Allan,
Don
Don
is the Director of the Building Policy Unit of the Qld Department of Public
Works. In this capacity he is responsible for building policy and advice,
government and industry relationships and industry supplier base development.
The Building Policy Unit of the Department works to establish and enhance
strong and effective links with the building and construction industry
to foster innovation and industry improvement. Don is his Department's
representative on the Board of the CRC-CI.
Anderson,
John
John Anderson
is the Managing Director of ABE Services Pty Ltd. He has over 25 years
experience in the building and engineering construction industry (including
5 years in the IT industry), and has worked in the contracting, consulting
and government sectors. In recent years he has worked in the IT sector
and consulted in project management. He has also spent over ten years
implementing and managing quality systems in both the public and private
sectors within the building and construction industry. He is a Fellow
of Engineers Australia, and the President of the Canberra Division of
Engineers Australia. He has had continual involvement with Standards Australia
since 1991 in the development of quality system guidelines for the construction
industry initially through QR/1 (AS/NZS 3905.2 1993 and 1997) and recently
as a member of a select working group for the preparation of their publication
"HB90.3-2000, The Construction Industry Guide to ISO 9001:2000".
B
Baggs,
David
David is a director of Natural Integrated Living Pty Ltd, a
multidiscipline green architecture & sustainable development consultancy
- he is an award winning chartered architect, sustainability and energy-efficiency
consultant with 25 years experience. David was sustainability, energy
and eco-product consultant to 10 Olympic projects including the Olympic
Village and the Sydney SuperDome and more recently the Green Square Town
Centre, the AMP Global Headquarters and Brisbane City Council Headquarters
fitouts, Holsworthy and Canungra Army Base Re-developments and residential
projects totalling over 6000 dwellings. David is on the National Technical
Committee for the Building Code of Australia's Energy amendments and is
Technical Director of Ecospecifier, a website of over 1000 eco-preferable
products created by Natural Integrated Living originally in Joint venture
with RMIT University. David and Natural Integrated Living were also the
2003/04 HIA National GreenSmart Professionals of the Year.
Ball,
Michael
Michael
Ball is the Project Director Research House, Manages the Government Buildings
Water Conservation Program and is located in the Built Environment Research
Unit, Department of Public Works, Queensland. Michael has over 37 years
experience in the building construction industry in a variety of roles
from tradesperson, foreman, supervisor, health and safety professional
and more recently 13 years in BERU working in research, policy and advice
on a range of built environment issues (indoor air quality, building remediation,
asbestos policies and management and reduction of volatile organic chemicals).
For the past 5 years or so, Michael has been the Project Director for
the Towards Healthy and Sustainable Housing Research House project, more
commonly referred to as "Research House". This is a joint project
managed by the Department of Public Works in partnership with the Department
of Housing and provides an opportunity for research in government to be
integrated into other industry research. Michael has been involved with
the CRC-CI for 3 years and brings his wealth of practical building experience
to the projects he is involved with.
Ballesty,
Stephen
Stephen
is a Terotechnologist with science, engineering, environmental and management
qualifications with over 20 years of experience in property, construction
and facilities consulting predominantly in Australia and the USA. Stephen
is well known FM industry leader, having been an active member of the
FMA Australia since 1994. This has included having been a NSW Committee
member from 1996 and serving as the NSW Chair during 1999 and 2000, before
joining the FMA's Board of Directors in 2001. On the Board he has been
instrumental in a wide range of knowledge, advocacy, governance and alliance
initiatives including working with IFMA since 2003 on global issues. In
addition to being FMA Australia's current Chairman, Stephen was appointed
by the Australian Government as a member of the Strategic Industry Leaders
Group for the FM Action Agenda in 2004 and chaired the Innovation Working
Group. He currently serves as the Deputy Chair of the FM Action Agenda
Implementation Board and Project Leader on the Sydney Opera House - FM
Exemplar Project .
