Sr Dr. Noor Azeyah Dato' Khiyon
Sr Dr. Noor Azeyah Dato' Khiyon
Head of Built Environment
+60 7 2686251Biography
Dr. Azeyah holds a PhD in Quantity Surveying and brings over 12 years of teaching and research experience at institutions including University of Reading Malaysia, Bond University, and Heriot-Watt University. She also has more than 7 years of professional industry experience spanning residential, commercial, and infrastructure projects.
Beyond her work in traditional construction, Dr. Azeyah has been at the forefront of digital transformation in the built environment, with a particular focus on digital facilities management, Building Information Modelling (BIM) across 3D, 4D, and 5D dimensions, and life cycle costing.
Dr. Azeyah is also actively engaged with the Quantity Surveying Accreditation Council (QSAC) under the Board of Quantity Surveyors Malaysia (BQSM). She serves as a Professional Quantity Surveyor registered with BQSM and is a Professional Member of the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM). Additionally, she is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA).
With a strong research background, her interests include digital technologies in the built environment, cost management, and heritage building information modelling. She continues to contribute to the advancement of the quantity surveying profession through both academic research and industry engagement.
UoRM Programmes Taught/Supervised
- BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying
- PhD in Built Environment
Highest Qualification & Awarding Body
- PhD in Quantity Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Speciality Areas
- Building information modelling (3D, 4D, 5D)
- Life cycle costing
- Facilities management
- Measurement and quantification
- Research skills
Research Interests
- Building information modelling (3D, 4D, 5D)
- Life cycle costing
- Digital facilities management
- Digital technologies in the built environment
- Cost management
Igwe, U.S., Mohamed, S.F., Aziz, A.R.A. and Khiyon, N.A. (2022). Determining the Key Factors of Building Maintenance Management for Public Primary Schools in Abuja, Nigeria. International Journal of Real Estate Studies, 16(2), pp.104-113.
Jamal, M.A.A., Mohd-Rahim, F.A., Utomo, C. and Khiyon, N.A. (2022). Sustainable Value Engineering in the Malaysian Construction Industry. Journal of Design and Built Environment, 22(3), pp.1-17.
Islam, R., Nazifa, T.H., Mohamed, S.F. and Khiyon, N.A. (2021). Facilities Management in High-Rise Residential Building: An Exploratory Study on Maintenance Issues. International Journal of Real Estate Studies, 15(2), pp.38-51.
Tanko, B.L., Abdullah, F., Ramly, Z.M. and Khiyon, N.A. (2019). An Implementation Framework of Value Management in the Nigerian Construction Industry. Journal of Design and Built Environment, 19(3), pp.40-48.
Noor Azeyah, D.K. (2019). Analysis of BIM-based digitization for facilities management using copula approach.
Khiyon, N.A. and Mohamed, S.F. (2018). Critical Review of the Studies on Digitalization for Facilities Management. Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, 3(7), pp.107-114.
Khiyon, N.A. and Mohamed, S.F. (2016). BIM-based approach for facilities management: A review of managing facilities with BIM.
