Professor Ronald McCaffer

• Research work funded by EPSRC, Industry, Government departments and the EU in construction management in and the use of ICT in construction
• Contributions to the national and international research agenda include membership of EPSRC's Technical Opportunities Panel, chair of EPSRC reviews, membership of Research Assessment Panels for the UK and for Hong Kong's University Grants Committee
• Publishing history includes books, journal articles and conference papers

Books

Construction Management

• Harris, F.C. and McCaffer, R. June 1977. Modern Construction Management, 1st Edition. Blackwell Scientific Publishing
• Harris, F.C. and McCaffer, R. January 1983. Modern Construction Management, 2nd Edition. Blackwell Scientific Publishing
• Harris, F.C. and McCaffer, R. June 1989. Modern Construction Management, 3rd Edition, 503 pages. Blackwell Scientific Publishing
• Harris, F.C. and McCaffer, R. 1995. Modern Construction Management, Chinese Translation, ISBN 7-302-01729-8. Blackwell Scientific Publishing
• Harris, F.C. and McCaffer, R. June 1995. Modern Construction Management, 4th Edition, 568 pages, ISBN 0-632-03897-7. Blackwell Scientific Publishing
• Harris, F.C. and McCaffer, R. January 2001. Modern Construction Management, 5th Edition, 588 pages, ISBN 0-632-05513-8. Blackwell Scientific Publishing
• Harris, F.C. and McCaffer, R. July 2006. Modern Construction Management,
• 6th Edition, 666 pages, ISBN 10: 1-4051-3325-2 / ISBN 13: 978-1-4051-3325-. Blackwell Scientific Publishing
• Harris, F.C. and McCaffer, R. 2000. Modern Construction Management, Spanish Translation, ISBN 84-252-1714-8. Blackwell Scientific Publishing
• Harris, F.C. and McCaffer, R. 2002. Modern Construction Management, Chinese Translation, ISBN 7-112-04496-0. Blackwell Scientific Publishing
• Harris, F.C. and McCaffer, R. 1978. Worked Examples in Construction Management, 1st Edition, 171 pages, ISBN 0 246 11370 7. Granada Publishing (now Blackwell Scientific Publishing)
• Harris, F.C. and McCaffer, R. Worked Examples in Construction Management, 2nd Edition, 1986, 240 pages, ISBN 0-00-383216-3. Granada Publishing (now Blackwell Scientific Publishing)
• Harris, F.C. and McCaffer, R. Worked Examples in Construction Management, Arabic translation, 2000, ISBN 9960-05-913-8. Granada Publishing (now Blackwell Scientific Publishing)
• Harris, F.C. and McCaffer, R. 2013. Modern Construction Management, 7th edition, 576 pages, ISBN-10: 047067217X / ISBN-13: 978-0470672174. Wiley-Blackwell
• Prof. Frank Harris, Prof. Ronald McCaffer, Andrew Baldwin, Francis Edum-Fotwe. Jan 2021. Modern Construction Management, 8th Edition, 608, 978-1119488347. Wiley-Blackwell

Construction Plant Management

• Edwards, D.J., Harris, F.C.and McCaffer, R. 2003. Management of Off-Highway Plant and Equipment, pp. 307, ISBN 0 415 251281 and ISBN: 0415251273. E & FN Spon, London.
• Harris, F.C. and McCaffer, R. September 1982. Construction Plant: Management and Investment Decisions, 1st Edition, 250 pages, ISBN 0-246-11240-9. Blackwell Scientific Publishing
• Harris, F.C. and McCaffer, R. 1991. Management of construction equipment, 280 pages, ISBN 0-333-52727-5. MacMillan Education Ltd

Estimating and Tendering

• McCaffer, R. and Baldwin, A.N. 1984. Estimating and tendering for civil engineering works, 1st Edition, 359 pages, ISBN 0-246-11884-9. Blackwell Scientific Publishing
• McCaffer, R. and Baldwin, A.N. 1991. Estimating and tendering for civil engineering works, 2nd Edition, , 330 pages, ISBN 0-632-02952-8. Blackwell Scientific Publishing
• McCaffer, R. and Baldwin, A.N. 1992. Estimating and tendering for civil engineering works, Chinese Translation. Blackwell Scientific Publishing
• McCaffer, R. (Editor). March 1974, June 1974. 'Estimating', Proceedings of conferences held at Loughborough University of Technology, September 1973. Publisher: Northwood Publications

