Research Interests
- Regional development and entrepreneurship
- Construction Production Management
- Construction cost modeling
- Virtual Construction
- Location-based management systems
- Asset Management
- Mass-haul optimisation (road and rail construction)
- Corporate Real Estate (and its contribution to competitiveness)
National Competitive Research Grants
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
2007-2008 (AHURI) Good practices for managing Australia 's public housing assets. $218,370
ARC Collaborative/SPIRT/Linkage Research Grants:
2000-2003 Measuring the Performance of Community Facilities Program, City of Port Phillip, City of Melbourne, City of Darebin, Bass Coast Shire Council, City of Glen Eira, City of Greater Sheparton, City of Maribyrnong, City of Stonnington, City of Moonee Vallee, Nextage Systems, Maddock Lonie and Chisolm, ARC-SPIRT, $120,000 ARC + $320,000 industry (2 + 1 years).
1997-2000 International Competitiveness of Corporate Property in Australia Program, Department of Infrastructure, Office of Building, Australia Post, Property Council (Vic) and Boral, ARC-Collaborative, $285,000 ARC + $375,000 industry (3 years) (plus $15,000 seeding grant from DOI).
ARC Australian Postgraduate Awards (Industry/Linkage):
2002 Building Communities: Managing Public Assets to Provide Social Value Program, City of Moonee Valley, ARC-Collaborative (Held at Swinburne), $63,000 ARC + $30,000 industry.
2000 Managing Local Government Property: The role of Perceptions and Community Values Program, City of Glen Eira, ARC-Collaborative, $63,000 ARC + $30,000 industry.
1997 Using Supply Chain Procurement to Reduce Financial Risk in the Building Industry, Department of Infrastructure, Office of Building, ARC-Collaborative, $63,000 ARC + $30,000 industry. 1997 Strategies for the Packaging of Maintenance Services in Local Government following CCT, City of Port Phillip, ARC-Collaborative, $63,000 ARC + $30,000 industry.
1997 Performance Indicators for the City of Melbourne, City of Port Phillip, ARC-Collaborative, $63,000 ARC + $30,000 industry.
1997 Retail Development and Planning in Melbourne CAD: A Study of Economic Activity and the Property Market, City of Port Phillip, ARC-Collaborative, $63,000 ARC + $30,000 industry.
Other ARC Research Grants:
1996 AUBEA Research Initiation Network Program, All Australian Building Education Schools, ARC-Special Initiatives Grant, $49,503.
1996 Reducing Building-Client Risk through In-project Cash Flow Monitoring Program, ARC-Small Grants Scheme, $7,500.
Other Grants:
1998 Contractual Context of Supply Chain Integration Program, University of Melbourne Internal Grant - Visiting Scholar Scheme to support Dr Will Hughes, $15,000.
Recent Publications
Books:
Kenley, R. (2003). Financing Construction: Cash Flows and Cash Farming . Spon Press, London . 290pp, ISBN 0-415-23207-4.
Sinclair, S. and Kenley, R. (2003). Recreational Scuba Diving: A guide to safe diving . In-depth International, Melbourne, ISBN 0-9581889-4.
Kenley R., Brackertz N., Fox S., Heywood C., Pham N. and Pontikis J. (2000) Unleashing Corporate Real Estate: getting ahead of the pack , Property Council of Australia and Department of Infrastructure, Melbourne , ISBN 1-87648-90-7.
Books (Ed):
Kenley, Russell (2005). Proceedings-13th International Group for Lean Contruction. Sydney , July. 555 pages. ISBN 18-7704-034-7.
Kenley, R. and Chen, S.E. (1999) "Property and Construction Education and Research: AUBEA international electronic conferences 3 and 4", AUBEA Res, Melbourne, 157 pages. ISBN 0 646 38617 4.
Chen, S.E., Kenley, R. and Skitmore, M. (1996) (Editors), "Education for Construction Management", Australian Institute of Building, Canberra , ISBN 0 9586614 4 8.
Chapters in Books:
Kenley, R. (1996) [as United Consultants (Aust.) Pty Ltd]. "Tendering specifications" contributing author in, Competitive Tendering Procedures Manual, Institute of Municipal Management (eds).
Wilson, O.D., Sharpe, K., Kenley, R. and Atkins, A.S. (1987). "Competitive Tendering: the Ideal Number of Tenderers", in P.R. Lansley and P.A. Harlow (eds) Managing Construction Worldwide Vol.1: Systems for Managing Construction, E. & F.N. Spon, London.
