2014 Annual Industry, Research and Awards NightThursday 23 October 2014

School of Property, Construction and Project Management

4:00 pm Poster judging begins

5:00 pm Award preparation

6:00 pm Drinks and Canapes served on arrival

6:30 pm OPENING EVENT

Welcome by Head of School, School of Property, Construction and Project Management (PCPM), Professor Ron Wakefield

6:35 pm Presentation of awards

7:30 pm Presentations conclude

Door Prize and Farewell Presented by: Professor Ron Wakefield, Head of School.

Drinks and Canapes service recommences

8:30PM Event concludes

Order of Proceedings

PM1: The barriers and difficulties Project Management graduates face with regard to finding employment in the construction industry after university studies, in comparison to Construction Management graduates

PM2: The challenges faced by project managers in a slowing economy, specifically in relation to be able to successfully win tenders for new projects

PM3: Is it a combination of hard and soft skills that enable us to successfully deliver construction projects, or is industry specific knowledge more important?

PM4: Investigating the challenges and benefits to contractors engaging in post disaster recovery projects

PM5: What are the challenges of managing stakeholder in the set up and delivery of events in Victoria?

PM6: An Investigation of the Best Practice Characteristics Necessary to a Successful Change Project

PM7: Investigation of quality problem in Chinese high rise construction sector.

PM8: The Implementation of Environmentally Sustainable Design in the Construction of Buildings.

PM9: To investigate the impact of new technology being adapted in the commercial construction industry on the way those within the industry work.

PM10: ELECTRONIC EMOTION: Exploring the relationship between emotional intelligence within project management virtual teams

PM11: Experience vs tertiary education

PM12: Perspectives and Impacts of Work Life Stakeholders in the Australian Construction Industry

PM13: The trade-offs which project managers in the construction industry face in the work place and in their personal lives

PM14: History of quality in PM

PM15: How to recruit and retain Quality Generation Y Project Management (Construction) Graduates

PM16: To assess the impact of cross-cultural project teams on international projects

PM17: Short-Term Versus Long-Term Successes in Post Disaster Relief Project

PM18: Differentiating between Generations’ use of ICT in construction teams.

PV1: Forecasting for the Future: Generation Y’s residential plight in the Australian property market

PV2: Property Finance and Islamic Banking

PV3: Risk assessment comparison in the different sectors of the property industry

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PV4: Impact of foreign Asian Investment on the Melbourne CBD Property Market

PV5: Metropolitan Melbourne Housing: How affordable is it?

PV6: What are the structural changes that will impact on the demand for retail sector tenant demand?

PV7: The price of murder - an investigation of its effects on property prices.

PV8: The current state of urban gentrification in Melbourne inner city suburbs

PV9: Foreign direct investment: a tribulation or good fortune? The Reflection of the mass media portrayal of Melbourne’s residential property market

PV10: Will the government endorsed ‘Fishermans Bend Strategic Framework Plan’ achieve affordable housing within this inner city precinct?

PV11: Swimming with the Koi Fish: Assessing the determinants driving the inflow of Asian capital into the Australian Commercial Property Market.

PV12: Gentrification Versus Urban Sprawl in the Melbourne Property Market

PV13: The impacts of population growth on the Melbourne property industry

PV14: Melbourne House Prices: The End of Affordability?

PV15: What is the impact of natural disasters on the Australian property market?

PV16: Multichannel retailing and the implication for Shopping Centres

PV17: Is Australian Rural Property a good investment?

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CM1: Decreasing cycle times in residential construction in Australia: A Melbourne Case Study.

CM2: Alternate structural materials to concrete in multi-story building.

CM3: Can offsite construction deliver improved performance for mid-rise residential building construction

CM4: The triple bottom line implications of repurposing obsolete commercial office buildings into modern residential buildings in Melbourne.

CM5: An evaluation of the use of prefabrication components in Australian construction industry: A case study of medium to high-rise construction.

CM6: How do unions contribute socially and economically to the Australian construction industry?

CM7: A critical review of modern methods of construction using pre-fabricated components in the Australian Construction Industry.

CM8: Energy Efficient and Sustainable Rating Systems in High-Rise Construction.

CM9: How the building performance of RMIT SAB (Swanston Academic Building) affects the post occupancy evaluation?

CM10: Sustainable design ideas and construction processes and their impact on performance

CM11: The development of an International Building Code: useful or a waste of time?

