2006-07 - Construction Innovation
2006-07 - Construction Innovation
2006-07 - Construction Innovation
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Education and training<br />
6.3 Scholarship program<br />
New <strong>Construction</strong> <strong>Innovation</strong> scholars <strong>2006</strong>–<strong>07</strong><br />
Name Degree Project title<br />
University<br />
participant<br />
Principal academic<br />
supervisor<br />
Industry<br />
supervisor<br />
Date<br />
awarded<br />
1.<br />
Soon Kam Lim<br />
PhD<br />
Decision-making<br />
processes<br />
for sustainable<br />
construction<br />
QUT<br />
Associate Professor<br />
Jay Yang<br />
Derek Skinner<br />
Queensland<br />
Department of<br />
Main Roads<br />
1<br />
October<br />
<strong>2006</strong><br />
Soon Kam’s research will develop an integrated decision-making tool for industry clients, consultants and contractors to improve collaboration,<br />
consultation and communication between decision-makers of infrastructure project delivery to achieve improved sustainability outcomes.<br />
The intended benefits to industry include improved understanding among stakeholders and better sustainability reporting mechanisms.<br />
2.<br />
Agustin Chevez<br />
Bernaldo<br />
de Quiros<br />
PhD<br />
Evolution of workplace<br />
architecture as a<br />
consequence of<br />
technology<br />
development<br />
RMIT<br />
Dr Guillermo<br />
Aranda-Mena<br />
James Calder<br />
Woods Bagot<br />
18<br />
September<br />
<strong>2006</strong><br />
Agustin’s research will identify changes in the way workplaces are used to design new office environments and redevelop existing ones with a<br />
holistic approach to maintain a balance amongst people, space and technology in the Australian context. The intended outcomes for industry<br />
from this research will also assist Facility Managers to strategically plan their workspace changes due to alternative ways of working.<br />
3.<br />
Abdulkader<br />
Sharabah<br />
PhD<br />
A reliability based<br />
predictive model for<br />
building asset<br />
management<br />
RMIT<br />
Associate Professor<br />
Sujeeva Setunge<br />
Axl Driml<br />
Queensland<br />
Department of<br />
Public Works<br />
18<br />
September<br />
<strong>2006</strong><br />
Abdul’s research will develop a deterioration model for building asset management capable of predicting the distributions of future conditioned<br />
states of building elements for asset management systems through data collection, data inspection, performance modelling and forecasting.<br />
The intended benefits to industry include tools to support decisions on maintenance priority in relation to all building elements.<br />
4.<br />
Robert<br />
Lopez<br />
PhD<br />
The impact of poor<br />
quality design<br />
documentation on<br />
construction buildability/<br />
project management<br />
Curtin<br />
Professor<br />
Peter Love<br />
Peter Tilley<br />
Western<br />
Australian<br />
Department of<br />
Housing and<br />
Works<br />
7<br />
May<br />
20<strong>07</strong><br />
Robert’s research will identify design errors as a ‘project pathogen’ and quantify their financial impact on projects, and underlie a taxonomy of<br />
design errors and strategies to reduce or mitigate them. It is anticipated that the research outcomes will highlight how fewer design errors<br />
will result in less waste, less rework and improved project performance in terms of schedule and cost.<br />
1. Soon Kam Lim 2. Agustin Chevez<br />
Bernaldo de Quiros<br />
3. Abdulkader Sharabah 4. Robert Lopez<br />
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