Bellicini,
Lorenzo
Lorenzo
Bellicini is currently Technical Manager and member of the Board of Directors
of Cresme, the leading research institute in Italy for the study of the
construction sector. He is also Cresme's representative for the Euroconstruct
network (19 research institutes specialising in economic analyses of the
construction sector in Europe). He is Professor under contract to the
Faculty of Architecture of Rome's Third University where he holds the
course of Urban economics. He was professor to the Faculty of Architecture
of Chieti where he held the course of Planning and implementing public
works. Lorenzo has been holding seminars and lessons at several Italian
and international universities. He is currently consultant to the Municipality
of Rome's Special Town Planning Scheme Service Directorate and an external
member of the Istat (Italian National Statistical Institute) working group
on the construction sector. Lorenzo has directed several research projects
on the most innovative aspects of Italian construction. Since 1995, he
has been studying the development of the facilities management market
in Italy, editing the keynote research report at Proseg Italia (the most
important facilities management and outsourcing summit). He acts as consultant
to numerous institutions including the Studies Department of the Chamber
of Deputies, Ministries, Regions and Municipalities, and he is author,
co-author or editor of many papers, books and other publications.
Bookogianne,
Con
Con Bookogianne is the Alliance Manager for Brisbane Water Enviro Alliance.
Outside of the Alliance, he is also Construction Manager for John Holland
Northern Region. Con has worked in the industry for 25 years primarily
in Construction. Con's experience is in Project Management of large infrastructure
projects. Major achievements include the construction of two 130 metre
cooling towers at Stanwell Power Station, Electrification of Kuala Lumpur
Railway System, and Collie Power Station and presently the BWEA Alliance.
Brandon,
Peter
Professor
Peter Brandon recently completed his term as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for research
at the University of Salford, UK - the only UK university to be awarded
a 6 star rating in the Built Environment within the independent UK research
assessment exercise. Peter is currently Director of Salford's 'Thinking
Laboratory', a cross university laboratory for exploring the application
of information and communication technologies across all disciplines.
He is also Director of Strategic Programmes in the School of Construction
and Property Management and University Orator. Peter has managed projects
worth several million pounds and has played a significant role in UK Construction
Research Policy and chairs the Ross Priory Group which includes all the
major research organisations in the UK. Peter founded 'Construct IT',
the UK National Centre for Construction IT (which won the Queen's Anniversary
Prize for Higher Education), and has established six other University
Centres which work with industry on research and innovation issues. He
has chaired and organised a number of national and international symposia
and provided over 200 papers in 30 countries as well as being author,
co-author or editor of seventeen books. He has provided keynote addresses
at many international conferences throughout the world and recently completed
a study for the Australian construction industry providing a vision for
the Year 2020.
Brown, Kerry
Kerry Brown is a Professor in the School of Management and Director of
the Work and Industry Futures Research Program in the Faculty of Business
at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. Professor Brown's areas
of research interest include change management, networks, work-life balance,
gender and careers in the public sector, public management and policy,
government-community relations and public sector employment relations.
She has co-authored two books, one examining the interrelationships between
government, business and society and the other relating to managing change
and innovation in the public sector, co-edited a book on Innovation in
the Construction Industry and published over 40 articles in scholarly
journals. She is a member of the editorial board of the International
Journal of Small Business and Globalisation and the Queensland Editor
of Public Administration Today.
Brown,
Stephen
Dr Stephen Brown is a Principal Research Scientist
with CSIRO Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology, where he leads
research on Air Quality Control Sciences. His tertiary education and expertise
are in the areas of analytical and industrial chemistry, occupational
hygiene, building and material sciences and air quality, areas in which
he has been involved for over 30 years. He has carried out research into
smoke and toxic gases in building fires, control of asbestos hazards in
buildings, indoor air exposure to volatile organic pollutants (and other
pollutants such as respirable particles, house dust mites, oxidants),
assessment of pollutant emissions from manufactured products, and guidelines
for indoor air quality and sustainable buildings. Most of his current
research and consulting activities fall into the last three of these.
Carney,
Mark
Mark has 25 years experience in heavy industry project management which
has moved into risk and innovation management for major projects in the
past 3 years. Previous roles include Project Manager for projects including
turnkey design and construct hydrometallurgy plants, gas turbine power
station and pipeline, roller coaster installation, food processing and
coal. In a Business development role, Mark also managed proposals for
power stations, chemical plants and mine development. His interests are
the development of the risk management systems in major projects, the
promotion of innovation in the development of projects and in supporting
staff to deliver their best.
