2018 Annual Industry, Research and Awards Night

The RMIT School of Property, Construction and Project Management hosted its 2018 Annual Industry and Research Awards Night at the MCG Olympic Room and Betty Cuthbert Lounge on Thursday 18th October.

The event gave the School an opportunity to celebrate the success of another year and to  recognise its highest achieving students  in front of their peers, teachers, loved ones, and industry guests.

The event also allowed final year Honours students from construction management, project management, and property and valuation undergraduate programs to present their research findings to academics and industry in info-graphic poster form.

Thank you to our industry partners for sponsoring the awards, RMIT staff for making the event possible, honours students for working so hard on their research projects, and to everyone that attended on the night.

If you would like to see more photos from the night please click  here.

Industry Awards

RICS Award

Awarded to the students with the highest Grade Point Average (GPA) over all three undergraduate programs taught in the School of Property, Construction and Project Management.

Presenter: Dan Tyson
Winners: Katya Russell (Property and Valuation), Chloe Spiliopoulos (Project Management) and Matthew Batten (Construction Management).

Buxton Award

Awarded to the student in a first year program run by the school of Property, Construction and Project Management who has shown consistent engagement and participation in all their lectures and tutorials to date.

Presenter: Andrew Hume
Winner: Alexis Di Giovine

AIQS Tony Carpenter Award and L.A. Casey Award

Tony Carpenter Award: Sponsored by the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS) for excellence in courses relating to quantity surveying. Winner: Daniel Di Roberto

L.A. Casey Award: Sponsored by the AIQS, awarded to the second place winner, for courses relating to Quantity Surveying.  Winner: Jessica O’Donnell

Presenter: Kong Yap

Probuild Award

Awarded to the best group in the capstone course Construction, Planning and Design 3.

Presenter: Jack Molan
Winners:  Marko Hartman, Abram Hoffman, Ricky Huynh, and Nikigol Mottaghian

CIOB Certificate of Excellence

Awarded to the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) student members for excellence in their research with particular emphasis on the efficacy with which students communicate their work.

Presenter: Vere Longmore
Winners: Tom Phillips (Construction Management), Yulia Kasatkina (Graduate Diploma OHS), Samuel Cope (Master of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Building), Nicola Willand (Doctor of Philosophy in the Built Environment).

AIB FO Watts/W T Morris Award and AIB Chapter Medal Award

FO Watts/WT Morris Award – Awarded to the Dux of the Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management) (honours). Winner: Matthew Batten

Chapter Medal – Awarded to the Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management) (Honours) student who achieved the best cumulative 4th year GPA. Winner: Matthew Batten

Presenter: George Moschoyiannis

Muller Partnership Award

Awarded to the best student in Building Measurement and Estimating.

Presenter: Richard Samuels
Winner: Elizabeth Sek

E.S.P Laboratories Award

Awarded to the student with the most outstanding project in the Graduate Diploma of Occupational Health and Safety.

Presenter: Charles Bodas
Winner: Noel Landry

Eva and Associates Award

Awarded to the student with the highest average marks achieved over both courses Principles & Practice of Work Health and Safety, and Work Health and Safety in the Organisation.

Presenter: Brian Eva
Winner: Susan Hamley

API Award

Top Undergraduate Student Award

Awarded to a student graduating this year, from the undergraduate Property degree, based on the top score across the capstone courses.

Winner: Katya Russell

Top Domestic Postgraduate Student Award

Awarded to the top Domestic student graduating this year, with the Master of Business (Property) or Master of Property degree, based on highest GPA.

Winner: Robert Sicilia

Top International Postgraduate Student Award

Awarded to the top International student graduating this year with the Master of Business (Property) or Master of Property degree, based on highest GPA.

Winner: Yang Ho

Presenter: Ilan Werbeloff

Scholarship Awards

Stockland Ervin Graf Scholarship

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.

Presenter: Nick Lewis
Winner: Matthew Garvin and Rhyan McDonald

GPT Group Scholarship

The GPT Group Scholarship is awarded to RMIT property and valuation students who will be in their final year in 2018 and strive to enter the property sector.

