Dr Franco Muleya

Dr Franco Muleya

Associate Professor
Quantity Surveying Programme

Academic Qualifications
  • 2015, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, UK, PhD-Modelling Construction plant performance
  • 2005, University of Manchester, UK, MSc Management of Projects
  • 2000, Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia, BSc Building Science (Quantity Surveying and Construction Management)
  • 2008: Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya, Post graduate certificate in Designing, Planning and Implementing Research and other projects
  • 2006: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden and University of Botswana, Advanced Postgraduate Certificate in Financing and Management of Local Infrastructure Initiatives from
Professional Experience
  • 2019-2017. National Science and Technology Council Project, Deputy Principal investigator for the development of the PPP framework for research and Innovation funded by the National Scientific and Technology Council of Zambia
  • 2003–2001: Chief Quantity Surveyor and Estimator, Prowess Limited, Zambia
  • 2001–1999: Site Engineer and Quality assurance & Control Engineer. Murray and Roberts contractors international, Zambia
Research Interests
  • Public Private Partnerships
  • Sustainable construction materials and methods
  • Risk Management
Selected Publications
  • Fobiri, G., Musonda, I. and Muleya, F. (2025), "Using reality capture technology for efficient cost valuation and work verification of construction projects", Construction Innovation, Vol. 25 No. 7, pp. 50-75. https://doi.org/10.1108/CI-08-2024-0223
  • Tembo, C. Muleya, F. & Kajimo-Shakantu, K. (2024), Advocating for facilities management through the various BIM dimensions, Development and Investment in Infrastructure in Developing Countries – Musonda et al (Eds) © 2025 The Authors, ISBN 978-1-032-77048-2. Open Access: www.taylorfrancis.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. DOI: 10.1201/9781003483519-23
  • Muleya, F. Chikanta, E, Kajimo-Shakantu & Lungu, A, K. (2024), Student information system efficacy for BIM readiness in higher education institutions, Development and Investment in Infrastructure in Developing Countries – Musonda et al (Eds). © 2025 The Authors, ISBN 978-1-032-77048-2. DOI: 10.1201/9781003483519-60, Open Access: www.taylorfrancis.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
  • Musonda, Innocent, Sambo Zulu, and Franco Muleya, 'The Construction Sector in Zambia', in Horman Chitonge, and others (eds), The Oxford Handbook of the Zambian Economy (2024; online edn, Oxford Academic, 19 Sept. 2024), https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192864222.013.29, accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
  • Sikombe, S., Muleya, F., Phiri, J., Zulu, S., Simasiku, P. L., & Situtu, M. (2024). A guiding framework for promoting public-private partnerships in research and innovation: Evidence from a developing country context. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 16(6), 737–750. https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2024.2381325
  • Muleya, F., Tembo, C. K., Phiri, E., & Zulu, S. (2023). Deciphering cultural differences between local and foreign contracting firms using Hofstede’s national culture model in the construction industry. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 8(1), 100728.
  • Tembo, C. K., Hangoka, P., & Muleya, F. (2023). Utility of Professional Indemnity Insurance in the Building Sector. Journal of Engineering, Project & Production Management, 13(1).
  • Chioma Okoro, Franco Muleya and Innocent Musonda (2022). Assessing the role of planning and considerations in the sustainability of BRT-PPP projects: A South African case. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 27(2): 205–234. https://doi.org/10.21315/jcdc-04-21-0064
  • Tembo, C.K., Muleya, F. and Phiri, E. (2021), "Demystifying performance difference between local and foreign contractors through organisational culture", Built Environment Project and Asset Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-02-2021-0029
  • Muleya, Franco, Muwila, Natasha, Tembo, Chipozya Kosta and Lungu, Alice. "Partial replacement of cement with rice husk ash in concrete production: an exploratory cost-benefit analysis for low-income communities" Engineering Management in Production and Services, vol.13, no.3, 2021, pp.127-141. https://doi.org/10.2478/emj-2021-0026
  • Muleya Franco, Mulenga Bodwin, Zulu Sambo, Nwaubani Sunday, Tembo Kosta Chipozya and Mushota Henry (2020) " Investigating the suitability and cost-benefit of copper tailings as partial replacement of sand in concrete in Zambia: an exploratory study ", Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, DOI 10.1108/JEDT-05-2020- 0186
  • Muleya Franco, Zulu Sambo and Nanchengwa Petra Chambwe (2019): Investigating the role of the public private partnership act on private sector participation in PPP projects: a case of Zambia, International Journal of Construction Management, DOI: 10.1080/15623599.2019.1703088