A/Prof. Graham Brewer

Biography

This is my first appointment in a university environment, having previously been employed in a Scottish Polytechnic, thus rendering me an early career researcher. I took this job over others, notably at RMIT, because of the strong focus on quality teaching facilitated by the use of problem based learning throughout the undergraduate programme into which I would be teaching. Whilst I have developed what I consider to be a significant research track record, both in terms of publications and grant success relative to the norms for the discipline of construction management in this university and elsewhere in Australia I have retained a strong commitment to the ongoing development of innovative, quality teaching and learning practice. This has been validated and recorded in a series of peer-reviewed papers (2 Journal and 9 conference). During this time I have also won two CRC and one CIOB researchs grant in my own right, and been a coinvestigator on a further three CRC grants, collectively worth more than $250,000 during the period 2003-2007. These have resulted in the publication of six books and seven peer-reviewed papers (1 Journal and 6 conference). This also exceeds the norms for the discipline of construction management. These achievements have taken place concurrently with a full teaching and administrative workload, and enrolment in a part-time PhD programme, which is on target for completion at the end of 2007.

Qualifications

• PhD, University of Newcastle, 2008
• Master of Science (Engineering, Design of Build), University of Paisley
• Certificate in Further Education, Jordanhill College of Education, Scotland

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Research

Research keywords

• Benchmarking
• Information and Communications Technology
• Professional Education
• Urban sustainability

Research expertise

Professional Education:

Supporting the transition to PBL

Integrating and assessing the development of metacognitive skills

Learning contracts

Developing and assessing teamwork skills

On-line delivery of undergraduate programmes

ICT in the Construction Industry

Benchmarking the use of IT in the construction industry

Measuring the Critical Success Factors for the implementation of ICT across project teams

Sustainability in the Built Environment:

Design for Disassembly

Urban Sustainability: ageing in place

Innovative funding mechanisms for infrastructure

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
120200	Building	85
090599	Civil Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified	10
099999	Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified	5

Centres and Groups

Centre

• Centre for Interdisciplinary Built Environment Research

Memberships

Body relevant to professional practice.

• Member - Chartered Institute of Building

Awards

Recognition.

1995	University Court medal University of Paisley (United Kingdom)

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Administrative

Administrative expertise

Faculty IT Committee 1999-2001

Faculty Marketing Committee 1999-2001

Discipline Marketing Coordinator 2001-2005

• 3 x marketing campaigns(8 Ball, Mass mail out, and Tasmania mail out)

Discipline Scholarship Coordinator 2000-2003

• 2 x UNISS sponsors (Lahey, JML)
• WT Partnership 3rd year scholarship

Faculty Marketing Committee 2005-2007

Blackboard User Group Member 2002-2004

Faculty Appeals Committee 2005-2007

Faculty Curriculum Teaching and Learning Committee 2005-2006

Deputy Director, Centre for Infrastructure and Property 2003-2005

Convenor AUBEA2004 Conference

Newcastle Conference Ambassador

Student Academic Conduct Officer 2007 --

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Teaching

Teaching keywords

• Construction Management and Planning
• Construction Technology
• Innovative Delivery and Assessment
• Reflective Practice
• Sustainability

Teaching expertise

Subjects including:

• Construction Technology
• Construction Business Management
• Strategic management
• Construction Project Planning
• Industrial relations
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Public-Private Partnerships
• Design for the environment
• Life Cycle Assessment

Problem-Based Learning

• Learning design
• Teamwork
• Peer assessment
• Self-assessment

Reflective Practice

• Learning design
• Reflective self-assessment
• Reflective writing

Blended Delivery

• Learning design
• Blackboard

Innovative Assessment

• Learning contracts