Mr Jack Williamson
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Biography
Career History- 1997 - present: Senior Lecturer (fractional appointment), QUT
- Mid 1991 - 1997: Lecturer (fractional appointment), QUT
- 1988 - 1990: Director, Building Division, Qld Dept of Works (now Dept of Public Works)
- 1986 - 1988: Chief Architect, Qld Dept of Works
- 1980 - 1986: Manager, Technical Services Branch, Qld Dept of Works
- 1976 - 1980: Senior Architect in various sections of Qld Dept of Works
- 1969 - 1976: District Architect, Toowoomba, Qld Dept of Works
- 08.1968 - 1969: Architect, Qld Dept of Works
- 05.1968 - 07.1968: Travelled in USA, Europe and Asia.
- 11.1967 - 04.1968: Architectural firm in Syracuse, New York State, USA
- 08.1965 - 10.1967: Study at Cornell University, USA.
- 1963 - 07.1965: Architect, Qld Dept of Works
- 1960 - 1962: Architectural Student at Univ. of Qld but working in Qld Dept of Works.
- 1957 - 1956: Architectural Student at University of Qld.
Award
- 1964: A.E.Brooks Travelling Scholarship, University of Queensland.
Current External Appointments
- General Referee for the Building and Development Dispute Resolution Committee, Dept of Infrastructure and Planning.
- Member of the Building Industry Consultative Group, Dept of Infrastructure and Planning.
Previous Committee Positions
- 1990 - 1994: Chairman, Board of Architects of Queensland
- 1986 - 1988: Chairman, National Committee on Rationalised Building (NCRB) - At that time all government building organisations in Australia and New Zealand were members of this committee.
Previous Committee Memberships
- 1988 - 1994: Board of Architects as member and Chairman
- 1987 - 1988: Building Research & Development Advisory Committee (BRDAC)
- 1987 - 1990: National Public Works Conference
- 1980 - 1981: Aust. Uniform Building Regulations Co-ordinating Council
- 1978 - 1988: NCRB / NPWC Specification Committee
- 1977 - 1978: National Public Works Research Co-ordinating Committee
- 1977 - 1987: National Public Works Consultant's Committee
- 1977 - 1991: Nationl Committee on Rationalised Building
- 1976 - 1987: Queensland Building Advisory Committee
Personal details
Keywords
Building construction, Building fire safety, Building legislation, Building matererials, Work Integrated Learning (WIL)
Discipline
Architecture, Building
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- MSc (Cornell University)
- GradCertEd (Queensland University of Technology)
- BArch(Hons) (University of Queensland)
Professional memberships and associations
- Registered Architect (Board of Architects, Queensland): 1963 - present.
- Australian Institute of Architects; Fellow, Senior Counsellor and member of the Qld Chapter Practice Committee.
- Concrete Institute of Australia
Teaching
Jack has been teaching in the architecture course at QUT since mid-1991. During this time at different stages he has been involved with second, third, fourth and final year students in the areas of architectural technology and professional practice. In these areas he was able to use the vast architectural experience that he obtained over the years in the district and head offices of the Queensland Department of Works together with the experiences obtained from being on a range of interstate building committees.
Teaching Areas
PhD Panel Member
Teaching Areas
- Building construction including building materials and building legislation for domestic and commercial buildings.
- Building documentation in the previous Architectural Application Units.
- Professional Practice
- Specifications
- Building Fire Safety
- Work Integrated Learning
PhD Panel Member
- Title: "Development of Novel Technologies for Improved Natural Illumination of High Rise Office Buildings", Phillip John Greenup (student), Professor Ian Edmonds (supervisor).
- Title: "Local Buckling Behaviour and Design of Cold-Formed Steel Compression Members at Elevated Temperatures", Jung Hoon Lee (student), Professor Mahen Mahendran (supervisor).
- Title: "Wind-induced Natural Ventilation to the Refuge Floor at a High-rise Building in Hong Kong", Charles Chor-Kwan Cheng (student), Assoc. Prof. Nur Demirbilek (supervisor).
Selected publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Jack, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).