Dr Darryl O’Brien is a lecturer in building surveying at Victoria University and a private consultant based in Queensland. Prior to this, Darryl was Director of Technical and Regulation at the Victorian Building Authority and was a lecturer and Head of Course for CQUniversity.

Darryl holds undergraduate degrees in Building Surveying and Building Design and postgraduate qualifications including a PhD, Masters Environmental Planning and Graduate Certificates in Tertiary Education and Urban Planning.

Darryl is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Building Surveyors and past QLD NT Vice President, former member of the AIBS QLD State Executive Committee, AIBS National Technical Committee and AIBS National Education Committee. In addition to his lecturing roles, Darryl works as a consultant for government agencies, provides technical presentations for a range of organisations and has previously been engaged as an Independent Technical Expert for Cladding Safety Victoria.

 

Portfolios

College of Sport, Health & Engineering

Areas of expertise

  • Building codes and legislation
  • Performance-based legislation
  • Change management
  • Professional ethics
  • Management of non-conforming building products
  • Development of professional audit schemes
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Contact details

[email protected]

Teaching responsibilities

Publications

Refereed journal articles

Winchester, H. O’Brien, D. (2018). How quality assurance codes change: beyond ‘bells and whistles’ and ‘code by catastrophe’? Journal of Quality in Higher Education. Volume 24, Issue 1. 

Abassi, N., Adams, N., Guide, E., O’Brien, D., Lawrence, P. (2018). Delivery of Online Architecture and Build Design Studios; a Case Study from CQUniversity. 52nd International Conference Architectural Sciences Association (ANZ AScA)

O’Brien, D. (2017). Towards a quantitative risk framework to identify non-conforming building products. Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal & Valuation. Volume 5, Number 4.

Wu, P. Pienaar, J. O’Brien, D. (2013). Developing a lean benchmarking process to monitor the carbon efficiency in precast concrete factories-a case study in Singapore. Journal of Green Building Volume 8, Number 2.

Refereed book chapters

O’Brien, D. (2019) Chapter - The Management of Non- Conforming Building Products. Building Regulation Australia. LexisNexis, Legal and Professional. NSW, Australia.

Professional memberships

Fellow Australian Institute of Building Surveyors

Industry experience

  • National Audit Manager Australian Institute of Building Surveyors
  • Independent Technical Expert, Cladding Safety Victoria
  • Subject Matter Expert Department Transport and Planning
  • Director Technical and Regulation, Victorian Building Authority
  • Private building surveyor
  • Private town-planning consultant