VDM Okumbe, J: Contractual Awareness in the Construction Industr

James Ouko Okumbe hails from Wagusu Village in Bondo District in the Republic of Kenya. He is a leading and recognized professional consultant, researcher and academician who has practiced in the Botswana construction industry for the last thirteen years in the field of Quantity Surveying. He is currently a Lecturer at Central University of Technology,South Africa in Quantity Surveying and Construction management. He holds an MSc. degree in the Built Environment (Construction Management). He is also a PhD scholar in Quantity Surveying in the University of the Free State. His researches have been published on scholarly journals in Botswana, South Africa, Europe, USA etc and are available online. He is the Managing Director of Jamax Consultants; Quantity Surveyors, Project Managers and Construction Cost Consultants. He is a member of the following professional bodies: Member of the Botswana Institute of Arbitrators; (MBIArB) Member of Botswana Institute of Development Professions;(MBIDP) Member of the South African Association of Quantity Surveyors (MAQS); Corporate member of the Chartered Institute of Building;(MCIOB)