Ian Thomas Godfrey

BIOGRAPHICAL RESUMÈ

Qualifications

Fellowship Diploma of Architecture RMIT

Registered Architect

  • State of Victoria
  • State of Tasmania

Professional Associations

Associate - Royal Australian Institute of Architects
Affiliate - Royal Australian Planning Institute
Member and Councillor - Association for Computer Aided Design
Corporate Member - Facility Managers Association of Australia

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

1960-65

RMIT School of Architecture and Building

1966-67

University of Melbourne, Faculty of Architecture

1968

University of Melbourne, Faculty of Science: Operations Research

LECTURING EXPERIENCE

1966-81

Various part-time lectureships in architecture, urban planning and pre-design studies for the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, The Phillip Institute of Technology and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

1983-Current

Presented papers to a number of professional seminars and conferences on computer applications in architecture and facilities planning.

1992-2000

Involved in the planning, course development and delivery of the Graduate Diploma of Facility Planning and Management at the University of Melbourne.

ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING EXPERIENCE
1962

Commenced full time work in architectural offices.

1966-76

Employed by Bates Smart and McCutcheon, Architects and Town Planners. Since 1970, specialised in long-range development planning, urban design, needs analysis and functional briefing and design of institutional projects.

1976-2001 Director of Sweetnam Godfrey and Ord Pty Ltd

2001

Joined present consultancy.

Responsible for projects in all fields, particularly the policy development, strategic planning, feasibility analysis and facility planning areas; along with research and development and computer systems.
RECENT MAJOR PROJECTS

(with Sweetnam Godfrey and Ord)

  • Department of Health Asset Model
  • Department of Education Asset Management Strategy
  • Education Asset Management System
  • Functional Brief for the West Australian Colocated Courts
  • Consolidated Asset Report for the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance
  • National Vocational Education and Training Assets Study
  • Space Planning Model for RMIT
  • TAFE National Facilities Parameters Study
  • Strategic Plans for the Launceston , Hobart and North West Institute sof TAFE , Tasmania
  • Strategic Plan for Government House Canberra
  • University in the City project for the Victoria University of Technology
  • Victorian Government Asbestos Management Information System
  • Feasibility study for a new County Court of Victoria
  • Facilities Brief for the Central Melbourne Magistrates' Court
  • Victorian Law Courts Design Guide
COMMUNITY / PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1983-88

Chairperson - Central Metropolitan Regional Technical and Further Education Board.

1985-87

Member - South Central Regional Board of Education.

1987

Member - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Centenary Commission.

1987-88

Lady Mayoress of Melbourne
Chairperson - Lady Mayoress's Committee - City of Melbourne

1987-88

Patron - National Council of Women of Victoria.

1993-95

National Councillor ACADS - the Association for Computer Aided Design.

1993-95

Chairperson - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Architecture Course Advisory Committee.

1997-98

Member - RAIA / CSIRO Integrated Building Classification Project

1995-2001 National Councillor International Alliance for Interoperability