CM12: How can related agencies and governments improve post disaster response using pre-fabrication and modular technology, providing immediate support whilst assisting in a long term solution?

CM14: Innovative ‘green’ concrete technologies: Impacts on building lifecycle and industry barriers

CM15: Evaluating post-disaster responses in the built environment – Australia and New Zealand

CM16: Social Barriers in the Life cycle of sustainable renovated buildings.

CM17: Pods – Pre Modular construction

CM18: Making Zero Waste Building Industry a Reality in Victoria

CM19: An Evaluation of Pricing Risk in Construction Contracts within the Australian Construction Industry

CM20: Building Information Modelling (BIM)

CM21: Can Prefabrication Benefit Multi-Residential Construction in Australia

CM22: Industrialised Building and Off-Site Manufacturing in Construction: What are the drivers, constraints, benefits and consequences of moving from constructing to manufacturing our built environment in Australia compared to the rest of the world.

CM23: Social barriers in new green buildings

CM24: Off-Site Manufacturing

CM25: Carbon accounting construction projects – can this practice make design and management choices greener?

CM26: 3D printing revolutionising the Construction Industry in Australia

CM27: Green buildings, construction and indoor environmental monitoring; a holistic review of new technologies and how they are interacting

CM28: Assessing the impact of building to a 7 star standard rather than a 6 star in regards to life cycle costing; focusing on medium density apartments in Melbourne.

CM29: Looking into the utilization of RMIT’s SAB ‘Portal’ outdoor spaces in regards to thermal comfort.

CM30: A scoping study of prefabricated external wall system for small to medium rise building construction in Australia.

CM31: Mobilizing workforce to complete Mega Projects around the world.

CM32: Commercial demolition within the Australian construction industry

CM33: The Impacts of additive printing to construction industry in Australia.

CM34: The Technical Barriers in the lifecycle of Green Building redevelopment

CM35: The use of concrete as a building material in 3D printing vs traditional construction.

CM36: Technical Barriers in the Lifecycle of New Green Building Developments.

CM37: Medium Rise Residential construction using prefabricated systems.

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Industry Awards

RICS AWARDAwarded to the student with the highest Grade Point Average over all three Undergraduate Programs taught in the School of Property, Construction and Project Management.

Presented by: Robert Van Raay

Winner: Jessie Hodgkin

NUCARA FAMILY AWARDAwarded to the student in Property and Valuation entering education at RMIT who needs to relocate from their principle residence in a regional area.

Presented by: Fred Nucara

Winner: Ethan Purcell

AIB AWARDAwarded to the Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management) student who achieved the highest cumulative GPA in 4th year.

Presented by: David Burnell

Winner: Mohd Faisal Adlan Abdul Aziz

BUXTON AWARDAwarded to the student who achieved the highest overall results in the first year of the Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management) program.

Presented by: Jeremy Barrow and Anthony Renzella

Winner: Shaun Matfin

TONY CARPENTER AWARDSponsored by the AIQS for excellence in courses relating to Quantity Surveying

Presented by: Vincent Lau

Winner: Muhammad Aqil Bin Mohd Tahir

L.A. CASEY AWARDSponsored by the AIQS award to joint second place winners in courses relating to Quantity Surveying

Presented by: Vincent Lau

Winner: Lachlan Crameri & Aiden Lindsay

CLASSIC PROJECTS AWARDAwarded to the student with the best grade in the penultimate course Construction Enterprise.

Presented by Shane Morrissey

Awarded to: Peter Hayward

The following organisations have a long-standing partnership with RMIT’s School of Property, Construction and Project Management offering awards for students under specific criteria.

Poster Awards

Fourth Year students from the following programs:

Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management)

Bachelor of Applied Science (Project Management) and

Bachelor of Applied Science (Property and Valuation)

have created posters as info-graphics of the research work they have completed with Industry input in their final course. Industry Mentors together with our accrediting bodies RICS, API and PMI have assisted in marking these posters earlier tonight. The results have been tallied and the winners will be announced and presented awards by our accrediting bodies.

RICS POSTER AWARDBest Construction Management Poster

Presented by: Robert Van Raay

API POSTER AWARDBest Property and Valuation Poster.

Presented by: Chris Knight

PMI POSTER AWARDBest Project Management Poster.

