AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY

Innovation in Construction

Project Type PhD,Master Of Engineering

Research
Infrastructure & Environment
Theme

Department Civil and Environmental Engineering

Main
Suzanne Wilkinson Send Email
Supervisor

Other
N/A
Supervisors

Project
Construction, innovation, business
Keywords

Project This project aims to increase innovation uptake in

Abstract construction industries throughout the world by developing
and applying innovation models

Student
Recruitment 01 September,2016
Start Date

Student
Recruitment
End Date

PhD: 01 December,2025
Master: 01 December,2025

Funding
Some fees funding available for right candidates
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Domestic OR International Students
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Innovative Techniques for Construction Management

Project Type PhD

Research
Infrastructure & Environment
Theme

Department Civil and Environmental Engineering

Main
Tak Wing Yiu Send Email
Supervisor

Other
N/A
Supervisors

Project
Innovation,Costing,contract management
Keywords

Project This research investigates innovative techniques for the

Abstract industry in terms of costing, risk maangement and contract
management.

Potential PhD student is welocme to discuss this with Dr. Yiu

Student
Recruitment 15 March,2016
Start Date

Student
Recruitment
End Date
 PhD: 15 March,2022

Funding
N/A
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Domestic OR International Students
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Building Information Modelling (BIM) - A Study of

Contractual Liability

Project Type PhD

Research
Infrastructure & Environment
Theme

Department Civil and Environmental Engineering

Main
Tak Wing Yiu Send Email
Supervisor

Other
N/A
Supervisors

Project
BIM, Construction Contract, Liability
Keywords

Project This project studies the contractual liability of using BIM in

Abstract construction/civil project.

Student
Recruitment 01 January,2016
Start Date
 Student
Recruitment
End Date

PhD: 01 January,2020

Funding
Possible to support annual tuition fee for PhD study.
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Domestic OR International Students
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Understanding differences in project management between

normal construction and post-disaster reconstruction

Project Type PhD,Master Of Engineering

Research
Infrastructure & Environment
Theme

Department Civil and Environmental Engineering

Main
Alice Chang-Richards Send Email
Supervisor

Other
Suzanne Wilkinson
Supervisors

Project
project management, comparative study, natural disaster
Keywords

Project Whereas most scholars reognise the differences in the way

 Abstract of managing projects between normal time construction and
post-disaster reconstruction, very little is known about how
and to what extent project management actually differs
between the two contexts. This project aims to shed light on
these differences by investigating the project governance
mechanisms and ket elements that cause such differences.

Student
Recruitment 01 February,2015
Start Date

Student
Recruitment
End Date

PhD: 31 December,2018
Master: 31 December,2018

Funding
N/A
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Cost modelling for addressing housing affordability

Project Type PhD,Master Of Engineering,MEngSt

Research
Infrastructure & Environment
Theme

Department Civil and Environmental Engineering

Main Alice Chang-Richards Send Email

 Supervisor

Other
Kenneth Yiu
Supervisors

Project
construction project, natural disaster, cost escalation
Keywords

Project This project aims to model the dynamics underlying the

Abstract post-disaster context, reconstruction implementation, labour
and material supply chains, behaviours of disatser victims,
policy responses of the government and insurance
companies that have had an impact on the cost eslcation of
rebuilding the damaged communities.

Student
Recruitment 01 February,2016
Start Date

Student
Recruitment
End Date

PhD: 31 December,2018
Master: 31 December,2018
MEngSt: 31 December,2018

Funding
N/A
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UTS- Project management
Investigators: Chivonne Algeo
Partners: NASA, Downer, TBH and Lend Lease
Brief description: How do Project Managers Acquire and Exchange
Knowledge? An Action Research Study of Project Managers to development of
a framework to assist project managers to acquire and exchange knowledge with
the aim of delivering improved project outcomes.
Status: Ongoing

Investigators: Chivonne Algeo

Partners: AIPM
Brief description: Historical Conversations in Project Management to provide a
body of knowledge for future generations of project managers and educators,
linking project management theory with practice.
Status: Completed

Investigators: Shankar Sankaran (UTS), Tyrone Pitsis (Newcastle UK), Siggi

Gudergan (Uni of Newcastle) and Stewart Clegg (UTS)
Partners: ARC Linkage Grant with Helmsman International and CMOS
Brief description: Governance Matters: identifying and making sense of the
antecedents to projectblowouts to develop a model for improving practice in the
management of complex projects
Value: $450,792
Status: Completed 2013

Investigators: Shankar Sankaran, Michael Er and Chivonne Algeo (UTS)

Partners: Rodney Turner and Laurence Lecoeuvre, (SKEMA, France) funded
partially by CCDP
Brief description: Project Marketing to investigate the marketing of the project
by the parent organisation or project initiator
AUT- NEW ZEALAND
Construction Management Procurement and decision support
systems;
supply chain management;
construction logistics;
lean construction;
defects reporting and quality management;
transaction cost measurement in construction projects;
retentions strategy;
security of payments in construction;
productivity in construction;
corporate social responsibility - See more at:
http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/study-areas/engineering,-computer-
and-mathematical-sciences/research#sthash.frLkYfkH.dpuf