Clusters

Professor Peter S.P. Wong is the Associate Dean (Construction Management) of the School of Property Construction and Project Management, RMIT University. As of March 2025, his research endeavours have led to over 150 publications and was granted over AUD $3 Million in research funding, including the Victorian Building Authority Research Grant project for developing a virtual reality (VR) based online self-evaluation platform to reduce the compliance risk of the building and plumbing works. The other prestigious Australia Research Council Linkage project, "Efficient construction: analysis of the adoption of integrated supply chains for innovative offsite housing manufacturing systems", helped guide the effectiveness of offsite manufacturing and improved project delivery. He is a Task Group member in 'Sustainable Housing' 'Net-Zero Building' and 'Cities & Infrastructure' of the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC). His publications in recent years are highly relevant to immersive technology (VR/AR/MR) in construction, Modular Integrated Construction (MiC), construction waste management, construction contract administration, sustainable construction, organisational change management and dispute resolution. Internationally, he is the Associate Editor of the ICE Proceedings: Management, Procurement and Law and the ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction. Professor Wong is leading the construction management discipline of RMIT University. He is a chartered quantity surveyor and a chartered builder with solid industry experience. He worked as a quantity surveyor with Rider Levett Bucknall Ltd, and was involved in a number of prestigious construction projects that amount to A$1.8 billion. He has rich teaching experience in Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and Melbourne. Significant funded projects as Chief Investigator - Using recycled and recyclable products: Influencing stakeholders through circular economy practices (Project 1.95) AUD$165,000 funded by Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre, 2023-2025 - Developing Virtual reality (VR) based online self-evaluation platform to reduce compliance risk of the building and plumbing works in Victoria, AUD$60,000 funded by Victorian Building Authority (VBA) Research Grant, 2022-2024 - Enhancing the use of products with recycled contact in the Australian construction industry (Project 1.85), AUD$123,750 funded by Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre, 2021-2023 - Defining partnership models for leveraging Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) in the design and delivery of data centres and school buildings, AUD$10,000 funded by Aurecon Group Pty Ltd., 2021-2022 - Understanding drivers for damage to distribution assets. FFCRC RP2.4.02, AUD$272,580 funded by Future Fuels Cooperative Research Centre, 2021 - Creation and Stimulation of End Markets for Construction and Demolition Waste in Australia (Project 1.75) AUD$132,000, Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre, 2020-2021 - Towards evaluating the employment impacts of the building maintenance program AUD $23,500, funded by Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works; Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre, 2019-2021 - Implementing Virtual Reality (VR) to foster industry engaged Work Integrated Learning (WIL) in RMIT's undergraduate Construction Management programs in Melbourne, Hong Kong and Singapore. AUD $50,000 funded by RMIT Innovation Pitch Tank Fund, 2019 - Efficient construction: analysis of integrated supply chains for innovative off site housing manufacturing AUD$345,385 funded by Australian Research Council Linkage Grant, 2014-2019 - A national economic approach to improved management of construction and demolition waste AUD $165,000 funded by Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre, 2018-2020 - Sustainability Graduate Attributes Assessment AUD$24,800, funded by UA-DAAD Australia-Germany Joint Research Co-operation Fund, 2018-2020 Applying Cost-benefit Analysis Frameworks to Housing as Social Infrastructure AUD$111,575, funded by Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), 2017-2018 Key activities: Professor Wong's excellence across the academic domains of leadership, teaching and learning and research has been highly recognised at the national and international levels. He is the Melbourne Hub Chair and the Global Accreditation Panel Member of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Education Board Member of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS) and the Board Member of the Assessment of Professional Competence of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). In research, he is the Associate Editor of the ICE Proceedings: Management, Procurement and Law and the ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction. He is the external examiner of the undergraduate and/or postgraduate construction management programs in Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of Auckland, University of NewCastle Australia, University of South Australia, Western Sydney University and Curtin University. Research Professor Wong has been actively involving in a number of research projects both nationally and internationally. He is a chief investigator of an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant project entitled "Efficient construction: analysis of integrated supply chains for innovative off site housing manufacturing. His grant application success has been continuing. As of March 2023, his H-index in Scopus database is 20. His publications led to more than 1000 citations (Scopus Author ID: 8843485600). His H-index in Google Scholar is 26 with over 2900 citations. Professor Wong endeavoured to raise the research profile of the School internationally. In 2016, 2017 and 2020, he received the Outstanding Reviewer Awards from the ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction. He was also awarded a "Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing" by Elsevier and the Editors of the International Journal of Project Management in 2014. In 2018, his publication entitled 'Towards decision making on carbon reduction over the building life cycle – an empirical study.' received the 'Jan Korevaar Most Outstanding Paper Award' from the International Cost Engineering Council. Teaching and Learning Professor Wong has been teaching Cost Planning and Tendering and Construction Contract Administration in Melbourne, Singapore and Hong Kong. His courses attracted scholarships annually sponsored by the AIQS. He led the construction management team to win the RMIT Education Innovation Pitch Tank Fund on a project 'Implementing VR to foster industry engaged Worked Integrated Learning (WIL) in RMIT's BCMH programs in Melbourne, Hong Kong and Singapore'. He led RMIT's BCMH students to outshine at the world stage. Teams supervised by him won the World first runner-up in 2018, and World championship in 2014 in the Chartered Institute of Builders (CIOB) Global Student Challenge (GSC) competition. Professional interests: 2018 – present, Education panel member of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) 2014 – present, Education Board Member of the AIQS 2018 – present, Reviewer of the Australian Research Council (ARC) 2013 – present, External Reviewer of the Research Grant Council (RCG), Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Furthermore, Professor Wong has been an Associate Editor of the ICE Proceedings: Management, Procurement and Law, the Editorial board member of the International Journal of Project Organization and Management, and the Associate Editor of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution. He is also a reviewer for: The Construction Innovation Information, Process, Management, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management; ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution; ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering; International Journal of Project Management; Surveying & Built Environment Journal, and International Journal of Project Organization and Management.

