Mr John Lowry

John Lowry lfaiqs, iceca, Reg Adjudicator (Qld)
Mr John Lowry
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Mr John Lowry
Gold Coast, QLD
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About Me

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & ACCREDITATIONS
Life Fellow, Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (2008); Associate, The Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia; International Cost Engineering Council Accredited; Accredited mediator, The Institute of Arbitrators Australia; Accredited mediator, Queensland Building Tribunal, June 1998; Registered Adjudicator (Qld) J1057075
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
1965 to present - Cost management of building and civil engineering construction including cost planning, contract drafting and contract formation, contract documentation and contract management.
2004 - Development of national WBS proposals for AIQS
2005 - Registered adjudicator (Qld); Application for and management of the AIQS Authorised Nominating Authority (Qld); Review of proposals for ANA’s in Western Australia and Victoria.
Development of online adjudication system.
2006 - present - Development and delivery of online training in the BCIPA for professional contract administrators, claimants and respondents under the Act.
2009 - present - Development of online BCIPA compliant payment management systems; Development of mobile contract management network communications. Development of MIAC Workflow integration system.
2012 - Development and delivery of training module in the Victorian BCISoPA (AIQS Victorian Chapter).
2012 - Development of AQS Advisory Services, a business portal offering professional payment management, training, contract management and dispute resolution services.
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION (since 2000)
2009 - Chair AIQS Building Information Modelling Integration Committee; AIQS representative on the Tax Practitioners Board Advisory Committee; Submissions and negotiations for AIQS admission as Tax Agents under the Tax Practitioners Act 2009. 2008 - Member, CRC Building information modelling integration steering committee. 2007 - Chair, Pacific Assn of Quantity Surveyors research committee; Executive management group, Queensland Construction Industry Forum (QCIF); chair QCIF consultant selection task group; Member Design professions Action Agenda working party “Technology, Innovation & Sustainability” .2005 – 2007 - National past president, national councillor and Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors delegate; Member Qld Quality of Documentation Task Force. 2003 / 2005 National President, The Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors.; Member Tax Depreciation, Standard method of measurement, Code of Conduct, Finance committees; Delegate Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors Representative Australian Construction Industry Forum Guest lecture Expert Witness Services QUT 2002 Member Queensland Govt. Pre-qualification Criteria Consultant Selection Review Committee; Guest lecturer, QUT; Author AIQS Conditions of Engagement and Guideline Fee Scale; Author AIQS overhead and fee calculator 1999 - 2002 Member, Dept Industry, Science & Technology Industry Reference Group for International Benchmarking Research Project. Director and Vice-President, Policy and Development of the National Council of The Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors; Member CII / QUT Research Task Force, Re-engineering the Construction Delivery Process 2000 Member, Dept Industry, Science & Technology Industry Reference Group for International Benchmarking Research Project.

PUBLICATIONS & PAPERS (since 2003)
2010 - Present - Author of newsletter and industry publication column “Payment (really) Matters”. May 2008 – PAQS Congress 2008, Edmonton Canada; March 2008 – CRC Construction Innovation conference, Gold Coast. Aus; June 2007 – PAQS Congress, Auckland NZ; Jan 2005 – Law Reform commission submission; June 2004 – B-Hert Business Higher Education Round Table Journal-Online education and its application to professional services; A comparison of collaborative Project Information Management systems in Australia & UK; Collaborative Systems in Europe & Australia; Comparative analysis of Standard Methods of Measurement; BCIPA (Payments Act) User Training Guide ; AIQS submissions on the use of professional experts in NSW courts of law; Meeting in the Middle – A Quantity Surveying Perspective on Changing Education Needs for the Professions; October 2003 PAQS Tokyo keynote address -The Future of Quantity Surveying in the Asia-Pacific Region.
COMMUNITY SERVICE (since 2000)
2002 - Founder and chairman, “Milonga Para Los Niños” and Sociedad Para Los Niños charity for underprivileged children in South and Central America, operating in Brisbane, Sydney and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
AWARDS AND HONOURS
2009 Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors Service Medal 2008 Life Fellow, Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors 2004 National Exemplar, Year of the Built Environment. 2002 AIQS Queensland Chapter medal for meritorious service to quantity surveying and the AIQS.
WORK HISTORY
2012 - AQS Advisory Services
Professional advisory services in construction contract and payment management and dispute resolution services.
2010 - Thepowertool Pty Ltd (incl MIAC Workflow, SiD Mobile Construction Site Diary)
Online Construction Payment Claim Systems; Mobile productivity software; managed inter-application communications system integration and extended e-Bus applications.
2004 - 2012 AIQS Authorised Nominating Authority
Authorised nominating authority under the Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004 (Qld); Payment dispute resolution services; Development of the AQSAS Adjudication Online Case Management System.
2004 - My Corporate Coach.biz (business unit of Lowry Consulting P/L)
Online continuing professional development; Vocational training.
2002 - Lowry Consulting Pty Ltd
Contract Management; Project Management; Expert Opinion; Quantity Surveying; Facilities Management; Computer Services; Cost Engineering; Research and Development.
1989 – 2002 Lowry Hart Partnership Pty Limited
Project Management; Project controls; Quantity Surveying Services; Facilities Management; Computer Services; Expert Opinion; Cost Engineering; Research and Development.
1979-1988 The L.T.D. Co-Partnership Pty Ltd
Cost Management Consultants and Quantity Surveyors.
Director
David Moore & Associates Pty Ltd
Occupational Health and Safety Consultants. Environmental Planning and Monitoring Consultants.

Skills

Specialising in Construction Contract, Security of Payment and Quantity Surveying Expert Opinion since 2005 Systems analysis; software specification and architecture. Contract advisory services Payment systems advisory services, software and implementation; contract management. Adjudication of payment disputes under security of payment legislation; development and delivery of online tuition in payment management and payment dispute management. Development, implementation and management of the AIQS Authorised Nominating Authority under the Queensland security of payment legislation. Software development for online adjudication, online complying payment management and mobile business networking. Cost planning, contract documentation and contract administration of building and civil engineering projects up to $250 million. Developing and implementing contracts, procedures and contract administration methodologies for managing contractor and construction management contracts, including Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Kooralbyn Hotel and restorations and renovations at the Brisbane City Hall and The Old Queensland Museum. Developing and implementing cost and time management procedures and contract administration methodologies for multi-contract projects including Inner Northern Busway. Expert opinion, reports and evidence on a large number of disputes including matters in arbitration, mediation / conciliation, Queensland Building Tribunal, Supreme Court of Queensland and Federal Court of Australia. Distressed project recovery, including Magnetic Quays, Magnetic Island, Solano Apartments Gold Coast, Units at Toowong Qld. Expert Determination Court appointed expert Audit services for financial institutions including Commonwealth Bank, State Bank of Victoria, Macquarie Bank and Cassa Commerciale (Bank of Bendigo). Services have included financial and project audits and construction management invoice audits. Implementation and training of construction industry computer systems for estimating, job costing. System analysis and evaluation. Facilitation of IT strategies and implementation. Training and training seminars in negotiation, facilities management, project management and cost management of civil engineering construction. Skills audits. Curriculum development. Corporate coaching.