)
6 months
Universiti
Teknologi
PETRONAS,
Perak, Malaysia
Graduate
Assistant
Teaching & Research
3½ years
University
Teknologi
Malaysia,
Johor, Malaysia
Teaching
Assistant
to
Date
24.02.2013
to
02.08.2013
03.09.2012
to
22.02.2013
21.07. 2009
to
31.08.2012
01.08. 2008
to
30.06.2009
Mar 2004
to
Ministry of Lands
& Housing, Ilorin,
Nigeria
Research – Facilities Management
Teaching – Construction Project
Management
Quantity
Surveyor
Teaching
(Cost Estimation)
1 year
Preparing Bill of Quantities
2 years
Tender Evaluation
Feb 2006
June 2006
to
June 2008
Banu Salihu
Construction
Limited,
Kaduna, Nigeria
Construction
Site Manager
General management of construction
project sites
4
2 years
Dr Mahmoud Sodangi
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION (Medium of Instruction: English Language)
YEAR
21.10. 2012
15.08. 2009
QUALIFICATION
OBTAINED
SUBJECTS/SPECIALIZATION
Universiti Teknologi
PETRONAS, Malaysia
PhD Civil Eng
Thesis Title: Development of maintenance
management framework for conservation of
heritage buildings in Malaysia
Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia, Skudai,
Johor, Malaysia
M.Sc. Construction
Contract Management
M Sc Thesis: Legal effect of breach of
warranty in construction insurance in
Malaysia
INSTITUTION
Subjects Studied include: Land Law; Law
of Contract; Law of Sale of Goods; Law
of Tort; Law of Agency; Construction
Project Management; Project Development
Economics;
Dispute
Resolution
&
Professional
Liabilities;
Construction
Procurement & Contractual Arrangement;
Management
Information
System;
Construction Contract Studies, and
Statistics & Operational Research.
17.11. 2004
Ahmadu Bello
University Zaria,
Nigeria
B.Sc. Quantity
Surveying
Final year project: Assessing the quality
performance of contractors in the Nigerian
construction industry
Subjects studied include: Construction
Technology; Measurement of Building
Works;
Construction
Management;
Principles of Management;
Price
Analysis; Law of Contract; Law of Tort;
Arbitration;
Economic
Analysis;
Prof. Practice & Procedure; Construction
Contract & Admin; Cost Control;
Information Tech; Civil Engineering
Materials
and
Civil
Engineering
Measurement
Dec. 1998
Abubakar Gumi
College, Kaduna,
Nigeria
Senior School
Certificate
5
Maths, English Language and Science
Subjects
Dr Mahmoud Sodangi
REFEREES
NAME
OFFICIAL ADDRESS
Dr Ismaila Abubakar Rimi
College of Architecture & Planning,
University of Dammam, Dammam,
Saudi Arabia
Associate
Professor
irabubakar@ud.edu.sa
Dr. Nuhu Dalhat Muazu
College of Engineering, University
of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi
Arabia
Assistant
Professor
nmdalhat@ud.edu.sa
Dr. Nouruddeen Bashir Umar
Institute of High Voltage & High
Current (IVAT), Faculty of
Electrical Engineering, Universiti
Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM
SKudai, Johor, Malaysia
Senior
Lecturer
nour@utm.my
Nigerian Communications
Commission (NCC), Plot 423
Aguiyi Ironsi Street Maitama
Abuja, Nigeria.
Spectrum
Engineer
Engr. Yahaya Ibrahim Goma
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POSITION
E-MAIL
nour@fke.utm.my
ygoma79@yahoo.com