Carter,
Dayv
Dayv
Carter is a Principal Policy Officer with the Queensland Department of
Public Works, Works Division's Building Policy Unit. The Building Policy
Unit is responsible for developing policies that promote an efficient
and competitive building industry and an improved client-supplier relationship
between Government and industry, particularly through polices that:
* improve industry responsiveness to government priorities;
* lead to meeting high standards of technical, cost and time performance;
and
* engender innovation, environmental sustainability and the use of technology.
Building Policy Unit contributes to the development of consistent national
policies and to the development of industry policies by other agencies.
The Unit also administers the whole-of-Queensland government Prequalification
(PQC) System, which supports the Government's capital works program and
policy by providing a comprehensive central register for the selection
of prequalified building industry consultants and contractors.
Choy,
Richard
Richard
Choy is the Chief Executive Officer of NATSPEC, publisher of the National
building specification of Australia. An engineer by profession, he has
been involved in the design and construction industry for over 30 years
and prior to joining NATSPEC was an Associate Director with the Asia-Pacific
architecture and interior design firm HBO+EMTB. Richard has been involved
with most building types and building materials and was the inaugural
Executive Director of the Steel Reinforcement Institute of Australia,
past Federal President of the Concrete Institute of Australia, and is
currently Vice-President of the Building Science Forum of Australia.
Chevez,
Agustin
Agustin
was born in Mexico City 1971. In 1990 he went to Europe where his passion
for Architecture began. Years later, and back in Mexico he obtained the
title of Architect, parallel to courses on intelligent buildings and electronic
engineering. After a couple of years in his small architectural practice,
he experienced the challenges involved in the management of construction
projects and came to Australia to complete a Masters in Project Management
at RMIT in 2003. While a scholar at the CRC Construction Innovation 2004
Conference, he was impressed by presentations of his peers about the way
technology is changing the built environment and commenced his PhD at
RMIT in such topic. Simultaneously, Agustin works in an Architectural
Firm in Melbourne.
Connor,
Tom
Dr
Tom Connor AO currently holds the position of Director Engineering &
Technology Asia Pacific within Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd (KBR).
Since graduating from the University of Queensland, his experience spans
30 years in management and engineering, research and development and most
recently in his current role he leads the use of innovation and technology
to improve the KBR business across all disciplines. He has been National
President of Engineers Australia and currently undertakes appointments
by the Queensland Government as a Director of SunWater and Chair of the
Queensland Sustainable Energy Innovation Council. Awards he has received
include Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for services to engineering,
Queensland Engineer of the Year, the PNR Medal by the Engineers Australia
and the Australian Government's Centenary Medal.
Crawford,
John
Until 2004, John
Crawford was a Principal Scientist with the Integrated Design and Construction
team at CSIRO Highett. After over 30 years in research, John continues
to work with the architecture, engineering and construction industries
and CSIRO as a director of Allor Consulting. A founding member of the
1990 "Centre of Expertise in GIS" (one of Telstra's six key
centres) and with seven years subsequently collaborating with Telstra
Research Laboratories, John was later an associate investigator in a successful
ARC Large Grant with Melbourne University - focused on modern representation
and collaborative design issues. In 2002-04, John contributed to the new
CSIRO-wide "Emerging Science" initiatives in both Tele-collaboration
and in Smart Spaces, and to an industry initiative regarding geometric
data interchange for the Australian defence and aerospace industries.
More recently, he has been heavily involved in several research projects
for the AEC design professions concerning On-Line Remote Construction
Management (ORCM), High-bandwidth Collaborative Design; Wayfinding in
the Built Environment; and on Parametric Modelling.
Creedy,
Garry
Garry is a holder of a CRC-Construction
Innovation PhD Scholarship and commenced his PhD research studies at the
Queensland University of Technology in March 2003. Garry is presently
on leave from the Department of Main Roads Queensland where he held the
position of Director (Roads Information) in the Department's Road System
and Engineering Group. Garry has qualifications in Civil engineering and
also in business. Garry's PhD research project is primarily focused on
the study of risk factors relating to cost growth in highway construction
projects by researching historical risk factors which contribute to excessive
cost estimate over-runs for design-bid-build highway construction projects
in Queensland. Garry's research effort also aims at developing linkages
between the severity of budget cost overruns and project attributes for
various highway project types. It is hoped that the research findings
will assist clients in improving their accuracy in construction budget
estimate predictions for highway construction projects.