Presenter: Helen Ronald
Winner: Mia Shenken

Donald Cant Watts Corke Scholarship

The Donald Cant Watts Corke Scholarship, awarded to a student from an under-represented group who is studying a Bachelor of Applied Science majoring in either Construction Management or Project Management. The scholarship was created as part of the organisation’s fiftieth anniversary celebrations in 2016.

Presenter: Stephen McCoullough
Winner: Danijela Svircev

Gippsland Valuers Discussion Group – Chris McMahon Scholarship

This Scholarship honours the late Chris McMahon who was instrumental in establishing the Gippsland Valuers Discussion Group and for a valued contribution to the Valuation Profession in Regional Victoria.

Presenter: Donald Metcalfe
Winner:  Benjamin Green

Beller Commercial Nucara Family Scholarship

The Beller Commercial Nucara Family Scholarship is designed to assist a student in Bachelor of Applied Science (Property and Valuation) (Honours) who has had to relocate from their principle residence in a rural area.

Presenter: Fred Nucara
Winner:  Ashley Weimann

Carolyn Parker Prize

The Carolyn Parker Prize is open to female students in a program who belongs to an under-represented group and can demonstrate financial and/or educational disadvantage.

Presenter: Carolyn Parker
Winner: Ellie Hearne

Student Achievement Awards

The student achievement awards are given to students who achieved the Highest Grade Point Average (GPA) in each year level for each program in 2017.

Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)

Graduate Diploma OHS Winner – Built Award

Presenter: Ross Walker
Winner: Susan Hamley

Master of OHS Winner – Stems Award

Presenter: Stefan Sciessere
Winner: Andrew Heinrichs

Property and Valuation

First Year Winner – Mirvac Award

Presenter: Mark Trovato
Winner: Christopher Bantoy

Second Year Winner – Charter Keck Cramer Award

Presenter: Louis Megas
Winner: Liam Botterill

Third Year Winner – Municipal Group of Valuers Award

Presenter: Peter Fitzgerald
Winner: Sarah Hall

Fourth Year – m3property Award

Presenter: Luana Kenny
Winner: Alexander Charles

Master of Business (Property) Winner – Herron Todd White Award

Presenter: Suzie Karanasios
Winner: Robert Sicilia

Master of Property Winner – ISPT Award

Presenter: Francis Lynch
Winner: Dean Hardaker

Project Management

First Year Winner – Bypass Award

Presenter: Adam Folino
Winner: Ideen Aghdassi

Second Year Winner – Sensum Award

Presenter: Nick Strongman
Winner: Rachael Benbow

Third Year Winner – Hickory Award

Presenter: Steve Stavrou
Winner: Naomi Borg

Fourth Year Winner – Jacobs Award

Presenter: John Cataldo
Winner: Chloe Spiliopoulos

Master of Project Management Winner – Aultun Award

Presenter: Alex Chatzidimpas
Winner: Donn Guthrie

Construction Management

First Year Winner – L.U. Simon Award

Presenter: Dennis L Moschoyiannis
Winner: Evelyn Salinas

Second Year Winner – Hickory Award

Presenter: Steve Stavrou
Winner: Sezgin Karali

Third Year Winner – Rider Levett Bucknall Award

Presenter: Ewen McDonald
Winner: Elizabeth Sek

Fourth Year Winner – L.U. Simon Award

Presenter: Dennis J Moschoyiannis
Winner: Matthew Batten

Master of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Building – Poly Australia Award

Presenter: Steve Wang
Winner: Pamela Canales

Poster Awards

In their final course, fourth year undergraduate students created research posters derived from their research project in the course Research Practices 2, and presented them on the night.

Accrediting bodies The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), The Australian Property Institute (API) and Project Management Institute (PMI) assisted in marking these posters. The Sensum Poster Award is a new category in 2018 for the best research poster relating to prefabricated and modular construction.

Construction Management – RICS Poster Award

Presenter: Dan Tyson
Winner: Daniel Galea

Project Management – PMI Poster Award

Presenter: Mark Lowy
Winner: Kaylee La’Brooy

Property and Valuation – API Poster Award

Presenter: Ilan Werbeloff
Winner: Taylah Theuma

Modular and Prefabrication – Sensum Poster Award

Presenter: Nick Strongman
Winner: Laura Adams

Contact:
Daniel McLinden
Industry Liaison
employerofchoicepcpm@rmit.edu.au