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Pedro Mêda holds a PhD degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management from the University of Porto, Faculty of Engineering (Portugal). Works as Civil Engineer, Project Manager and Researcher at ICS - Instituto para a Construção Sustentável (former IC), an interface institution of the University of Porto with industry. He is also a specialist member of Ordem dos Engenheiros in Construction Management and was engaged in several roles in the administrative councils of this entity. He is continuously involved in applied research, R&D&I Projects, and Training actions with construction industry stakeholders, both in Portugal and abroad, primarily focusing on information systems, information requirements throughout the construction life cycle, digital product passports, digital building logbooks, costs, and public procurement. He has also several participations as part of teams forecasting relevant investments such as the Independent Technical Commission for the location of the new airport for the Lisbon area. Had several participations in education discussions and worked on a comparative study for the definition of competencies for Civil Engineers. He is a member of ISO/TC 59 SC 13, CIB W078 and EC3 Modelling and Standards committee. Is Associate Editor of the ICE - Journal of Management, Procurement and Law and reviews for other scientific journals. Between 2018 and 2025, I was a member of the ENAEE Label Committee. Recently, he has been involved in national and international projects and consultancy services in the domain of Circular Economy, Construction Products Regulation, Digital Product Passports and Digital Building Logbooks.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Pedro Mêda Magalhães

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5015-62AF-3ED3
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4380-5530
Education
Degree Classification
2013/09/01 - 2014/02/04
Concluded
 Engenharia Civil (Mestrado)
Major in Construções Civis
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Integrated Construction Organization - Contributions to the Portuguese Framework" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14
2000/09/01 - 2005/07/19
Concluded
 Engenharia Civil (Licenciatura)
Major in Construções Civis
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2005/09/01 - 2009/09/30 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2009/10/01 - Current Consultoria, Projetos, Formação, Investigação Instituto da Construção, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Ignacio Bernardino-Galeana; Carmen Llatas; María Victoria Montes; Bernardette Soust-Verdaguer; Jacinto Canivell; Pedro Meda. "Life Cycle Cost (LCC) and Sustainability. Proposal of an IFC Structure to Implement LCC During the Design Stage of Buildings". 404-426. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-61118-7_33
Conference paper
  1. "Mechanization of Construction Tasks: Level Assessment and Craft Workforce Awareness". 2021.
    10.35490/ec3.2021.172
  2. "Human Data Interaction in Sensored Sites, Challenges of the Craft Workforce Dimension". 2021.
    10.35490/ec3.2021.171
  3. "Enabling circular construction information flows using data templates – conceptual frameworks based on waste audit action". 2021.
    10.35490/ec3.2021.208
  4. Antunes, J.; Mêda, P.; Sousa, H.; Moreira, J.; Pouseiro, A.; Antunes, N.. "Enquadramento legal da reabilitação urbana: Diagnóstico e recomendações legislativas". 2018.
  5. Sousa, H.; Mêda, P.; Moreira, J.; Costa, R.. "Construction products information – Importance and influence towards digitalization". 2018.
  6. Mêda, P.; Hjelseth, E.; Sousa, H.. "Construction information framework—the role of classification systems". 2016.
  7. Hjelseth, E.; Mêda, P.. "Is BIM-based product documentation based on applicable principles?— practical use in Norway and Portugal". 2016.
  8. Mêda, P.; Sousa, H.; Moreira, J.. "Pronic on the schools refurbishment program – Contributions for the construction process improvement". 2016.
  9. Maia, L.; Mêda, P.; Freitas, J.G.. "BIM Methodology, a New Approach - Case Study of Structural Elements Creation". 2015.
    10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.032
  10. Mêda, P.; Sousa, H.. "Information consistency on construction - Case study of correlation between classification systems for construction types". 2015.
  11. Mêda, P.; Sousa, H.. "O património industrial na perspetiva da engenharia - exemplos ligados aos caminhos de ferro". 2014.
  12. Meda, P.; Sousa, H.; Moreira, J.. "Contributos do pronic para a reabilitação do património edificado - processo e tecnologia". 2014.
  13. Sousa, H.; Mêda, P.. "Collaborative construction based on work breakdown structures". 2012.
Journal article
  1. Pedro Mêda; Diego Calvetti; Eilif Hjelseth; Hipólito Sousa. "Incremental Digital Twin Conceptualisations Targeting Data-Driven Circular Construction". Buildings (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11110554.
    10.3390/buildings11110554
  2. Diego Calvetti; Pedro Nuno Mêda Magalhães; Sujesh Francis Sujan; Miguel Chichorro Gonçalves; Hipólito José Campos de Sousa. "Challenges of upgrading craft workforce into Construction 4.0: framework and agreements". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Management, Procurement and Law 173 4 (2020): 158-165. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmapl.20.00004.
    10.1680/jmapl.20.00004
  3. Monteiro, A.; Mêda, P.; Poças Martins, J.. "Framework for the coordinated application of two different integrated project delivery platforms". Automation in Construction 38 (2014): 87-99. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84890513766&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.autcon.2013.11.003
  4. Sousa, H.; Mêda, P.; Carvalho, P.. "Electronic procurement on construction works-offer evaluation methodologies". eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction - Proceedings of the European Conference on Product and Process Modelling 2012, ECPPM 2012 (2012): 701-706. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84863527153&partnerID=MN8TOARS.