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Jonathan O'Brien

BE UNSW, MASc Tor., CPEng, MIEAust

Adjunct Senior Research Fellow

Contact Details

Office Location:
CE 207 Civil Engineering Building (H20)
Phone: +61 2 9385 7773
Fax: + 61 2 9385 6139
Email: j.obrienroberto@unsw.edujlo.au

Teaching Areas

Construction methods and equipment
Project management
Construction system design
Principles of general management
Construction automation and robotics

Research Areas

Broad interests relate to construction technology and methods, construction decision processes and project management, methods improvement and to the management of field productivity generally.

Special research interests include the fields of cognitive processes in construction decision making, Construction robotics and construction automation, the design of automated intelligence systems for the management of field operations, High technology

Selected Publications

Muro, T and O'Brien, J.B,. Terramechanics - Land Locomotion Mechanics. A.A. Balkema Publishers, 2004, Lisse.

O'Brien, J.B,. "Construction Automation and Robotics in Australia - A State-of-the-Art Review". Proc. 8th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction - Stuttgart 3-5 June 1991 page 75-82

O'Brien, J.B., "Review of Management Information Systems in Construction". IABSE Periodica 1/1989, IABSE Journal J-38/89 pp 1-24, February 1989.

O'Brien, J.B. and Maidl, B., "Automatic collection of Operational Data in Underground Construction". Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology Vol 3, No.2, 1988 pp 141-151.

O'Brien, J.B., and Compton, R., "Field Studies of the Cognitive Processes involved in Construction Activity", Proc. 4th Intl. Symposium on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in Building Construction , Building Research Station , Technion, Haifa Israel, June 22-25 1987, pp322-342 .

O'Brien, J.B., "Concrete Technology & the M.L.C. Tower Project". Civil Engineering Transactions. Institution of Engineers Australia, Vol. CE 22, No. 3, Nov. 1980, pp 209-214.

O'Brien, J.B. and Woodhead, R.W. "A Structure for Construction Research" Proc. National Science Foundation Workshop , "Enhancing Construction Through State-Of-The-Art Research", The University of Texas at Austin, Feb 20-21, 1984. eds. Ashley D.B and Tucker R.L. pp 1-100.

Professional Services

Member of the board of the International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction
Consultant to industry through Unisearch Ltd. in areas of construction engineering methods, construction accidents and worker safety and in civil engineering and project management training.

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