Rate My Professor Cameron Beard

Cameron Beard, M. Bld., B.ConMgt (Hon 1), is an Industry Educator and Program Convenor for the Master of Construction Management in the School of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Newcastle. He completed his Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours Class 1) in 2002 and Master of Building (Research) in 2006 at the University of Newcastle, the latter supported by a CRC for Construction Innovation Scholarship focusing on implementing building product models in an Australian construction project. Before transitioning to academia at the end of 2019, Beard gained nearly 18 years of industry experience as a client-side Quantity Surveyor at Muller Partnership Australia, serving as Quantity Surveyor from 2002 to 2014 and Director from 2014 to 2019.

In his academic appointments, Beard coordinates courses such as ARBE6610 Project Management Principles, ARBE2308 Cost Planning & Estimating, and ARBE3309 Measurement of Building Works 2, and serves as Program Convenor for the Graduate Certificate in Project Management. His research specializations and interests include construction management, cost planning, decision-making, quantity surveying, risk estimating, Building Information Modelling, and barriers to ICT implementation in quantity surveying. Key publications feature journal articles like "Technological advancements and their influence on buildability in construction projects: a phenomenological analysis" (Construction Innovation, 2025, with Puwakkatiya Lokuge, Kulatunga, and Gajendran) and "A critical review of quantity surveying education in an offsite construction perspective: strategies for up-skilling" (Construction Innovation, 2023, with Ginigaddara and Gajendran); book chapters including "A Case for Sustainable Value to Address Embodied Carbon: Insights from the Australian Residential Sector" (2025, with Siva), "Key Issues Impacting Recruitment and Career Progression of Women" (2025, with Siva et al.), and "Hazardous building materials threaten circular economy and sustainable outcomes" (2024, with Vaughan et al.); conference papers such as "Influences on the adoption of BPM/BIM: An Australian perspective" (2009, with Brewer and Gajendran); and reports like "The building surveying and quantity surveying professions: A toolkit informing of the professions as possible career pathways" (2023, with Maund et al.). Beard has received major awards including the 2024 University of Newcastle Learning Design and Teaching Innovation - Teaching Excellence Award, 2022 Employability Excellence Award - Work Integrated Learning Staff Member of the Year, and multiple College of Engineering, Science & Environment Staff Excellence Awards (2021-2023) for community engagement, equity, diversity and inclusion, student experience, and process improvement. He holds the position of NSW Chapter President for the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors since 2023 and contributes to projects such as the Bachelor of Construction Management Delivery Mode Enhancement.