Professor Bo Xia
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Biography
Dr. Bo Xia is a Professor in the School of Architecture and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology. His research interests are in design-build, project delivery systems, construction management, sustainable buildings, built environment for older people, and age-friendly communities and cities. His research findings have been published in internationally recognized journals and presented at important conferences. Currently, Prof Xia acts as the editor of International Journal of Construction Management, member of Editorial Boards for the ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, Advances in Civil Engineering, and Built Environment Project and Asset Management. Prof Xia welcomes prospective PhD applicants interested in broad construction and project management research, particularly in age-friendly built environment for the ageing population. Prof Xia got the nomination for 2013 Faculty Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Research Supervision and won Highly Commended Supervisors as runners-up (1 per School), which is the recognition of his high-quality HDR supervision work.Research Interests
- Construction project procurement and delivery (e.g. design-build, PPP, IPD, etc.)
- Green building and sustainable development
- Housing and built environment for older people (e.g. sustainable retirement villages, ageing in place/ageing at home in the community, etc.)
- Construction and project management
Sustainable housing for older people:
- A sustainable community for aged people: Case studies of green retirement villages in Australia. Research Trust of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). PI Xia, Co-PIs Zuo and Skitmore, April 2012 –March 2013. (£5064 Total QUT)
- Providing Appropriate Facilities in Not-for-Profit Retirement Villages (2016-2017). Bowen Jenkins Legacy Research Fund (CIOB). PI Xia Bo, Hu Xin (£10,000 Total QUT)
- Delivering Sustainable Retirement Villages for Ageing Australians, Australian Research Council, DP170101208, A/P Bo Xia and Prof Laurie Buys, 2017-2019 (AUD$118.000 Total QUT)
- Overview of Australian "Green Star" Projects. HuaHui Construction Group Co. Ltd. PI Xia, 2018. (AUD$20,000 Total QUT)
- Developing pricing, optimization and adjustment model for a waste disposal fee of PPP waste-to-energy projects (2015-2018). National Science Foundation, China. Partner Investigator Xia (CNY 600,000)
- Organizational Learning and Its Impact on Associated Organizational Capability in Construction Megaproject Organizations with External Involvement (2016-2019) National Science Foundation, China. Partner Investigator Xia (CNY 196,920)
- Research on the megaproject social responsibility's behaviour selection mechanism, dynamic evolution and governance policies (2019-2022). National Science Foundation, China. Partner Investigator Xia (CNY 600,000).
- International Journal of Construction Management, Editor (2018-present)
- Advances in Civil Engineering Editorial board member (2019-present)
- ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, Editorial board member (2015-present)
Personal details
Positions
- Professor
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Keywords
Construction management, Green building, Age friendly built environment
Research field
Building
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Professional memberships and associations
Professional Service
- Regional Editor, International Journal of Construction Management (2018-)
- Member of the Editorial Board, ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering (2015-)
- Member of the Editorial Review Board, Member of the Editorial Review Board, Built Environment Project and Asset Management (2013-)
- Member of the Editorial Board, Advances in Civil Engineering (2019-)
Professional Membership
- International Council for Building Research Studies and Documentation (CIB)
- CRIOCM—Chinese Research Institute of Construction Management
Teaching
- PMN604: Strategy and Project
- UDB420: Project Administration
- BEB801: Proejct 1
- UDB301: Research methods
- Guest Lecturer: ENB481 Civil Engineering Project Management
- Lecturer in Zhejiang Sci-tech University: Management
- Lecturer in Zhejiang Sci-tech University: Professional English
Experience
Academic Experience
- Associate Professor, Construction Management, School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology (2017.8-present)
- Adjunct Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Hefei University of Technology (2018-present)
- Senior Lecturer, Construction Management, School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology (2014.8-2017.7).
- Lecturer, Construction Management, School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology (2011.5 – 2014.7).
- Research Assistant, Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2010-2011)
- Visiting scholar at Colorado University at Boulder, U.S. (2009)
- Lecturer in Zhejiang Science and Technology University (2006-2007)
Education
- Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice, Queensland University of Technology (2012)
- Doctor of Philosophy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2010)
- Master of Engineering (Construction management), Zhejiang University, PRC (2006)
- Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering), Zhejiang University, PRC (2003)
External collaborations:
- University of Adelaide
- Central Queensland University
- University of Western Sydney
- University of Technology Sydney
- Curtin University
- RMIT
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Hong Kong City University
- Colorado University at Boulder (U.S.)
