2017 Annual Industry, Research and Awards Night

The RMIT School of Property, Construction and Project Management hosted its 2017 Annual Industry and Research Awards Night at the MCG Olympic Room and Betty Cuthbert Lounge on Thursday 19th 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: Simon Pearce
Winners: Irene Zabala (Property and Valuation), Jessica Borg (Project Management)
(absent) and Sophie Ly (Construction Management)

Buxton Award

Awarded to a student in a first year program who has shown the most consistent engagement and participation in their lectures and tutorials to date.

Presenter: Andrew Hume
Winner: Evelyn Salinas

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: Anthony Tram

L.A. Casey Award: Sponsored by the AIQS, awarded to the second place winner, for courses relating to Quantity Surveying.  Winner: Nicholas Stedman

Presenter: Stephen McCoullough

Solid Support Award

Awarded to the Bachelor of Applied Science (Project Management) (honours) student who excelled in Project Planning and Communications.

Presenter: Michael Cook
Winner: Ahmad Kassab

Probuild Award

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

Presenter: Jack Molan
Winner:  Scott Peters, Trent Kennedy, Kaitlyn Auchterlonie, and Miguel Llanora.

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: Sophie Ly

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

Presenter: Dino Krommydas

Muller Partnership Award

Awarded to the best student in Building Measurement and Estimating.

Presenter: Richard Samuels
Winner: Peiyao Li

CIOB QEII Award

Awarded to the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) student member who achieved the highest GPA over the construction technology courses in Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management) (Honours).

Presenter: Mark Nevshiher
Winner: Anthony Tram

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: Nathan Farrugia

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: Samuel Wood

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.

Presenter: Cheryl Lewis-Fitzgerald
Winner: Karlynn Chan

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: Stephen Rowe
Winner: Anthony Katakis

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: Laura Brown
Winner: Sarah Hall

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: Iseoluwa Osunneye

Coles Property Scholarship

Coles Property has partnered with RMIT to offer a scholarship and paid work experience to a student who will be enrolled full time in their honours year of a Property and Valuation, Project Management or Construction Management program in 2018.

Presenter: Scott Robinson
Winner: Nicholas Hullick

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: Judith Callanan
Winner:  Angus Eaton

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: Kretheka Rajeswar

m3property Award

The m3property Award is designed to help students kick start their careers in property while working around studies and complementing their learning. The winner will undertake a ten month rotation in various property sectors.

Presenter Luana Kenny
Winner:  Nikola Jackson

Student Achievement Awards – Property and Valuation

First Year Winner – Mirvac Award

Presenter: Will Lodge
Winner: Matthew Batten

Second Year Winner – Charter Keck Cramer Award

Presenter: Louis Megas
Winner: Taylah Theuma

Third Year Winner – Municipal Group of Valuers Award

Presenter: Briony Stephen
Winner: Nathan Farrugia

Fourth Year – m3property Award

Presenter: Luana Kenny
Winner: Irene Zabala

Graduate Diploma in Valuations Winner – Herron Todd White Award

Presenter: Craig Veljkovic
Winner: Aaron Fisher

Master of Business (Property) or Master of Property Winner – ISPT Award

Presenter: Francis Lynch
Winner: Christian Tendi (absent)
Photographed with: Professor Ron Wakefield

Project Management

First Year Winner – Bypass Award

Presenter: Adam Folino
Winner: Rachael Benbow

Second Year Winner – Coles Award

Presenter: Scott Robinson
Winner: Naomi Borg

Third Year Winner – Hickory Award

Presenter: Michael Perdikaris
Winner: Hamish Paterson

Fourth Year Winner – Jacobs Award

Presenter: Kylie Wood
Winner: Jessica Borg (accepted by Moira Borg)

Master of Project Management Winner – Ausco Award

Presenter: Jo Tonkin
Winner: Glenn Cooper

Construction Management

First Year Winner – L.U. Simon Award

Presenter: Jim Moschoyiannis
Winner: Sezgin Karali (absent)

Second Year Winner – Hickory Award

Presenter: Michael Perdikaris
Winner: Yash Ramlaul

Third Year Winner – Rider Levett Bucknall Award

Presenter: Ewen McDonald
Winner: Matthew Batten

Fourth Year Winner – L.U. Simon Award

Presenter: Jim Moschoyiannis
Winner: James McNair

Master of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Building – Sustainable Consultants Award

Presenter: Lindsay Richardson
Winner: Jason Holroyd

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 winners for each program are as below:

Construction Management – RICS Poster Award

Presenter: Simon Pearce
Winner: Nicholas Stedman

Project Management – PMI Poster Award

Presenter: Annie Sheehan
Winner: Emily Crawshaw

Property and Valuation – API Poster Award

Presenter: Cheryl Watson-Fitzgerald
Winner: Yuehao Guan
Contact:
Daniel McLinden
Industry Liaison
employerofchoicepcpm@rmit.edu.au