Prof David Oloke

Prof. Oloke is an experienced Higher Education Senior Leader, Researcher, Engineering and Project Management Consultant. He is also a Principal Fellow of Advance HE (PFHEA) and Chartered Engineer and Chartered Construction Manager being Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE) and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building (FCIOB).

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Background

David Joined ARU in August 2025. He had served as Professor of Civil Engineering and Chief Academic Officer at the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) - leading the Academic and Student support teams of the university in course portfolio refresh and expansion and overall student experience.

Prior to NMITE, David was Head of Technical Education and Apprenticeships at the University of Brighton with strategic oversight of the University’s apprenticeship programmes. David has conducted research and published widely and has worked for University of Wolverhampton, Barneveld Consultants and Bureau Veritas as Senior Consultant and Principal Consultant respectively.

Research interests

• Sustainable buildings development
• Alteration and refurbishment of buildings
• Sustainable building materials
• Water supply infrastructure

Areas of research supervision

• Construction Health and Safety Management
• Digital Construction
• Civil Engineering
• Sustainable Developments

Teaching

Oversight of design and management of School of Engineering and Built Environment’s portfolio of courses in Architecture, Engineering and Construction.

Qualifications

• PGCert (HE) – Higher Education - University of Wolverhampton (UK)
• PhD – Construction Engineering and Management - University of Wolverhampton (UK)
• PGCert – Hydrometeorology – MASHAV (Israel)
• PG Cert – Management of Urban Water Supplies – Loughborough University (UK)
• MSc – Structural Engineering - Ahmadu Bello University (Nigeria)
• BEng (Civil) - Civil Engineering - University of Ilorin (Nigeria)

Memberships, editorial boards

• Principal Fellow (PFHEA) – Advance HE
• Fellow (FICE) – Institution of Civil Engineers
• Fellow (FCIOB) – Chartered Institute of Building
• Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng) – Engineering Council (ECUK)
• Associate Editor – Journal of Engineering Design and Technology (JEDT)
• Editorial Board – International Journal of Building Pathology and Building Adaptation (IJBPA)
• Member, ICE Knowledge Networks: Safety, Health & Wellbeing
• Member, ICE Knowledge Networks: Building Structures Design
• Ex Member, Civil Engineering Journal Advisory Panel
• Reviewer and Assessor for intending Registrants for the ICE Corporate Membership, End Point Assessments and Health and Safety Register
• Reviewer and Assessor for intending Fellowship candidates of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
• Book Reviewer for ICE Publishing, Emerald Publishing, and Taylor and Francis

Research grants, consultancy, knowledge exchange

Research and PhD Sponsorship funds – Over £1m secured from the Royal Society, Association of Commonwealth Universities, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, EU Smart Concept Funds, ERASMUS, UKRI, Office for Students, NDDC Doctoral Fellowships, TETFund Doctoral Fellowships, Abu Dhabi Police Force and several others funding various R&D initiatives and over 25 PhD candidates to completion.

Consultancy and Knowledge Exchange – Over £300m till date supporting projects relating to New Builds, Alteration and Refurbishment of Buildings, Infrastructure Development, Housing Schemes, and other Sustainable Development Project Initiatives. Several outputs have been generated from these consultancy and knowledge exchange activities in the form of edited book volumes, book chapters, keynote, and conference presentations. Some of these include:

Oloke, D (2025) Alteration and Refurbishment of Buildings – A Risk Management Approach - A case study of Ross House, UK, CIB World Building Congress, Indianapolis USA

Oloke, D (2022) Alteration and Refurbishment of Buildings – A conceptual framework for integrated Designers Risk Assessments - a case study of an Insulated Concrete Formwork framed project, IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 1101 032021

Oloke, D (Ed) (2020) Alteration and Refurbishment – Health and Safety Management, ICE (Emerald) Publishing

McAleenan C. and Oloke, D. (2015) ICE Manual of Health and Safety in Construction. ICE (Emerald) Publishing

McAleenan C. and Oloke, D. (2015) ICE Manual of Health and Safety in Construction. 2nd Edition. ICE (Emerald) Publishing

Selected recent publications

Hitt, S.J; Hairstans, R; Oloke, D; Bertasso, S.; Tamagnone, G; Shirley, B (2025) Developing modern construction professionals with a focus on timber–a UK case study, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Management, Procurement and Law. ISSN 1751-4304 | E-ISSN 1751-4312 Ahead of Print https://doi.org/10.1680/jmapl.24.00040 

Oduoza, C.F., Alamri, R. and Oloke, D. (2023), "Best practice for safety management – case of major oil processing country in the Middle East", Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-02-2023-0126

Cooney, J.P., Oloke, D. and Gyoh, L. (2023), "A novel heritage BIM (HBIM) framework development for heritage buildings refurbishment based on an investigative study of microorganisms", Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, Vol. 21 No. 4, pp. 1046-1082. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEDT-07-2021-0370

Oloke, D., Gyoh, L., Daniel, E.I., Oladinrin, O. and Abdallah, N. (2023), "The impact of disruptive events on built environment degree apprenticeship delivery – a case study of COVID-19", International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-09-2022-0147

Recent presentations and conferences

Oloke, D (2025) A Conceptual Framework For Implementing Safe Structural Options and Risk Assessments in the Alteration of Structures - A Case Study of Ross House, UK. CIB World Building Congress, Purdue, USA

Oloke, D (2025) Can industry integration into learning programmes enhance employability and the learning experience—or is there a better way? Roundtable Session at the Education Strategy Forum, De Vere Cotswold, UK

Oloke, D (2024) The NMITE HEI-Industry integrated Education and Skills Development Model. Presented to the skills forum of Seven High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapults at NMITE, Hereford

Oloke, D (2023) Enhancing Productivity, Policy Implementation and Performance by integrating the Apprentice Learner Journey within the University Student Experience Framework. University Vocational Awards Council (UVAC) Conference. Birmingham, UK

Obi, L., Oloke, D., Dawson, S. (2023) Degree apprenticeship in the built environment: transitioning to blended delivery model. 59th Annual Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) International Conference- Learning and Teaching in Built Environment stream Innovation in Built Environment Education (IBEE) : Global Learning Innovations- Innovation in Built Environment Education - Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Media experience

Who is David Oloke? Inspirational Feature for the Institution of Civil Engineers (2023)

Oloke, David (2021) The road from research to action: a sustainable engineering perspective | ACU. Mentor to the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) 2021 Commonwealth Futures Climate Research Cohort.

Oloke, David (2017) Smart City Exploration trip to Barcelona

David Oloke - Built-Environment and Innovation in Barcelona

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