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Ranko Bon: Curriculum vitae 1 February 1, 2000 Principal Fields of Interest Corporate real estate management (building economics): Economic aspects of the building process from conception to demolition, with special emphasis on development, construction, utilization, and management of real property portfolios held by multinational organizations Construction economics: The rôle of the construction sector in economic growth and development, with special emphasis on international and intertemporal comparisons of construction technology and overall sectoral interdependence in conditions of increasing globalization of the construction market Address Reading Home: 11 Abbots Walk, Flat 2, Reading RG1 3HW, UK, Phone: +44 (0) 118 9504490 London Home: 1 Artesian Road, Flat 40, London W2 5DA, UK, Phone & Fax: +44 (0) 171 2295049, E- mail: [email protected] Office: Department of Construction Management & Engineering, University of Reading, Whiteknights, P.O. Box 219, Reading RG6 6AW, UK, Phone: +44 (0) 118 931 8201, Fax: +44 (0) 118 931 3856, E-mail: [email protected], Website: http://www.construct.reading.ac.uk Education Ph.D. Degree in Urban Studies and Planning, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, September 1972 - June 1975 Ph.D. Dissertation: "Some Conditions of Macroeconomic Stability in Multiregional Input-Output Models" (Supervisor: Professor Karen Polenske) Master's Degree in City Planning, Department of City and Regional Planning, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, September 1970 - November 1972 Master's Thesis: "An Introduction to Morphometric Analysis of Spatial Systems on Micro- Environmental Scale" (Supervisor: Professor Michael Woldenberg) Diplomate Engineer in Architecture, Department of Architecture, Belgrade University, September 1964 - June 1969 Undergraduate Thesis: "Human Habitat Under the Sea" (Supervisor: Professor Oliver Minic) Employment Professor of Construction Management and Economics, Department of Construction Management & Engineering, Faculty of Urban and Regional Studies, University of Reading, June 1995 - present Head of Department, October 1996 - January 1999 Visiting Professor, Department of Building and Real Estate, Hong Kong Polytechnic, Hong Kong, October - December 1993 Bovis Professor of Construction Management and Economics, Department of Construction Management & Engineering, Faculty of Urban and Regional Studies, University of Reading, July 1990 - June 1995 Ranko Bon: Curriculum vitae 2 Associate Professor of Building Economics and Technology, Department of Architecture, School of Architecture and Planning, MIT, July 1987 - June 1990 Assistant Professor of Economics in Architecture, Department of Architecture, School of Architecture and Planning, MIT, July 1983 - June 1987 George Macomber Career Development Professor in Construction Management, July 1985 - June 1988 Lecturer of Economics in Architecture, Department of Architecture, School of Architecture and Planning, MIT, January - June 1983 Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Northeastern University, September 1980 - June 1983 Lecturer of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts in Boston, September 1979 - July 1980 Lecturer of Urban Studies and Planning, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, School of Architecture and Planning, MIT, September 1979 - January 1980 Scientific Counsellor, Urban Planning Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, September 1975 - August 1979 The position of scientific counsellor is the highest research position available in a Yugoslav research institution Research Experience Department of Construction Management & Engineering, Faculty of Urban and Regional Studies, University of Reading Center for Strategic Studies in Construction (CSSC) Comparative Analysis of Construction Costs in the UK and US, Pre-Study Consulting Services, National Audit Office (NAO), May 1993 - October 1994 Founder and Head, Corporate Real Estate Management Research Unit (CREMRU), January 1991 - present CREMRU was established with the objective of providing a firm and lasting foundation for the study of real estate management in private and public organizations that are not primarily in the real estate business. As defined by CREMRU, corporate real estate management covers the entire range of activities concerning portfolios of buildings and land holdings held by an organization: investment planning and management, financial planning and management, construction planning and management, and facilities planning and management Annual International Survey of Corporate Real Estate Practices, CREMRU-Johnson Controls, Summer 1997 - present The collaborative survey with Johnson Controls, initiated in 1997, continues the surveying