D
Dalrymple,
John
John Dalrymple is a physicist with a BA from
the University of Stirling and a Doctorate from the University of Strathclyde.
John moved back to the University of Stirling to the Department of Management
Science teaching quantitative methods and materials science. As a management
academic, John began to work on projects with industry, firstly taking
interest in the manufacturing sector. Along with colleagues, John established
the Scottish Quality Management Centre at the University of Stirling to
underpin the teaching and consultancy activities of the Department with
research. He was awarded more than one million pounds sterling to conduct
research in companies in areas related to operations and quality management.
John moved to Australia to take up the Computing Devices Professorship
of Quality Management and Directorship of the proposed Centre for Management
Quality Research at RMIT in November 1997. The Centre has subsequently
developed an international reputation as a focus for research in quality
management and has attracted significant research funding and recognition
by industry commerce and public sector organisations.
de
Wulf, Geert
Geert Dewulf, Ph.D. is professor of Planning and Development and head
of the Department of Construction Management and Engineering at the University
of Twente. Geert Dewulf is President of the Scientific Committee of PSIBouw,
the Dutch Rethinking Construction Consortium and a program leader of the
Netherlands Research School Integral Design of Structures. He is member
of scientific advisory committees at Imperial College, Greenwich University,
Sintef Norway, TSM Business School, and Helsinki University of Technology.
He has written many publications on Public Private Partnerships, real
estate and urban planning and lectures at several universities. His most
recent book is "Strategic Issues in Public-Private Partnerships"
(with M. Bult-Spiering; Blackwell Publishers, 2006). He holds a Ph.D.
in social sciences from Utrecht University. Before he joined Twente University
he has been working at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
Organisation of Applied Scientific Research, Harvard University and University
of Utrecht.
Ding,
Lan
Dr Lan Ding is a Research Scientist with CSIRO and a Project Leader of
CRC for Construction Innovation. Lan received a Bachelor of Architecture
and a Master of Science at Huazhong University of Science and Technology
in China and a PhD at the University of Sydney. Her expertise is in the
areas of automated code compliance checking, object-oriented database
and rule base, building information modeling and IFC, virtual environment,
multi-agent system application, evolutionary systems and artificial intelligence
in design and facilities management. Since joining CSIRO Lan has led collaborative
projects including Code Checking - Phase 2 (DesignCheck) of CRC for Construction
Innovation. She was awarded one of 16 Fresh Innovators 2005.
Dingsdag,
Don
Dr
Don Dingsdag has extensive experience in OHS, industrial relations and
HRM in various aspects of these areas. His experience includes researching,
teaching, training, report writing in OHS as well as negotiating and implementing
OHS, IR and HRM strategies. He has conceptualised, developed and delivered
over eighty OHS adult education and training modules at four universities
in OHS law, occupational health practice, safety management, risk assessment/management,
auditing and safety systems. Since 1999 he has been conducting investigations,
researching and developing expert witness reports for common law workplace
injury and public injury claims in the NSW Supreme Court and District
Court jurisdictions as well as factual investigations for plaintiff and
defendant matters. Together with a wide breadth of experience in operational
management roles in the manufacturing and retailing sectors he has also
achieved success in the policy development of OHS, risk management, behavioural
competencies and training strategies in the coalmining, energy, construction
and public transport industries.
Donaldson,
Ivan
Ivan
Donaldson is Executive Director of the Australian Building Codes Board
(ABCB.) The ABCB is a Commonwealth, State and Territory body supported
by industry and local government to oversight the Building Code of Australia
and to progress regulation reform in the building industry as it relates
to the design and construction of buildings. Ivan and his team that support
the Board's work are based in Canberra. In addition to being the CEO of
the ABCB, he is Chairman of the ABCB's Building Codes Committee which
provides technical advice to the ABCB and State and Territory administrations
about code development. Ivan has been closely involved in all of the major
Code development and reform issues affecting building regulation nationally
over the past 10 years, including for example access to buildings for
people with a disability, energy efficiency for buildings and other sustainability
issues. He is also closely involved in a range of regulatory reform initiatives
affecting the building industry, including in providing advice to the
Board in Building Regulation Ministers on the future direction of building
regulation reform in Australia.
