Dr Payam Salamati is a Lecturer in Construction Project Management and Programme Leader of the BSc in Construction Project Management within the School of Engineering.

He graduated with a BSc in Civil Engineering and land surveying in 2009 and He also worked in the construction consultant company for three years following completion. He continued his education with an MSc in Construction Project Management at the University of Salford and graduated in 2015.

He turned to construction management and the impact of natural disasters on hospitals. He was awarded his PhD in Construction Management from the University of Salford in 2021. His PhD thesis at the University of Salford has been based on disaster management and the title of his PhD thesis is Building the resilience of Iranian hospitals to earthquake & flood disasters.

Dr Payam Salamati worked previously at Northampton University, Global Banking School (GBS) in partnership with Bath SPA University, and the University of Salford,and Since August 2022 he joined the University of Bolton as a full-time lecturer in construction project management. He currently teaches Construction Project Management, Project finance Sustainable Construction, and Geospatial Surveying modules.

He has over 10 years of academic and industrial experiences in areas of construction project management, land surveying, disaster management, which also involved working in Iran, and the UK. His current research interests are of BIM and digital technologies in Construction, Off Site Construction, Risk management, Sustainability in Construction Industry, Project Management in Construction, Disaster management, Sustainable and Resilient Urban Developments.

Research Interests and Research Subject Specialisms:
BIM and digital technologies in Construction, Off Site Construction, Risk management, Sustainability in Construction Industry, Project Management in Construction, Disaster management, Sustainable and Resilient Urban Developments

Teaching specialisms;
Construction Project Management, Project finance Sustainable construction, and Geospatial Surveying modules.

Publications and Research:
1) Salehi, S., Jalili Ghazizadeh, M., Tabesh, M., Valadi, S., & Salamati Nia, S. P. (2020). A risk component-based model to determine pipes renewal strategies in water distribution networks. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering,1-22.
2) Salamati Nia, S. P., Kulatunga, U., Udeaja, C. E., & Valadi, S. (2018). Implementing GIS to improve hospital efficiency in natural disasters. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences,369-373.
3) Salamati Nia, S. P., & Kulatunga, U. (2017). Safety and security of hospitals during natural disasters: challenges of disaster managers. International journal of safety and security engineering, 7(2),234-246.
4) Salamati Nia, S. P.,&Kulatunga, Investigating the preparedness of Hospitals in catastrophic events. 1stCongress on Hospital Disaster Management Tehran university of medical science 2019, Tehran, Iran.
5) Salamati Nia, S. P., & Kulatunga C. Udeaja, and S. Valadi, Implementing GIS to improve hospital efficiency in natural disasters. Geo-Information for Disaster Management 8th -21st of March 2018,Istanbul Turkey.
6) Salamati Nia, S. P., & Kulatunga, Investigating the Disaster Preparedness of Iranian Hospitals in DisasterEvents.3rdIFIPConferenceonInformationTechnologyinDisasterRiskReduction (ITDRR2018), Poznan, Poland.
7) Salamati Nia, S. P.,& Kulatunga, U.(2017). The importance of disaster management and impact of natural disasters on hospitals. University of Salford, Manchester, UK.
8) Salamati Nia, S. P., & Kulatunga, U. (2017). The challenges of hospital disaster managers in natural disaster events. 5th International Conference on Disaster Management and Human Health: Reducing Risk, Improving Outcomes,7-9June2017,Seville,Spain.
9) Salamati Nia, S. P.,& Kulatunga, U .(2017).The importance of disaster management and impact of natural disasters on hospitals. The 6th World Construction Symposium 2017: What' Next in the Built Environment Sustainability Agenda? Colombo, Sri Lanka
10) Salamati Nia, S. P.,& Kulatunga, U. The importance of Disasters management and Impact of it into Hospitals SPARC(2016) University of Salford, Manchester, UK.

Professional Online Profile Links (e.g. LinkedIn)
linkedin.com/in/payamsalamati