activity inaugurated in 1993 Ranko Bon: Curriculum vitae 3 Annual Survey of Corporate Real Estate Management Practices in Europe, North America, and Asia, June 1993 - March 1997 (unsponsored research project) The survey concerns similarities and differences between corporate real estate management practices in three major international business environments Analysis of the Nat West Bank Group Property Facilities' Customer Satisfaction Program, December 1995 - April 1996 Property Performance Measurement Study, DEGW Workplace Forum (Co-Principal Investigator, with Jay McMahan), October 1993 - December 1994 Survey of Corporate Real Estate Management Practices in the Top 100 EC Firms, Summer 1991 (unsponsored research project) The survey concerned the relationship between the chairman and the chief real estate officer, that is, similarities and differences in their perceptions of the rôle of real estate in their firms Founder and Head, European Construction Economics Research Unit (ECERU), September 1990 - present ECERU was established with the objective of providing a firm and lasting foundation for the comparative economic analysis of construction activity world-wide, with a special emphasis on Europe Annual Survey of International Construction, Summer 1992 - present (unsponsored research project) The survey concerns three areas—changes in the rôle of the construction sector in the national economy, changes in key construction markets over the next 25 years, and changes in international trade in construction materials and services over the next 25 years Input-Output Analysis of the Turkish Construction Industry, the British Council Link project with the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, with Talat Birgönül (Co- Principal Investigator), April 1998 - March 1999 Istituto Cooperativo per l'Innovazione Edilizia (ICIE), Rome, Italy, grant from the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Modello di supporto alle decisioni per la manutenzione nell'edilizia terziaria (Co-Principal Investigator), with Roberto Pietroforte (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts), July 1990 - June 1993 Laboratory of Architecture and Planning, School of Architecture and Planning, MIT Facilities Impact on Command Priorities, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, USA Corps of Engineers (Principal Investigator), with Michael Joroff, July 1988 - June 1990 Ranko Bon: Curriculum vitae 4 Decision-Support Tools for Real Property Portfolio Management, Corporate Property Management, Digital Equipment Corporation (Principal Investigator), with Michael Joroff, March 1988 - June 1990 Building Portfolio Management: New Approaches to Real Property Asset Management, Shimizu Construction Company (Co-Principal Investigator, with Michael Joroff), September 1986 - July 1988 Real Property Strategic Assessment, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, USA Corps of Engineers (Principal Investigator), with Michael Joroff and Eric Dluhosch, January - May 1986 Structural and Organizational Changes in the Housebuilding Industry in the United States and Japan, Grunsfeld Scholarship Fund (Principal Investigator), with Kazunobu Minami, September 1985 - May 1986 Expert System Development for Cafeteria Design, Real Estate and Construction Division, IBM, with Patrick Purcell and Robert Logcher (Co-Principal Investigators), February - June 1986 Comprehensive Office Building Evaluation Program, Real Estate and Construction Division, IBM, with Michael Joroff (Principal Investigator), Eric Dluhosch, and John Zeisel, September 1984 - March 1986 Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Boston University, grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Pneumatic Structures for Lunar and Martian Habitats, with Raymond Nagem and Guido Sandri (Principal Investigators), and Mary-Kate Weaver, September 1989 - September 1990 Architectural Research Centers Consortium, grant from the National Science Foundation An Economic Framework of Total Functional Value for Buildings, with Robertson Ward (Principal Investigator), Francis Ventre, and Francis Duffy, April 1989 - March 1991 Arthur D. Little Foundation Building Expert Systems and Building Economics (Principal Investigator), January - May 1985 Office of Facilities Management, Division of Capital Planning and Operations, Executive Office of Administration and Finance, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Program to Establish Cost-Effective and Efficient Procedures and Practices for Common Building Defects Detection, Diagnosis, and Scheduled Repair (Co-Principal Investigator), with Eric Dluhosch, September 1983 - April 1984 Department of Economics, Northeastern University The Structure of Users' Data Processing Costs: The Implications of the Decreasing Ratio Between Hardware and