Bid Preparation

• Baldwin, A.N. McCaffer, R. and Oteifa, S. 1995. International Bidding Case Study, International Bidding Case Study, 150 pages, ISBN 92-2-108268-7, ISSN 1020-0142. ILO Publications
• Baldwin, A.N., McCaffer, R. and Oteifa, S. 1995. International Bid Preparation, 130 pages, ISBN 92-2-108752-2, ISSN 1020-0142. ILO Publications

Contributions

• McCaffer, R. and Baldwin, A.N. 1995. 'Estimating for Construction', in Project Cost Estimating, Smith, M.J. (Ed), pp 34-50, ISBN 0 7277 2032 5. Thomas Telford Ltd
• McCaffer, R. and Baldwin, A.N. 1995. 'Tender Adjudication', in Project Cost Estimating, Smith, N.J. (Ed), pp 60-68, ISBN 0 7277 2032 5. Thomas Telford Ltd

Chapter in Books

• McCaffer, R. September 1977. 'Contractors Management Game' included as a chapter in 'Aspects of simulation and gaming', a selected anthology of Sagset Journals, Vols. 1 to 4. Editor Jacquetta Megany. Kogan Page
• McCaffer, R and Thorpe, A. 1990. 'Estimating strategies and methods', chapter in 'Competitive advantage in construction', Chapter 6, pp 163-194. Butterworths
• Ahmed, V, Thorpe, A and McCaffer, R. 1997. MERIT 2: A Construction Management Simulation. The International Simulation and Gaming Year Book. Vol 5, ISBN 07494 21746

Editor

• McCaffer, R. September 1994. Engineering Construction and Architectural Management, First Volume. Emerald

• Extensive teaching experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in construction subjects
• External examining experience in the UK and internationally

The MERIT Simulation

MERIT is a state-of-the-art WEB-based simulation of the management of a construction company.

MERIT was originally developed in 1988 and has been used since then as the annual National Construction Industry Business game for the Institution of Civil Engineers. A total of more than 15,000 young construction executives have experience training with MERIT, making it the most widely used and cost-effective training facilities in construction.

MERIT is a pseudonym for Management, Enterprise, Risk, Innovation and Teamwork.

It provides the essentials for construction professionals to augment their technical knowledge with the managerial skills required to manage a modern construction company.

Participants learn how to manage their own virtual company by making decisions that affect the various functions of the business, such as marketing, tendering, finance, overheads, personnel and construction, all in a 'safe' but realistic and competitive environment.

MERIT has been used in UK Universities and in  Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Hong Kong,Australia, New Zealand,India, South Africa, Middle East, Europe, USA, Brazil.

MERIT is available as a training exercise on its own or as part of course programme in construction management for company in-house training or educational institutions. It can be operated on-site or run remotely anywhere in the world with internet access with the processing taking place at Loughborough.

For further details please visit The Merit simulation

Born and educated in Glasgow, Ronald McCaffer studied Civil Engineering at Strathclyde University, graduating in 1965 with a BSc in Civil Engineering.

• Awarded PhD in 1977 from Loughborough University and DSc in 1998 from University of Strathclyde
• Elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1991
• Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2009
• Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Chartered Institute of Building
• Industry experience with Babtie, Shaw and Morton; the Nuclear Power Group at Hinkley Point 'B' nuclear power station; and Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd before taking up an academic career at Loughborough University

Consultancy and Representative Work

Consultancy, representative, committee work and other duties regularly undertaken for EPSRC, Professional institutions, Government departments, Industry and other Universities.

International

• International experience includes development of research and teaching programmes, assessment of research, co-operative research work, and external examining in 10 non-European countries as well as extensively in Europe

Management Executive and Company Directorships

• Senior Management at Loughborough University includes six years as Head of Department, five years as Dean of Engineering, five years as Deputy Vice-Chancellor and four years as Director of Strategic Business Partnerships, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer (dealing with intellectual property licensing, spin-out companies, an incubation centre and strategic partnerships)
• Experience has included Chairman of three companies and director of another four