Scholarly publications and presentations by staff from the School of Sustainable Development

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Documents from 2013

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The highs and lows of unbalanced bidding models, David Cattell

Using Bayesian Networks to assess the risk appetite of construction contractors, David Cattell

Documents from 2012

'Tough love and tears': Learning doctoral writing in the sciences, Claire Aitchison, Janice Catterall, Pauline Ross, and Shelly Burgin

A new framework for post occupancy evaluation of office buildings, Abdullah Al-khawaja, Craig Langston, and Brian Purdey

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Public-private partnership in disaster management: A case study of the Gold Coast, Bhishna Bajracharya, Peter Hastings, Iraphne Childs, and Peter McNamee

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Planning and design of master-planned communities for healthy living, Bhishna Bajracharya and Linda Too

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International comparisons of cost and productivity in construction: A bad example, Rick Best

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Assessing occupant comfort in an iconic sustainable education building, Rick Best and Brian Purdey

Epibionts of the Australian Eastern Long-necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis Shaw) from farm dams, Shelly Burgin and Judith Betts

Extreme sports in natural areas: Looming disaster or a catalyst for a paradigm shift in land use planning?, Shelly Burgin and Nigel Hardiman

Is the evolving sport of mountain biking compatible with fauna conservation in national parks?, Shelly Burgin and Nigel Hardiman

A new approach to construction item pricing, David Cattell

An overview of component unit pricing theory, David Cattell

Construction item pricing: For more profit and less risk, David Cattell

The value-at-risk (VAR) with construction item pricing, David Cattell

Pre-departure and post arrival cross-cultural training for Australian project managers working in the UAE, Sabina Cerimagic

Defining eco-social capacity building and its evaluation: A case study in environmental community engagement in Western Sydney, Tom Colley, Shelly Burgin, Tony Webb, and Helen Bassett

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AdaptSTAR model: A climate-friendly strategy to promote built environment sustainability, Sheila Conejos, Craig Langston, and Jim Smith

Designing for future buildings: Adaptive resuse as a strategy for carbon neutral cities, Sheila Conejos, Craig Langston, and Jim Smith

Modelling built asset preformance in 3D space, David Copray, Craig Langston, and Jim Smith

Projects success: Looking beyond the project management toolkit., Lynn Crawford

World peace, Linux and project management standards, Lynn Crawford

Best Industry Outcomes, Lynn Crawford and Terry Cooke-Davies

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Building capability for disaster resilience, Lynn Crawford, Craig Langston, and Bhishna Bajracharya

Bioenergy project appraisal in sub-Saharan Africa: Sustainability barriers and opportunities in Zambia, Ian Duvenage, Roslyn Taplin, and Lindsay Stringer

Towards implementation and achievement of sustainable biofuel development in Africa, Ian Duvenage, Roslyn Taplin, and Lindsay C. Stringer

Quantitative methods for risk management in the real estate development industry: Risk measures, risk aggregation and performance measures, Werner GleiBner and Thomas Wiegelmann

Promoting: Programs for and challenges of the knowledge-based small business, Joan K. Imukuka, Bhishna Bajracharya, Linda Too, and Greg Hearn

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Portfolio management: The Australian experience, Aileen Koh

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Walk the talk with portfolio management, Aileen Koh

Portfolio management: The Australian experience, Aileen Koh and Lynn Crawford

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Comparing international construction performance, Craig Langston

Validation of the adaptive reuse potential (ARP) model using iconCUR, Craig Langston

Modelling property management decisions using 'iconCUR', Craig Langston and Jim Smith

Affordable and sustainable housing: An empirical study of options for redevelopment in central Australia, Yvonne Maher and Lynne Armitage

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Transforming the tourist city into a knowledge and healthy city: Reinventing Australia's Gold Coast, Daniel O'Hare, Bhishna Bajracharya, and Isara Khanjanasthiti

A preliminary study of cognitive failures in open plan offices, Brian Purdey and David Leifer

Dramatic pre-emption in Singapore's National Theatre: Constructing national identity before an independent nation, Raymond Quek

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Public infrastructure procurement: A comparative analysis of adversarial and non-adversarial contracting arrangments, Michael Regan

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Public private partnership units, Michael Regan

Benchmarking public private partnership environments: East Asian comparisons, Michael Regan, Jim Smith, and Peter Love

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High density high rise vertical living for low income people in Colombo, Sri Lanka: Learning from Pruitt-Igoe, Thushara Samaratunga and Daniel O'Hare

Forecasting supply of commercial office buildings using polynomial distributed lag model, Chun-pong Sing, Peter Love, Xiangyu Wang, and Jim Smith

On being balanced in an unbalanced world, Martin Skitmore and David Cattell

On being balanced in an unbalanced world, M. Skitmore and D. Cattell

Review and analysis of the residential building certification process in South East Queensland, Ben Smith, Geoffrey Mitchell, and Jim Smith

A casual [causal] relationship between building maintenance market and GDP: Hong Kong study, Yong-tao Tan, Liyin Shen, and Craig Langston

Competition environment, strategy and performance in the Hong Kong construction industry, Yongtao Tan, Liyin Shen, and Craig Langston

"TOXIC" workplaces: The negative interface between the physical and social environments, Linda Too and Michael G. Harvey

Documents from 2011

Green offices in Australia: A user perception survey, Lynne Armitage, Ann Murugan, and Hikari Kato

