2016 Annual Industry and Research Awards Night

The School of Property, Construction and Project Management hosted their annual Industry and Research Awards night again this year at the Olympic Room and Betty Cuthbert Lounge in the MCG on Wednesday 19 October 2016. Our final year Honours students from the three undergraduate programs in the school presented their research findings in info-graphic poster form, and our highest achieving students were awarded for their excellence. Awards were sponsored by our industry partners, and staff, students, family and industry enjoyed the opportunity to network on the night.

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.

Presented by: Robert van Raay

Winners: Timothy Chiam (Property and Valuation), Paul Hussey (Project Management) and Wesley Kryskow (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 their lectures and tutorials to date.

Presented by: Andrew Hume

Winner: Cameron Hillas

Tony Carpenter Award and L.A. Casey Award

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

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

Presented by Edna Yeo

Tony Carpenter Winner: David Kenny

L.A. Casey Winner: Benjamin Ellis

Solid Support

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

Presented by Michael Cook

Winner: Jessica Borg

AIB FO Watts/W T Morris Award

Awarded to the Dux of the Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management) (honours) in 2015

Presented by Tom Morris

Winner: Wesley Kryskow

AIB Chapter Medal Award

Awarded to the Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management) (Honours) student who achieved the highest cumulative GPA in 4th year.

Presented by Frank Pavan

Winner: Wesley Kryskow

Muller Partnership Award

Awarded to the best student in Building Measurement and Estimating.

Presented by Matthew Wylie

Winner: Anthony Tram

Probuild Award

Awarded to the best student in the penultimate courses Managing Complex Projects and Advanced Project Management.

Presented by Jack Molan

Winner: Mai Thanh Tram (accepted by Rhea Chenery)

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).

Presented by Haro Levonian

Winner: Samantha Villella

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.

Presented by Stephen Andrew

Winner: Nor Ainura Ahmed Azhar

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.

Presented by Alex Berends

Winner: Beng Loon Cheong

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.

Presented by Tony Kelly

Winner: Apichart Wongkham

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.

Presented by Jason Shaw

2015 Winner: Tina Puopolo

2016 Winner: Patrick Fitzgerald

GPT Group Scholarship

The GPT Group Scholarship is awarded to RMIT property and valuation students who will be in their final year in 2017 and strive to enter the property sector.

Presented by Judith Callanan

Winner: James Emery

Donald Cant Watts Corke Scholarship

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

Presented by Stephen McCoullough

Winner: Polly Tran

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 2017.

Presented by David Bridger

Winner: Nic Stedman

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.

Presented by Judith Callanan

Winner: Charles Cook

Chris McMahon Gippsland Valuers Discussion Group Scholarship Award

Chris McMahon Scholarship, as presented by the Gippsland Valuers Discussion Group. Honouring the late Chris McMahon; instrumental in establishing the discussion group and for a valued contribution to the Valuation Profession in Regional Victoria

Presented by Michael Talbot

2016 Winner: Samuel Pratt

Student Achievement Awards

Property and Valuation

First Year Winner – Mirvac Award

Presented by Natalie Crosby and Adam Steel

Winner: Olgitsa Atanasovska (in absentia)

Second Year Winner – Charter Keck Cramer Award

Presented by Judith Callanan

Winner: Sarah Seidler

Third Year Winner – Municipal Group of Valuers Award

Presented by Briony Stephen

Winner: Augustine Chuo

Fourth Year – Westlink Consulting Properties Award

Presented by Chris Hamon

Winner: Priscilla Lodge

Postgraduate Property and Valuation

Graduate Diploma in Valuations Winner – Herron Todd White Award

Presented by Craig Veljkovic

Winner: Peter Petito (in absentia)

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

Presented by Carl Barrile

Winner: Justine Franklin

Project Management

First Year Winner – Bypass Award

Presented by Adam Folino

Winner: Meg Sullivan (accepted by Briana Tomasinski)

Second Year Winner – Coles Award

Presented by David Bridger

Winner: Chloe Spiliopoulos

Third Year Winner – Hickory Award

Presented by George Abraham

Winner: Jessica Borg

Fourth Year Winner – APP Corporation Pty Ltd Award

Presented by Jonathan Caughey

Winner: Jamie Bradbury

Project Management Postgraduate

Master of Project Management Winner – Jacobs Award

Presented by John Cataldo

Winner: Elizabeth Benham (accepted by Rhea Chenery)

Construction Management

First Year Winner – L.U. Simon Award

Presented by Jim D Moschoyiannis

Winner: Matthew Weston

Second Year Winner – Hickory Award

Presented by George Abraham

Awarded to: Jake Duncan

Third Year Winner – Rider Levett Bucknall Award

Presented by Ewen McDonald

Winner: Cade Marshall

Fourth Year Winner – L.U. Simon Award

Presented by Jim D Moschoyiannis

Winner: Sophie Ly

Poster Awards

In their final course, fourth year students from the following programs:

• Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management)
• Bachelor of Applied Science (Project Management)
• Bachelor of Applied Science (Property and Valuation)

Create info-graphic posters of the research work they completed with input from Industry. Earlier in the awards night our 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 results were tallied and theses were the winners:

RICS Poster Award

Best Construction Management Poster

Presented by Robert van Raay

Winner: Liam O’Neill

PMI Poster Award

Best Project Management Poster

Presented by Annie Sheehan

Winner: Iain Davison

API Poster Award

Presented by Judith Callanan

Winner: Jeanpierre Malin