Refereed Journal Articles and Book Reviews:
Harfield, Toby, Panko, Mary, Davies, Kathryn and Kenley, Russell (2007). "'Toward a Learning-Styles Profile of Construction Students: Results from New Zealand ". International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 3(3), 143-158
Harfield, T., Davies, K., Hede, J., Panko, M. and Kenley, R. (2007). "Activity-Based Teaching For Unitec New Zealand Construction Students". Emirates Journal for Engineering Research, special issue on Innovation in Engineering. 12 (1), 57-63.
Horman, M.J. and Kenley, R. (2005). "Quantifying levels of wasted time in construction with meta-analysis". Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE. 131 (1) 52-61. Wood, B. and Kenley, R. (2004). "The effectiveness of the bills of quantities in Australia". Journal of Construction Research, 5 (2), 291-309, Hong Kong .
Brackertz, N. and Kenley, R. (2002). "Evaluating community facilities in local government: managing for service enablement", Journal of Facilities Management, 1(3) 283-299.
Brackertz, N. and Kenley, R. (2002). "A service delivery approach to measuring facility performance in local government", Facilities, 3 (4) 127-135.
Brackertz, N., Heywood , C.A. and Kenley, R. (2002). "Enabling processes for strategic outcomes: CRE in the Australian private and public sectors", Pacific Rim Property Research Journal, 8(4) 286-299.
Kenley, R. (2001). "In-project end-date forecasting: an idiographic, deterministic approach using cash-flow modelling", Financial Management of Property and Construction, 6 (3) 209-216.
London , K.A. and Kenley, R. (2001). "Industrial organisation of supply chains in a small isolated construction market", Construction Management and Economics, (19)8 777-788
Kenley, R. (2001). "The predictive ability of Bromilow's Time-Cost Model: Comment", Construction Management and Economics, 19 (8), 759-764.
Kenley, R, K.A. London and J. Watson. (2000). "Strategic procurement in the construction industry: Mechanisms for public sector clients to encourage improved performance in Australia " Journal of Construction Procurement, 6 (1) 4-19.
Kenley, R., Shipworth, D.T. and Uher, T. (1999). "The role of the ARC in Australian Construction Management Research", Property and Construction Education and Research-AUBEA International Electronic Conferences 3 and 4, AUBEA Res, Melbourne, 5-12
Kenley, R. (1999). "Cash farming in building and construction: a stochastic analysis" Construction Management and Economics ,17, (3) 393-401.
Shipworth, D. and Kenley, R. (1999). "Fitness Landscapes and the Precautionary Principle: The geometry of environmental risk", Environmental Management, 24 (1) 121-131.
Horman, M.J. and Kenley, R. (1998). "Process Dynamics: Identifying a strategy for the deployment of buffers in building projects", Logistics, 1998, 1 (3) 221-237.
Smith, J., Kenley, R. and Wyatt, R. (1998). "Evaluating the client briefing problem: a pilot study", Journal of Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 5 (4) 387-398
Wood, B.M. and Kenley, R (1997). "Review of the Australian Standard Method of Measurement with the object of simplifying its current rules and methods of measurement", AIB Papers , 8, 77-90.
Kenley, R. and Wilson, O.D. (1989). "A Construction Project Net Cash Flow Model", Construction Management and Economics, 7, 3-18.
Wilson , O.D, Sharpe, K. and Kenley, R. (1987). "Estimates Given and Tender Received: A Comparison", Construction Management and Economics, 5, 211-226.
Kenley, R. and Wilson, O.D. (1986). "A Construction Project Cash Flow model - an Idiographic Approach", Construction Management and Economics, 4, 213-232.
Refereed Conference Papers:
Harfield, Kenley & Brackertz (2008). "Community And Innovation: Evidence Of Social Entrepreneurship In Snake Valley , Australia ." AGSE ERE 2008, 7pp.
Harfield, T., Kenley, R., Panko, M. & Davies, K. (2008). "Up-skilling the New Zealand construction industry: a critique of the learning options." Building Resilience, BEAR 2008. Heritance Kandalama , Sri Lanka . 434-445.
