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2011 CIOB Australasia Excellent Student Award Winners Announced

CIOB Australasia is pleased to announce its 2011 Excellent Student Award winners.  This is an extremely high accolade as Universities are only eligible to make one nomination for each category; selecting only the most outstanding students from their Building and Construction courses.  Framed student awards are presented at various university functions throughout the year as appropriate.

This year’s award recipients are:

CIOB Australasia Excellent Building Undergraduate Award

Jie Zhou

Bachelor of Property & Construction

Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning

Melbourne University

Dissertation title: ‘Construction Management Students' attitudes towards Trade Unions'

Lillian Chung

Bachelor of Construction Management and Property

Faculty of the Built Environment

UNSW

Dissertation title: ‘Do the Skills and Attributes of New Graduates meet Construction Contractor Employer's Expectations?'

Timothy Newell

Bachelor of Construction Management and Economics (Hons)

School of Natural and Built Environments

University of South Australia

Dissertation title: ‘Cost Overruns and Delays in the Construction Industry'

Matthew Stevenson

Bachelor of Construction Management

Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment

Newcastle University

Dissertation title: ‘Risk Management of Social Infrastructure Public Private Partnerships: A Case Study Approach'

Nicole Lyons

Bachelor of Design (Architecture) / Bachelor of Construction Management

School of Architecture and Building

Deakin University

Dissertation title: ‘Double-Glazed Unit Failure: Modes, Catalysts and Prevention'

Damien O'Donoghue

Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management & Economics)

School of Built Environment

Curtin University

Dissertation title: ‘The Perceptions of the Public Sector Towards Early Contractor Involvement in the Delivery of Social Infrastructure Projects'

CIOB Australasia Excellent Building Postgraduate (Coursework) Award

Sida Guo

Master of Construction Management 

Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning

Melbourne University

Santiago Villa Moreno

Master of Construction Project Management

Faculty of the Built Environment

UNSW

Judith Doherty

Master of Construction Management & Quantity Surveying

Institute of Sustainable Development and Architecture

Bond University

Coursework: ‘Lean Construction'

CIOB Australasia Excellent Building Postgraduate (Research) Award 

Xiao Tan

Master of Philosophy (Construction Management)

Faculty of the Built Environment

UNSW

Research: ‘Performance of Building Sustainability Assessment Tools using BASIX as a Case Example'

Dr Kevin Tang

Master of Construction Management & Quantity Surveying

Institute of Sustainable Development and Architecture

Bond University

PhD Thesis: Focusing on the Real Estate Industry’

Milinda Pathiraja

Doctor of Philosophy

Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning

Melbourne University

Research: ‘The Idea of 'robust technology' in the definition of a third world' practice: Architecture, Design & Labour Training'

Le Ma

Doctor of Philosophy                          

School of Architecture and Building

Deakin University                                 

Research:  ‘Spatial and Temporal Variation of House Prices'

Congratulations to all our student winners.