Autor: Barry Symonds

The Editors Professor Herbert Robinson, is currently a Regional Adviser and Head of Training Division at the United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP), part of United Nations Regional Economic Commission for Africa. He was Professor of Construction Economics at London South Bank University and a Senior Research Associate at Loughborough University, UK. Barry Symonds, Senator h.c. Biberach an der Riss, Managing Director of Symonds Konsult International and Associate Director for Rapid5D (BIM Solutions UK). He was the Head of Property, Surveying and Construction at London South Bank University, UK. As a chartered quantity surveyor, he worked as a partner and consultant for practices in the UK and New Zealand. He held academic advisory roles and has been visiting professor, and external examiner in the UK and abroad. Professor Barry Gilbertson is a Visiting Professor at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle and was a partner at Pricewaterhouse Coopers for 15 years. Barry was the first chartered surveyor to become a partner in a firm of chartered accountants, anywhere in the world, and the 123rd President of RICS in 2004/5. Barry was a member of the United Nations Real Estate Advisory Group and a member of the Bank of England”s Property Forum. Professor Benedict D. Ilozor teaches construction management, architecture, facilities planning, design & management at the School of Engineering Technology, Eastern Michigan University, where he is Research & Graduate Assistants Coordinator. He previously taught in Australian universities, and was head of Facilities Management for the Built Environment Research Group at the School of Architecture & Building, Deakin University.