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Climate change adaptation through land use planning and disaster management: Local government perspectives from Queensland, Bhishna Bajracharya, Iraphne Childs, and Peter Hastings

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Climate change adaption through land use planning and disaster management: Local government perspectives from Queensland, Bhishna Bajracharya, Iraphne Childs, and Peter Hastings

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Role of local government in disaster management: Findings from regional towns in Queensland, Bhishna Bajracharya, Iraphne Childs, and Peter Hastings

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Building active and healthy communities: An analysis of council initiatives, Bhishna Bajracharya and Shahed Khan

Comparing construction costs between countries, Rick Best

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Developing a basket of resources as a tool for collecting construction cost data internationally, Rick Best

Typologies of urban beach precincts of the Gold Coast, Australia, Nigel Cartlidge

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Construction item pricing: For more profit and less risk, David Cattell

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The development of an online bidding game as a learning tool, David Cattell

Proposed framework for applying cumulative prospect theory to an unbalanced bidding model, David W. Cattell, Paul A. Bowen, and Ammar P. Kaka

Cross-cultural adaptivity and expatriate performance in the United Arab Emirates, Sabina Cerimagic

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Do Australian project managers working in the UAE need cross-cultural training?, Sabina Cerimagic

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Cross-cultural training: The importance of investing in people, Sabina Cerimagic and Jim Smith

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Project managers: The importance of cross-cultural preparation, Sabina Cerimagic and Jim Smith

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Screening and selecting project managers for the Middle East, Sabina Cerimagic and Jim Smith

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Improving the implementation of adaptive reuse strategies for historic buildings, Sheila Conejos, Craig Langston, and Jim Smith

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Capstone: Sweet and sour experiences, David Copray and Jim Smith

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Adding change implementation to the project manager's toolkit, Lynn Crawford

Comparing apples with apples: Aligning project management capability with corporate strategy, Lynn Crawford

Extending the project management skillset to encompass change implementation, Lynn Crawford

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Fitting project management capability to strategy, Lynn Crawford

Exploring the intersection of project and change management, Lynn Crawford, Alicia Aitken, and Anat Hassner-Nahmias

Beyond competence: Developing managers of complex projects, Lynn Crawford and Ed Hoffman

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Appropriate climate change solutions: Towards sustainable bioenergy agro-production in Africa for energy equality and poverty alleviation, Ian Duvenage, Ros Taplin, and Lindsay C. Stringer

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Climate change related labour market implications for the construction industry, Peter J. Glynn and Ros Taplin

Fishing for sustainability: Will your grandchildren have the option to eat seafood?, Tor Hundloe, Julian Morison, Kate Brooks, and Andrew Sullivan

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The value of built heritage: Community, economy and environment, Janine Irons and Lynne Armitage

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Portfolio management: roles, responsibilities and practices - A qualitative study, Aileen Koh

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Portfolio management: Roles, responsibilities and practices: A qualitative study, Aileen Koh

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Portfolio management: Roles, responsibilities and practices: A qualitative study, Aileen Koh

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The roles, responsibilities and practices of project portfolio manager in Australia: A qualitative study, Aileen Koh

Who's who in portfolio management: An overview of roles, responsibilities and practices, Aileen Koh

Engaging local communities in disaster management: Perspectives from Korea, Taeho Kwon, Shahed Khan, and Bhishna Bajracharya

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Estimating the useful life of buildings, Craig Langston

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On archetypes and building adaptive reuse, Craig Langston

Kitty hawk in the classroom: A simulation exercise for facilitating creative and entrepreneurial behavior, Reginald` A. Litz, Dell McStay, Sergio Janczak, and Carolyn Birmingham

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Sensemaking of rework causation in offshore structures: People, organization and project, P. E. D. Love, Jim Smith, and Sangwon Han

Systemic life cycle design error reduction model for construction and engineering projects, Peter E. D. Love, David J. Edwards, and Jim Smith

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Systemic rework risk classification for offshore projects, Peter Love, Jim Smith, and Sangwon Han

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Marine park planning and recreational fishing: Is the science lost at sea? Case studies from Australia, Daryl McPhee

The management of recreational fisheries, Daryl McPhee

Intent of the next generation of family members: ‘hard keep’em down on the family farm’, Dell McStay and Michael Harvey

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Transit mode and route decisions enabling transit oriented development, David Mepham

Evaluating the environment for public-private partnerships in Asia-Pacific: The 2011 infrascope, Manisha Mirchandani, Vanesa Sanchez, Manoj Vohra, and Michael Regan

HR guidelines for mitigating cross-border regional differences: Creating the foundation for a global mindset, Miriam Moeller, Michael G. Harvey, and Dell McStay

Public sector perceptions of early contractor involvement for delivering social infrastructure, Damien O’Donoghue, Peter Love, and Jim Smith

Confusion between centrality and remoteness in cross-border regional planning: An Australian case study, Daniel O'Hare

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Subtropical transit oriented development in the emerging South East Queensland city region: How well are we doing?, Daniel O'Hare

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The development of knowledge nodes and health hubs as key structuring elements of the sustainable city region, Daniel O'Hare

Ecological viability or liability? Insurance system responses to climate risk, Liam Phelan, Ros Taplin, Ann Henderson-Sellers, and Glenn Albrecht