Presented by: Nigam Vaid

PROBUILD AWARD Awarded to the student with the best grade in the penultimate course Managing Complex Projects

Presented by: Adam Barker

Winner: Samuel Fisher

PSA PROJECT AWARDAwarded to the student with exemplary assignments on the Humanitarian and Community Project Management including Project Scope, WBS and Project Plan, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation.

Presented by: Kasten Flory

Awarded to: Louis Van Ek

PSA PROJECT AWARDAwarded to the student with exemplary assignments for the International Project in Humanitarian and Community Project Management including Project Scope, WBS and Project Plan, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation.

Presented by: Kasten Flory

Winner: Lorenza Lazzati

The student achievement awards are awarded to the students in each year level for each program who achieved the Highest Grade Point Average (GPA) in 2011 for their year level. GPA is the average of points allocated to each grade – e.g. Pass = 1, Credit = 2, Distinction = 3, High Distinction = 4. GPA is used for honours awards levels and entrance requirements for postgraduate studies.

Project Management

First Year Winner

SOLID SUPPORT AWARDPresented by Chris Pilcher

Winner: Darko Maric

Second Year Winner

JACOBS AWARDPresented by John Cataldo

Winner: Alexandra Nicolaou

Third Year Winner

HICKORY GROUP AWARDPresented by George Gelberidis

Winner: Mark Gormanns

Fourth Year Winner

VILLAWOOD PROPERTIES AWARDPresented by Phil Hanna

Winner: Jessie Hodgkin

Master of Project Management Winner

PMI MELBOURNE CHAPTER AWARDPresented by Nigam Vaid

Winner: Henry Webber

Construction Management

First Year Winner

LU SIMON AWARDPresented by Jim D Moschoyiannis

Winner: Shaun Matfin

Second Year Winner

LU SIMON AWARDPresented by Jim D Moschoyiannis

Winner: David Kenny

Student Achievement Awards

Third Year Winner

COCKRAM CONSTRUCTION AWARDPresented by Michael Clemenger

Winner: Michael Ceccomancini

Fourth Year Winner

JONES LANG LASALLE AWARDPresented by Andrew Read

Winner: Mohd Faisal Adlan Abdul Aziz

Property and Valuation

First Year Winner

MIRVAC AWARDPresented by Hamish Guthrie

Winner: Irene Zabala

Second Year Winner

MIRVAC AWARDPresented by Jack Mahoney

Winner: Benedict Ming Hong Foo

Third Year Winner

THE MUNICIPAL GROUP OF VALUERS VICTORIA AWARDPresented by Graham Brewer

Winner: Paris Calwell & Marcus Frizza

Fourth Year Winner

AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY INSTITUTE AWARDPresented by Chris Knight

Winner: Nathan Barresi

Masters of Business (Property)

Master of Business (Property) Winner

MIRVAC AWARDPresented by Hamish Guthrie

Winner: Linda Chartres

Student Achievement Awards

STOCKLAND ERVIN GRAF SCHOLARSHIPPresented by Stockland

2013 Winner: Marcus Frizza

4th year student, Bachelor of Applied Science (Property and Valuation)Stockland Ervin Graf Scholarship Award – Each Year, Stockland offers a scholarship to a high performing student studying the Bachelor of Applied Science (Property and Valuation) degree at RMIT. The Scholarship was created in honour of the late Ervin Graf, who founded Stockland in 1952.

CHRIS MCMAHON GIPPSLAND VALUERS DISCUSSION GROUP SCHOLARSHIP AWARDPresented by Stephen Miles

2013 Winner: Melissa Gardner

Chris McMahon Scholarship, as presented by the Gippsland Valuers Discussion Group. Honoring the late Chris McMahon; instrumental in establishing the discussion group and for a valued contribution to the Valuation Profession in Regional Victoria. Presented to James Liston for excellent results and as assistance to a student from regional Victoria.

Scholarship Awards

Sponsors

RMIT’s School of Property, Construction and Project Management would like to thank all of the following sponsors for their ongoing support to our students and programs.

Sponsors

For further information about the School of Property, Construction and Project Management, please contact us at:

RMIT University

Building 8, Level 8, Room 1

360 Swanston Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000

Tel.: + 61 3 9925 2230

Fax.: + 61 3 9925 1939

Email: pcpm@rmit.edu.au

URL: www.rmit.edu.au/propertyconstruction