Doyle,
Jim
Jim
Doyle is qualified and experienced as an engineer, economist and lawyer.
He is a partner of Doyles Construction Lawyers which has offices in Sydney,
Melbourne and Brisbane and specializes in advising and representing major
players in the engineering, construction and development industries. Jim's
particular interests are in project structuring, documentation and contract
management. He acts for professionals, principals, contractors and subcontractors
in all areas of construction law. He has represented parties in a wide
range of Courts and in arbitration and in some of the largest and most
complex disputes under the Building & Construction Industry Security
of Payment Act in NSW and Vic.
Drogemuller,
Robin
Robin Drogemuller is the Team Leader for the Integrated Design & Construction
Systems team in the CSIRO Division of Manufacturing & Infrastructure
Technology. He is also Director of the Information and Communications
Technology Platform in the CRC for Construction Innovation. Robin is a
visiting professor at the University of Salford (UK). He has been a member
of the IAI Australasian Chapter Board (defining body for the Industry
Foundation Classes (IFCs)) since its formation in 1997 and has played
various roles in IAI International since 1998.
E
Eddington,
Noela
Noela is the Director, VET Strategy and Research, Department of Employment
and Training, in Queensland. She has been investigating the nature of
skills shortages for several years, and is collaborating with the Department
of Education and Training in NSW in piloting industry 'ecosystems' as
a process through which skills issues may be addressed. She also collaborates
closely with other researchers in Australia, the UK, Europe and Scandinavia
on matters relating to VET policy. Her current interest is in linking
skills development to industry contexts, economic and social development,
not simply providing public training funds to training providers to provide
a pool of skills - which may or may not support industry productivity.
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Fernando,
Sam
Sam
Fernando is a civil engineer with over 25 years experience, currently
working as a Senior Advisor for the Queensland Department of Main Roads.
Sam is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia and Fellow of
the American Society of Civil Engineers. He is a member of the Queensland
Division Committee of Engineers Australia and holds the portfolio of education,
assessment and professional development. Sam was instrumental in establishing
the first dedicated committee to promote innovation in Engineers Australia,
i. e. the Innovation Subcommittee, and is the current Chair. Before migrating
to Australia, Sam held top management positions in large organisations
in Sri Lanka including CEO of a large engineering company which he transformed
to a highly successful venture. He also played a vital role in promoting
innovation as a board member of the national organisation created for
this purpose. Sam has published and presented over 20 papers and publications
in many countries such as Australia, England, Sri Lanka, America, Vietnam,
France, Malaysia and South Africa.
Fischer,
Martin
Current Appointments: Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
and (by Courtesy) Computer Science; Director, Center for Integrated Facility
Engineering; Visiting Professor, School of Construction and Property Management,
University of Salford, UK; Visiting Professor, Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology; Founder
and Chief Scientist, Common Point, Inc. Education: Ph.D. in Construction
Engineering and Management, Stanford University; M.S. in Industrial Engineering
- Engineering Management, Stanford University; Dipl. Ing. Civil from Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne. Major Activities and Awards:
Leader in the application of building information modeling for design
and construction of facilities; pioneered the application and further
development of 4D modeling for constructibility improvement and construction
planning and management; over 70 refereed and invited publications, and
over 200 invited and conference presentations; recipient of several publication,
research, and university awards, including the CAREER Award from NSF,
the Top 25 Newsmaker Award from ENR, and best paper awards from the ASCE
Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering and from the AID (Artificial
Intelligence in Design) Conference.
