Dr Jorge Ochoa is an expert in knowledge sharing for sustainable urbanisation, urban sustainability assessment and sustainable construction management. Dr Ochoa’s work has focused on the development of systems for improving processes in assuring the delivery of sustainable urban products. During his PhD studies, he focused in the development of a planning system for assuring the implementation and delivery of sustainability features in building projects. As a postdoctoral fellow he adopted a systems thinking approach for finding effective methods to implement and monitor urban sustainability. His PhD thesis and publications are all in the field of sustainable urbanization, sustainable construction, systems development and decision... Read more
About me
Dr Jorge Ochoa is an expert in knowledge sharing for sustainable urbanisation, urban sustainability assessment and sustainable construction management. Dr Ochoa’s work has focused on the development of systems for improving processes in assuring the delivery of sustainable urban products. During his PhD studies, he focused in the development of a planning system for assuring the implementation and delivery of sustainability features in building projects. As a postdoctoral fellow he adopted a systems thinking approach for finding effective methods to implement and monitor urban sustainability. His PhD thesis and publications are all in the field of sustainable urbanization, sustainable construction, systems development and decision making.
Findings obtained during Dr Ochoa’s PhD studies demonstrated for the first time with empirical data the importance of the production planning process in the delivery of sustainable building projects. Later, his work on comparing the application of urban sustainability indicators in various cities around the world has produced important evidence that proves the inadequacy of standard urban sustainability assessment systems. More recently, his work on the establishment of a knowledge system for sustainable urbanisation research has proved the importance of sharing experiences obtained in sustainable urbanisation best practices.
In presenting his work in international conferences and forums, he was invited to deliver a keynote speech at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, the largest and most influential conference in the field of sustainable development. He was also invited to run a training session on sustainable cities for 120 city leaders from around the world.
Despite Dr Ochoa being an early career researcher, his work has created great interest in the research community to the point that one of his articles has been listed in the Top 25 Hottest Articles in ScienceDirect since 2010 reaching #1 position in various occasions. His articles have also being referenced on influential reports emitted by the Asian Development Bank and the US Global Change Research Program. Dr Ochoa has also secured several research grants, some as Chief Investigator, totalling AUD$180,000. He has secured some of these grants in collaboration with top professors from Australia and Hong Kong. He has also built a collaboration record with UN-Habitat since 2012.
Dr. Ochoa is currently working on the development of the pilot version of an expert system for assisting the development of sustainable urbanisation strategies. The system is based on best practices from around the world and it’s being developed in collaboration with UN-Habitat. This idea has been presented in various international conferences and has already awaken great interest from the research community.
About me
Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA)
Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC)
Beam Society
The Chinese Research Institute of Construction Management
The International Society for Productivity Enhancement
The Lean Construction Institute
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Association for Global Project Management Professionals in Japan
Mexican Society of Civil Engineers
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Urban Best Practice Expert System, UN-Habitat, 16/05/2018 - 16/05/2019
Developing the mock-up of an Urban Sustainability Expert System (USES), United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2016.
Best Practices and Critical Success Factors for Sustainable Urbanisation in China, HKPolyU, 2015 - 2017.
Developing the Architecture of an Expert System for Sharing Sustainable Urbanization Experiences, Bond University Vice Chancellor’s Research Grant Scheme, 2012 - 2013.
Identification of Critical Success Factors for Implementing Sustainable Urbanization, Bond University Vice Chancellor’s Research Grant Scheme, 2012 -2013.
Establishing a Knowledge System for Sustainable Urbanization Research, HKPolyU Central Research Grant, 2010.
Research
Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2011 |
238
200
4
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| 2010 |
161
137
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
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| 2019 |
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| 2019 |
2
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| 2019 |
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| 2018 |
Open access
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| 2018 |
2
2
2
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| 2017 |
12
10
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| 2015 |
1
1
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| 2015 |
33
26
1
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| 2014 |
11
7
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| 2014 |
24
22
1
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| 2013 |
14
18
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| 2013 |
2
2
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| 2011 |
238
200
4
|
| 2010 |
161
137
|
| 2010 |
7
1
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2019 |
Open access
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| 2018 |
Open access
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| 2017 |
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| 2017 |
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| 2017 |
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| 2016 |
Open access
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| 2015 |
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| 2011 |
Open access
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| 2009 |
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| 2009 |
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Research
Founding Member – Network Eleven, United Nations Human Settlement Programme
Member – International Council for Building
Working Group 116 - Smart and Sustainable Built Environments
Task Group 86 - Building Healthy Cities
Focal Point – UN-Habitat Partner University Initiative.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Bond University | AUSTRALIA |
| Chongqing Jiaotong University | CHINA |
| Chongqing University | CHINA |
| City University of Hong Kong | HONG KONG |
| Delft University Of Technology | NETHERLANDS |
| Hong Kong Polytechnic University | HONG KONG |
| National Institute of Construction Management and Research, India | INDIA |
| RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
| Rockford University | UNITED STATES |
| Ryerson University | CANADA |
| Shanghai Jiao Tong University | CHINA |
| Shenzhen University | CHINA |
| Technical University of Denmark | DENMARK |
| Tongji University | CHINA |
| United Nations | UNITED STATES |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Hong Kong | HONG KONG |
| University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Western Sydney University | AUSTRALIA |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| A knowledge management framework for enhancing construction projects' delay risk management | Current |
| Automated space planning using social data mining | Current |
| Influence of culture and stakeholder management of current Corporate Social Responsibility practice and its implications on socio-economic developments: Papua New Guinea oil and gas industry | Current |
| Investigating project performance measurements based on the complexity level of IT-enabled projects | Current |
| Methodological framework for Design out C&DW during project phase | Current |
| The fusion of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Internet of Things (IoT) to Enhance Sustainability in Smart Sustainable Cities (SSC). | Current |
| The impact of building information modelling on construction sustainability | Current |
| Utilisation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in higer education facilities management setting | Current |