Heywood, C., Missingham, G. & Kenley, R. (2007). "Affective roles for agents in local government Corporate Real Estate projects", Cobra 2007, Atlanta , September, 10pp
Heywood, C. & Kenley, R. (2007). "Strategic corporate real estate management research and teaching: defining dimensions of practice", AUBEA Conference, Melbourne, July, 17pp
Kenley, R., Heywood, C. A., Kunkoro, M., Brackertz, N. and Pham, N.T. (2007). "Corporate Real Estate Management as a source of competitive advantage". Pacific Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES) 2007, Perth . 17pp.
Kenley, Russell and Seppänen, O. (2006). "Location-based management system for construction: principles and underlying logic". CIB W55-W65, Rome , 19pp.
Kenley, Russell (2006). "Location-Based Management". AUBEA 2006, UTS Sydney , 13pp.
Kenley, Russell (2005). "Dispelling the complexity myth: Founding Lean Construction on Location-Based Planning". 13th Annual Lean Construction Conference, 245-251. Sydney, Australia . Seppänen, Olli and Kenley, Russell (2005). "Using Location-Based techniques for cost control". 13th Annual Lean Construction Conference, 252-261, Sydney, Australia.
Kenley, Russell and Seppänen, Olli (2005). "Performance measurement using Location-Based status data". 13th Annual Lean Construction Conference, 262-269. Sydney, Australia.
Heywood, Christopher, Missingham, G. and Kenley, Russell (2005). "Bridging the gap: Exploring expectations and perception-based performance assessments" CIB-W70 Facilities Management and Asset Maintenance, Helsinki, Finland, June.
Seppänen, Olli and Kenley, Russell (2005). "Case studies of using flowline for production planning and control". CIB-W65 Construction Management, Helsinki, Finland, June.
Kenley, R. (2004). "Project micro-management: practical site planning and management of work flow". 12th Annual Lean Construction Conference, 194-205. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kenley, R. and Heywood, C.A. (2003). "The process of reviewing portfolio of Sustainable Development: a community interaction". Construction and Property Research, Technology and Collaboration, CIB-W089 Building Education and Research. University of Salford, (3) 482-491.
Hargreaves, R., Davies, K. and Kenley, R. (2003). "Communicating information on urban sustainability: the urban sustainability information resource (USIR)". Smart and sustainable Built Environment (SASBE), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, October 2003.
Heywood , C.A. , Missingham, G. K. and Kenley, R. (2003) "An asset by any other name: A study of the nomenclature of assets for strategic local government property management". AUBEA Post-Graduate Construction Research Conference, RMIT, Melbourne , pp 1-16.
Kenley, R. (2002) "Investment decisions associated with apparent profit", DMinUCE Conference, London.
Kenley, R. (2002) "Packaged solutions: a model for motivating energy efficient renovation for housing", Renovation Problems in Buildings and Historical Monuments, REMO December 5 to 7, Wroclaw, Poland.
Brackertz, N. and Kenley, R. (2002). "Moving towards an integrated facilities management tool to evaluate facilities for service performance in local government", CIB - W70 Facilities Management and Asset Maintenance , Glasgow, 168-182. Winner of the best Paper on FM Innovation Award by the British Institute of Facilities Management.
Heywood, C. A., Kenley, R. and Missingham, G. K. (2002). "Strategic Local Government Corporate Property Management: A Human Dimension", Pacific Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES) Conference, Christchurch, January.
Heywood , CA , Kenley, R. and Missingham, G. (2002) "Process as performance: Asset management in a Best Value context", CIB - W70 Facilities Management and Asset Maintenance , Glasgow.
Heywood , CA , Kenley, R. and Missingham, G. (2002) "Strategic issues for facility provision: a re-examination of the NIMBY phenomenon", ARCOM , University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK, September.
Kenley, R., Heywood , C.A. And McGeorge, D. (2000). "Australian Corporate Real Estate Management: Identification of the hybridisation of property and financial knowledge in practice", PPRES Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, Sydney, January.
Kenley, R. and Heywood, C. (2000). "Financial and service provision contrasts in Australian corporate real estate management practice", ARCOM , September.
Kenley, R. and Heywood, C. (2000). "Australian corporate real estate management: identification of strategic issues in practice", RICS Cutting Edge, September.
Kenley, R., Heywood, C. Pontikis, J. and Bon, R. (2000). "Corporate real estate management in Australia - empowering managers through information and technology?" CIB W70 Facilities Management and Asset Maintenance , Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
London , K.A. and Kenley R. (2000). "Structural and behavioural characteristics of construction supply chains", 8th Annual Lean Construction Conference, Brighton, UK
London, K.A. and R.Kenley (2000). "Mapping construction supply chains: widening the traditional perspective of the industry", 7th annual European Association of Research in Industrial Economic EAIRE conference, Switzerland.
