My current research has focused on the impact of information and communication technologies on the design and construction industry with a particular focus on facility management organizations. See the CRS Center web site for additional information.
Other research interests include the management of professional design firms, project management, building economics, the economics of manufactured housing, methods for assessing the rehabilitation feasibility of abandoned facilities, strategic planning in professional design firms, and the environmental cost of building.
2000, Principal Investigator (with Mark Clayton), "A Survey of the Impact of E-Commerce on Facility Management Practices," IFMA Foundation. ($15,000)
1998, Co-Principal Investigator (with Mark Clayton), "Delivery of Information to Support Operational Documentation," USAA Inc. ($14,000)
1997, Co-Principal Investigator (with Mark Clayton), "Information Content of As-Built Drawings," USAA Inc. ($10,000)
1997, Principal Investigator (with Mark Clayton), "Collaborative Facility Management using Intranet Technology," partnership with USAA, Inc.
1997, Principal Investigator (with Mark Clayton), "Information Technology: Best Practices of Selected Facility Management Organizations," partnership with USAA, Inc.
1996-1997, Principal Investigator, "The Impact of Information Technology on Facility Management Practices," IFMA Foundation/Haworth Discovery Institute. ($1,000)
1994-1995, Co-principal Investigator, "Development of
an Architectural Compendium for Environmental Education: The Environmental
Cost of Building," National Pollution Prevention Center.
($80,000)
1993-1994, Faculty teaching grant, University of Michigan's Center
for Research on Learning and Teaching, "Use of the Case Method
for Teaching Professional Design Practice".($5,000)
1990-1992, Co-Project Director, "Manufactured Housing as
an Affordable Housing Option," State of Michigan Department
of Commerce. ($80,000)
1988-89, Project Director, "An Expert System for Property
Redeployment," Homer Hoyt Institute. ($10,000)
1987, Project Director, "A Study of the Reuse Potential for
the Studebaker Corridor", City of South Bend, Indiana ($35,923)
1984-87, Project Director and Co-Principal Investigator, "Development
of a Decision Model for Evaluating the Cost Performance of University
Research Laboratories," National Science Foundation. ($176,000)
1985-86, Co-Principal Investigator, "Revitalization of Industrial Facilities Project", Economic Development Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce.
1982-85, Project Director, "Economic Analysis and Computer-Aided Building Design," National Science Foundation. ($47,996)
1981-86, Co-Principal Investigator, "Concept Design CAEADS," U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. ($458,209)
1979-81, Associate Research Investigator, "The Michigan Courthouse Study," State of Michigan. ($350,000)
1980-81, Co-Principal Investigator, "Revitalization of Industrial Buildings," Economic Development Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce.
1980-81, Research Investigator, "Report for System Development for Preconcept CAEADS," U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. ($79,715)
1979-80, Research Investigator, "Integrated Design Databases for Army Constructed Facilities," U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. ($115,070)
1979-80, Project Director, "Productivity, Job Satisfaction and Work Environments," Institute of Science and Technology, The University of Michigan.