- Zhejiang University (China)
- Tongji University (China)
- Chongqing University (China)
- Southeast University (China)
- Tianjin University (China)
- Zhejiang Sci-tech University (China)
- Chang'an University (China)
- Hefei University of Technology (China)
- South China University of Technology (China)
Publications
- E, J., Xia, B., Buys, L., Chen, Q. & Susilawati, C. (2023). A Follow-up Spatial Analysis of Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities in the Greater Brisbane Region: Using the Latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census Data (2021). Buildings, 13(2). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/237763
- E, J., Xia, B., Susilawati, C., Chen, Q. & Wang, X. (2022). An Overview of Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) for Ageing in Place. Buildings, 12(5). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/230060
- E, J., Xia, B., Buys, L. & Yigitcanlar, T. (2021). Sustainable Urban Development for Older Australians: Understanding the Formation of Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities in the Greater Brisbane Region. Sustainability, 13(17). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/213001
- Xia, B., Chen, Q., Buys, L., Skitmore, M. & Walliah, J. (2021). Sustainable living environment in retirement villages: What matters to residents? Journal of Aging and Environment, 35(4), 370–384. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/206868
- Xia, B., E, J., Chen, Q., Buys, L., Yigitcanlar, T. & Susilawati, C. (2021). Understanding Spatial Distribution of Retirement Villages: An Analysis of the Greater Brisbane Region. Urban Science, 5(4). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/226355
- Xia, B., Chen, Q., Walliah, J., Buys, E., Skitmore, M. & Susilawati, C. (2021). Understanding the Dynamic Behaviour of the Australian Retirement Village Industry: A Causal Loop Diagram. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 25(5). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211520
- Hu, X., Xia, B., Chong, H., Skitmore, M. & Buys, L. (2020). Improving the sustainable retirement village framework: From theory to practice. Journal of Cleaner Production, 248, 1–12. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/136677
- Hu, X., Xia, B., Chen, Q., Skitmore, M., Buys, L. & Wu, P. (2018). A practice mining system for the delivery of sustainable retirement villages. Journal of Cleaner Production, 203, 943–956. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/121858
- Xia, B., Olanipekun, A., Chen, Q., Xie, L. & Liu, Y. (2018). Conceptualising the state of the art of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the construction industry and its nexus to sustainable development. Journal of Cleaner Production, 195, 340–353. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/120034
- Xia, B., Xiong, B., Skitmore, M., Wu, P. & Hu, F. (2016). Investigating the impact of project definition clarity on project performance: Structural equation modeling study. Journal of Management in Engineering - ASCE, 32(1), 1–8. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/84596
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Bo, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Best paper award. For the paper entitled "Optimising facilities provision in retirement villages- A case study in Australia", Presented in CRIOCM2018 23rd International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, Guiyang, China, 24-27, August 2018
- Type
- Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Member of the Scientific Committee of 50th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), University of Adelaide, 7-9 December 2016
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Editorial Member of ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- BEPAM Best Reviewers for 2014
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- Best Paper Award of the CRIOCM 2013 International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, 19-20th October, 2013, Xi'an, China
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- Member of the Editorial Review Board of Built Environment Project and Asset Management
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- Member of Editor Board of Journal of Building Construction and Planning Research (JBCPR)
- Type
- Other
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- Highly Commended Supervisors for SEF Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Research Supervision(1 per School)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- Best Themed Paper Award, Australasian Universities Building Educators Association (AUBEA), 37th Annual International Conference, 4-6th July 2012, Sydney
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- Emerald Outstanding Paper Award for 2011 in the Journal of Financial Management of Property and construction
Selected research projects
- Title
- Building A Better Built Environment for Older Australian's Ageing-in-place
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP230101313
- Start year
- 2023
- Keywords
- Title
- Making Australia Resilient to Airborne Infection Transmission
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP200301123
- Start year
- 2023
- Keywords
- Title
- Delivering Sustainable Retirement Villages for Ageing Australians
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP170101208
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- An Urban Road Network Resilience Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: The Case of South East Queensland
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Tan Yigitcanlar, Dr Carol Hon - The impact of early contractor involvement on infrastructure project performance
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Adjunct Professor Martin Skitmore, Dr Fiona Cheung - Understanding the impact of Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities on the active ageing of Australian Baby Boomers
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Glen Tian, Associate Professor Connie Susilawati, Dr Madhav Nepal - Systemically creating the norms for cooperative behaviour in alliance contracting
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Fiona Cheung - Exploring how the living environment affects the well-being of older people in Chinese continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs)
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Adjunct Professor Martin Skitmore, Dr Kirsty Volz
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Developing a Sustainability Assessment Model for Public Building Projects (2021)
- Understanding the Behaviour of the Australian Retirement Village Industry - A System Dynamics Modelling Approach (2021)
- Development of a Lean Construction Framework for the Saudi Arabian Construction Industry (2018)
- Exploring the Potential for Green-oriented Procurement in Building Projects: A Case of the Malaysian Construction Industry (2017)
- Fuzzy Multi-Attribute Analysis (FMAA) Model for Engineering -Procurement-Construction (EPC) Contractor Selection (2017)
- Motivating Project Owners to Increase Their Commitment towards Improving the Delivery Performance of Green Building Projects (2017)
- Practice Mining for the Development of Sustainable Retirement Villages in Australia (2017)
- Improving Cost Estimation Performance: An Investigation of Prediction Technique and Person-Environment Interaction (2016)
- Developing People Capabilities for the Promotion of Sustainability in Facility Management Practices (2015)
- Framework for Implementing Design Build Project Delivery System in Road Infrastructure in Indonesia (2013)