60193 profile 1279874034 1459943863 <![CDATA[Brian Bowen]]> Professor Brian Bowen was appointed the College of Architecture’s first professor of practice in 2007. Prior to this since 2000, he supported the College’s Continuing Education Program with specific focus on courses in Managing A & E Practices and Contracting Companies. He retired in 2000 as president of Hanscomb Inc., an international construction consulting company active worldwide in managing construction projects and programs. He was trained in England as a quantity surveyor joining Hanscomb in 1960 in London, moving to Montreal in 1961 and then Atlanta in 1982. Professor Bowen was instrumental in forming the Construction History Society of America in 2007. He now chairs their Management Committee. Currently he is acting as Construction Historian to the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) to assist them in celebrating their centennial in 2018. He has spoken and written extensively on a wide range of construction industry issues, including course at the universities of McGill, Calgary, Reading, Pennsylvania State, Auburn, Minnesota, and Ryerson..

Educational Background
1959 – Diploma in Quantity Surveying, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Fields

]]> construction history; construction program management; integrated project delivery; construction industry trends; construction cost management; value engineering;

]]> Recent Courses
COA 4010 & COA 6010 – History of the Construction Industry 2006 -2016

]]> Current research is directed in four main quarters:
1.    Knowing how the American construction industry evolved from colonial times for the purpose of understanding its current structures, organization, processes and methods used to deliver its projects.
2.    Studying the current industry in order to devise improvements in productivity and in value delivered to its clients.
3.    Examining methods used in other countries construction practices and processes as a potential source of ideas for improvements in the US.
4.    Exploring opportunities for improving instruction in academia on construction estimating, management and control.



Research Groups/Labs
Construction History Society of America

Recent Publications, etc.

  • “The Quantity Surveyor – MIA in the USA”, 3rd International Construction History Congress, Cottbus, Germany, May 2009
  • “Learning from Design and Construction Failures”, Moderator – Inaugural Event, Construction History Society of America, Georgia Tech, November 6th-8th 2008
  • “Construction in Florence 1400”, Dean’s Symposium – The Duomo of Santa Maria del Fiore: The Legacy of its Construction, Georgia Tech, February 9th 2008
  • “Teaching the History of Construction”, SE Chapter of Society of Architectural History, Nashville, TN, October 26th 2007
  • “Collaborative Struggles – Lessons from History”, Construction Management Association of America, Chicago, October 7th 2007
  • “The Emergence of General Contracting in 19th Century America”, National Building Museum, Washington D.C., September 27th 2007
  • “Could Big Change Happen Here”, Engineering News Record, Viewpoint, March 5th 2007 issue.
  • “Construction Cost Management”, Topic 14.4, The Architects Handbook of Professional Practice, 14th Edition, 2006.
  • “Project Management – its past, present & future”, Department of Architectural Science, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, October 2006
  • “The American Construction Industry”, Department of Construction Management, University of Reading, England, March 2004
  • “Everything You Wanted to Know about the Construction Industry”, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, Continuing Education Program – 2 day seminar delivered seven times from 2002 – 2005 in Atlanta, Chicago & Washington, DC.
  • “UNIFORMAT II - A Recommended Classification for Building Elements and Related Sitework”, co-author with Robert P. Charette and Howard Marshall, National Institute of Standards & Technology, August 1992.
  • “International Price Comparisons - Theory, Practice & Results”, Conseil International du Batiment, Montreal, Canada, May 1992.
  • Contributing Author “Construction Cost Control”, New Directions in Architectural & Engineering Practice, Howard S. Birnberg, Editor, McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, NY, April 1992.
  • “Value for Money - The Elusive Search for Equilibrium in Design & Construction”, Association of Physical Plant Administrators, Orlando, FL, July 1991.
  • “Elemental Cost Classification Standard for Building Design”, American Association of Cost Engineers annual meeting, Seattle, WA, June 1991.
  • “Value Management in the North American Construction Industry”, 2nd European Value Management Conference, Paris, France, October 1990.
  • “Building a Better Bottom Line - Cost Estimating, Analysis & Control”, two-day workshop for American Institute of Architects, 1988 & 1989.
  • Cost Control Conference for Architects - Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, October 1984.
  • “Have we Abdicated the Leadership Role?” - SMPS Conference, Washington D.C., August 1984.
  • “Cost Containment to Avoid Budget Cost Overruns”, Construction Failure Conference - New York, New York, March 1984.
  • “Cyclical Renewal or Deferred Maintenance - The Costs and Benefits”, Southern Region Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities & Colleges, Morgantown, WV, October 1983.
  • “Computers and the Search for an Accurate Estimate”, Computer/Graphics in the Building Process Conference, Washington D.C., April 1983.
  • “Life Cycle Costing & Value Engineering - New Frontiers for the Quantity Surveyor?” Commonwealth Association of Surveyors & Land Economics Conference, Ottawa, September 1981.
  • “Building Cost Data - A case for a national building cost information system”, Engineering Foundation Conference, Henniker, New Hampshire, August 1980.
  • “Energy Economics and Life Cycle Costing”, series of 15, one-day seminars presented in most major Canadian cities and sponsored by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada,1980-81.
  • The Building of the British Westinghouse Electric and manufacturing Plant, Trafford Park, Manchester, 1901-2, Construction History Journal 2010; Great Buildings that made a Difference: The Crystal Palace, London, 1851, Symposium at Georgia Tech, 2014
]]> <![CDATA[]]> <![CDATA[]]> 352811 image <![CDATA[Brian Bowen 2014]]> 201984 image/jpeg <![CDATA[]]> 1221