Key Activities Using Computational Fluid Dynamics technique to investigate complex fluid flow structure, especially turbulent reacting flows in fires and gas bubble coalescence and breakage in two-phase flows. Current research has centred on unsteady turbulence modelling using large eddy simulation approach and population balance modelling using discrete class methods and statistic method of moments. Involved research projects Research in Business (RiB): Improving the efficiency of a forward curved blower system ARC Linkage Project LP0882413: Development of an Integrated Platform for Performance-Based Safety Assessment ARC Discovery Project DP0877734: Multi-group Stochastic Modelling of Population Balance for Gas-Liquid Flow AutoCRC Scholarship for Postgraduate Research: Developing Numerical Model for Flow-Induced Vibration Excitation Mechanisms towards Virtual Laboratory Simulation ARC Special Research Initiatives SR0563610: Developing an E-Platform for Application of Clinical Management in the Human Respiratory and Vascular System Accomplishments and achievements 2012: ATN-DAAD (Australian Technology Network of university - German Academic Exchange Service): Joint Research Co-operation Scheme (ATN-DAAD) 2009: Victoria Fellowship (Victorian Government, Australia) 2008-11: Australian Post-Doctoral Fellowship – Industry (Australia Research Council) 2007-08: RMIT University Emerging Researcher Grant (RMIT University) 2003-04: Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship Renewal (Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund Council) 2002-03: Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship (Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund Council)

Dr Mojtaba Mahmoodian is a Senior Lecturer in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering and is leading research in intelligent monitoring and maintenance of civil infrastructure. He integrates advanced structural assessment techniques with Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence to create novel solutions for automated and remote monitoring and maintenance of infrastructure. His novel methodologies have been implemented on a wide range of civil infrastructure including bridges, pipelines, roads, ports and energy infrastructure. Mojtaba's strong track record within the field of smart infrastructure has been the result of continuous and efficient collaborations with industry.  

Dr. Payam Pirzadeh is a researcher and lecturer in the field of construction health and safety at RMIT University. He holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering and he is a member of the Institute of Engineers Australia. Prior to his academic role, Payam worked on major infrastructure projects involving the design and construction of large processioning facilities in the energy and mining sectors. He also holds a Master of Applied Science in Project Management and a PhD in Built Environment. For more than a decade, Payam has undertaken applied research, in collaboration with private and public sector construction organisations, on the topics of safety in design, measuring and managing health and safety performance, job quality and mental health, and improving the construction industry culture to support workers’ health and wellbeing.