Brackertz, N. and Kenley, R. (2000). "Taking a service delivery approach to measuring facility performance in local government", CIB - W70 Facilities Management and Asset Maintenance, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Kenley, R. (1999). "The contractors use of the client's funds: a stochastic analysis", CIB W55 ,65,98 September (3) 946-955.
London , K.A. and Kenley, R. (1999). "Organisational fit between building clients and their supply chain networks", CIB W55 ,65,98 September, (1) 100-111.
Bewry, S. and Kenley, R. (1999). "Restructuring local government organisations for asset management after CCT: the multi-client dichotomy", CIB W55 ,65,98 September (3) 1057-1068.
Smith, J. Wyatt, R. Jackson, N.and Kenley, R. (1999). "The decision to fund, strategic analysis before the decision to build", CIB W55 ,65,98 September (2) 490-498.
Kenley, R. (1998) "The role of Meta-Analysis in construction management research", ARCOM , V1 31-38, Reading , September 1998.
Kenley, R. (1998). "The role of undergraduate self directed learning in facilitating research", Building Education and Research, Proceedings of the CIB W89 - Building Education and research , Brisbane, July, E&FN Spon, 494-501
London , K.A. Kenley, R. and Agapiou, A. (1998), "Theoretical supply chain network modelling in the building industry", ARCOM, V2 339-379, Reading , September 1998
London , K.A., Kenley, R. & Agapiou, A. (1998). "The impact of construction industry structure on supply chain network modelling", Annual conference of the Logistic Research Network , Cranfield University , September 1998, 155-164.
Horman, M. and Kenley, R. (1998) "Quantifying wasted time in construction", Annual conference of the Logistic Research Network , Cranfield University , September, 429-441.
Bewry, S. and Kenley, R. (1998). "Development of service delivery through asset management", ARCOM, V2 662-671, Reading, September 1998.
Horman, M.J., Kenley, R. and Jennings , V.C. (1997). "A lean approach to construction-An historical case study" Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction , IGLC '97
Newton , C. Finkelstein, J. and Kenley, R. (1997). "... but builders are not architects!", Proceedings of the 3rd international electronic forum, AUBEA.
Kenley, R. Shipworth, D.T. and Uher, T. (1997). "The role of the ARC in Australian Construction Management Research", Proceedings of the 3rd international electronic forum, AUBEA.
Kenley, R. and Wood, B.M. (1996). "A pilot study of the supplier/sub-contractor payment system\", Proceedings of Organisation and management of the construction process, CIB W65 , Glasgow , (1) 398-405
Jennings , I.C. and Kenley, R. (1996). "Integrating Complexity: Integrative role in building procurement", Proceedings of Organisation and Management of the Construction Process, CIB W65, Glasgow, (2) 339-351
Jennings , I.C. and Kenley, R. (1996). "The social factor in project organisation", Proceedings of the Procurement Systems Symposium: North meets South, CIB W92, University of Natal, Durbin South Africa, 239-250 (ISBN 1 8640 178 2)
Horman, M.J. and Kenley, R. (1996). "The application of lean production to project management", Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC '96, Birmingham, UK, 8 pages.
Kenley, R. and Dodds, A. (1995). "Evaluation of PBL within standard methods of teaching and evaluation", Learner assessment and program evaluation in problem based learning, Proceedings of the PBL Conference, University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales, pp 265-274
Shipworth, D. and Kenley, R. (1995). "Exploring a fitness landscape of environmental impacts", Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, University of Newcastle , Volume 2, pp245-250
Jennings , I.C. and Kenley, R. (1995). "The social factor in project organisation", Proceedings of the Australian Systems Conference, Edith Cowen University, Perth, pp 160-169
Wilson , O.D, Atkins, A.S, Sharpe, K. and Kenley R. (1987). "Competitive Tendering: The ideal number of tenders", The Organisation and Management of Construction-5th International Symposium, London, September 1987.
Research Projects
2007-2008 Municipal Association of Victoria . "The small towns project". Developing an entrepreneurial research agenda for the Regional Development Victoria Small Towns project. $55,000
Editorial Board Membership
Construction Management and Economics, A* rated journal on ABDC list.
Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, B rated journal on ABDC list.
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