Foliente,
Greg
Greg is Principal Research Scientist and joint science leader of the Urban
Systems Integration Capability at CSIRO Manufacturing and Infrastructure
Technology in Melbourne, Australia. Prior to this, he worked at the University
of California at Berkeley and at Virginia Tech in the US. Greg is the
coordinator of CIB Working Commission W60 (Performance Concept in Building
and Construction), and principal author of the CIB report 'Performance
Based Building R&D Roadmap' to the European Commission. Considered
one of the world's leading experts in performance approach in architecture,
engineering & construction (AEC), he was the international coordinator
of the CIB Proactive Program on Performance Based Building (1998-2001),
and is currently Program Director of the Australian Performance Based
Building (Aus-PeBBu) Network (2003-2006) - linking Australian research
and industry with a parallel program in Europe. His R&D interests
include construction innovation, sustainable buildings and cities, infrastructure
and asset management, risk and reliability analysis, service life prediction
and scenario modelling. Greg has an extensive publication record and is
active in professional organisations worldwide. His commitment to innovation
and excellence has been recognised through numerous international awards,
including the 1997 George Marra Award of Excellence (SWST, USA) and the
2003 James Croes Medal (American Society of Civil Engineers).
Forghani,
Paul
Paul Forghani was born
in Iran in June 1955, and lived in Denmark & Spain before settling
in Australia in 1971 with his parents. Paul obtained his Bachelor of Building
from University of NSW in 1977 and has worked in the construction industry
since in various roles. He has worked in many parts of Australia as well
as Papua New Guinea, Malaysia and Indonesia. Paul has worked as Project
Manager on Building Projects and managed his own construction company
for 4 years. Paul obtained his Masters of Science (Master of IT Management
in Construction) degree from the University of Salford in May 2003. Paul
is currently the Manager of Project Service Dept in Thiess. The Group
is responsible with the provision of technical/systems training through
out Thiess as well as conducting project reviews and development, management
and support of site based systems.
Foulis,
Nathan
In
2004, at the age of 21, Nathan Foulis completed the four year undergraduate
program for the Bachelor of Construction Management and Economics at the
University of South Australia with Honors and a number of Australian and
international awards, including the CIOB Undergraduate Dissertation Award
and the Australian Institute of Building South Australian Chapter Medal.
Having been awarded his degree, Nathan is pursuing a career in Construction
Management as a Graduate Builder with Hansen Yuncken, working on the construction
of the new Adelaide International and Domestic Airport Terminal. Having
recently completed a two-month overseas adventure trekking through parts
of Asia, Nathan now aims to gain valuable 'on the job' experience to combine
with his academic knowledge of the building industry. This he hopes will
involve managerial tasks and onsite coordination for construction projects
both in Australia and abroad.
Frazer,
John
Professor
John Frazer is International Research Co-ordinator for the Gehry Technologies
Digital Practice Ecosystem. He has pioneered the development of intelligent
and interactive building design systems and evolutionary design computation.
His research in this field has been developed at Cambridge University,
the Architectural Association in London, the University of Ulster where
he was awarded a personal Chair, and at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
where he was Swire Chair Professor and Head of School of Design. He holds
honorary Professorships from the Universities of Beijing, Dalian, Fudan
and Shandong and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Fellow
of the Chartered Society of Designers.
Furneaux,
Craig
Craig
Furneaux holds a Bachelor of Adult and Vocational Teaching, a Bachelor
of Education and a Master of Arts by Research from Griffith University.
He is currently completing his PhD through the School of Management, at
Queensland University of Technology. Craig has extensive experience in
building organisational capability, training, curriculum design and development,
and management consulting. A particular emphasis of the consulting practice
was assisting organisations comply with government regulations. More recently
he has engaged in a number of research projects that analyse public policy,
particularly the impact public policy has on organisations and industries.
Craig's own research interests include public policy; learning - both
individual and organisational; trust, power and identity in organisations;
and organisational theory.
Futcher,
Keith
Keith Futcher is the newly appointed CEO of ISS EastPoint, now the largest
provider of fully integrated property and facility services in Hong Kong,
Greater China and Asia with over 9,300 personnel in Hong Kong alone. Keith
has more than 25 years of both public and private sector experience across
all aspects of property and facilities management. Prior to the acquisition
of Eastpoint by ISS, Dr Futcher was Managing Director of the EastPoint
Group, a post he had held since 1999. Under his management the Company
was transformed both strategically and operationally to become one of
the largest providers in the property and facilities management sector