Initiative to Transform the Design And Production of Buildings in Australia
Reducing waste, delays and emissions from building projects is the focus of a collaborative initiative between 30 industry partners. The post Initiative to Transform the Design And Production of...
View ArticleNew CRC Initiative Seeks 80 Per Cent Reduction in Construction Waste
Building 4.0 CRC, a collaborative initiative that seeks to reduce waste and emissions from building projects, has received a $28 million Cooperative Research Centre grant from the Federal Government....
View ArticleCooperative Research Centre to Connect the Dots
The Building 4.0 CRC initiative promises to re-shape building delivery in Australia by creating a platform for “Whole picture” interoperable thinking. The post Cooperative Research Centre to Connect...
View ArticleIntelligent Design and Collaboration
We regularly hear about Big Data and its relevance to smart cities and smart buildings. The promise of increased liveability, greater workability and enhanced environmental performance, underpinned by...
View ArticlePrefab – Why Isn’t it Everywhere?
“Building and construction is just too complicated to work within any one system. It looks very simple on the outside, but it’s actually very, very tricky and it’s much more complex than most people...
View ArticleEducation and Training in a Time of Change
2020 has been a particularly confronting year for the education sector. The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it a whole host of challenges, which saw funding decrease and research priorities changing in...
View ArticleBuilding 4.0 CRC welcomes new directors to the Board
With the election in late 2020 of three Independent Directors and the appointment of a further Nominee Director, Building 4.0 CRC’s Board is now complete (see brief overviews below). As per the...
View ArticleIndustrialised Building and the education of future professionals
Sustainability. Affordability. Quality. Demand. These are just some of the challenges facing today’s construction industry, and some of the things that need to change for the industry to succeed in...
View ArticleMore CRC projects on the move
Four more projects have commenced at Building 4.0 CRC, bringing the total active projects to eight. One such project, the ePlanning and eApprovals – Scoping Study, led by Dr Davood Shojaei from The...
View ArticleA directory of opportunities…
Through Building 4.0 CRC, our partners have access to a wealth of research expertise across a wide range of disciplines and research areas. Connecting world-leading research expertise with industry...
View ArticleBuilding Culture, April 2021 edition
“Bygg 4.0” is an initiative from Sweden that is comparable to Building 4.0 CRC. It also seeks to digitally transform the building industry, providing an interesting counterpoint to our own...
View ArticleFour more new projects for the CRC
Another four Building 4.0 CRC projects crossed the start line in April 2021, including new materials for windows of the future, VR/AR technologies in training and education, barriers and opportunities...
View ArticleIndustry 4.0 and Smart Prefab – Building 4.0 CRC helping pave the way
The Australian construction industry has faced severe challenges over the past two decades. Spiralling costs of building materials and construction has contributed to making housing less affordable....
View ArticleBuilding Culture May 2021 edition
In this edition of Building Culture, take a look at the future of modular construction and the new government taskforce that the British Government has put in place to help with its recovery. There’s...
View ArticleBuilding 4.0 CRC consortium proposal uses new technologies to improve...
New, fast moving strains of coronavirus are calling for Australia’s quarantine program to be further strengthened. As such, alternative models of mandatory quarantine are being considered. In...
View ArticleSmart quarantine infrastructure: the next step for Australia
On the scale of things, ‘team Australia’ have done a remarkable job in managing COVID – both in terms of health and economic outcomes compared to other countries. But now we need to secure a...
View ArticleThis prefab builder raised more than $2 billion. Why did it crash?
One of the biggest and best-funded companies in prefabrication and industrialised construction is going out of business. Katerra’s closure will result in the loss of thousands of jobs and the...
View ArticleBuilding 4.0 CRC Chair awarded Order of Australia
Chair of Building 4.0 CRC, Dr Bronwyn Evans AM, has made it onto the Queen’s Birthday 2021 Honours List for her significant service to engineering, to standards, and to medical technology. This award...
View ArticleTwo more projects bring total to 14 and rising…
Building 4.0 CRC has launched another two projects, bringing the total number of active projects to 14. In one project, industry and research experts will work together to investigate the major...
View ArticleA mining camp won’t cut it: Australia’s quarantine system needs a smarter design
The announcement that the Victorian and federal governments will build a 1,000-bed COVID quarantine hub at Mickleham in Melbourne’s north marks a welcome end, or at least a fresh chapter, to the...
View ArticleBuilding Culture June 2021 edition
Our eighth edition of Building Culture is out now, and it’s packed with innovation, contemplation, and celebration! We congratulate our Chair, Dr Bronwyn Evans AM, on being awarded an Order of...
View ArticleBuilding 4.0 CRC welcomes new Industry Lead
Following the recent retirement of Dr William (Bill) Humphries, Building 4.0 CRC has appointed a new Industry Lead, who will help the CRC into the next chapter. Isaac Coonan brings great knowledge,...
View ArticleBuilding 4.0 CRC Theme Coordinator awarded 2021 Mollie Holman Medal
Building 4.0 CRC Theme Coordinator and Monash Architecture PhD candidate, Dr Ivana Kuzmanovska, has been awarded the 2021 Mollie Holman Medal for her exemplary investigation into the design-production...
View Article10 more projects launched by Building 4.0 CRC
Ten more projects have been launched at Building 4.0 CRC, with close to 30 projects now active. From automated tracking of construction materials, to demystifying volumetric construction,...
View ArticleMeet Building 4.0 CRC’s Scientific Advisory Committee
Building 4.0 CRC is committed to ensuring that our research and development is strategically appropriate, at world standard, and pointing the industry in the right direction. The Scientific Advisory...
View ArticleBuilding 4.0 CRC welcomes its first PhDs!
Building 4.0 CRC has welcomed its first cohort of PhD candidates to the team. PhDs play an invaluable role in the progression of a CRC, offering new insights and innovative research capability to help...
View ArticleThe Changing Shape of Building Innovation
Attempts to innovate in construction are not new. Over the past century, there have been many different efforts and approaches, all around the world. But construction is well-known as an industry that...
View ArticleBuilding Culture Sept 2021
From prefab to industrialised building to platforms and back; in this edition of Building Culture, we get a personal view of the changing shape of building innovation from our CEO, Mathew Aitchison....
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Building 4.0 CRC appoints Industry Advisory Committee
Building 4.0 CRC has welcomed six renowned experts across government, industry, and industry transformation, into its newly established Industry Advisory Committee. Together, these experts will help...
View ArticleGreen Buildings performance confirmed by the CRC
A new report by Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) shows that modelled energy performance of Green Star certified buildings is being achieved in the operation of buildings, as demonstrated by...
View ArticleDigitalisation solutions explored by CRC
Construction is used to seeing temporary teams creating one-off products in response to unique and changeable site conditions. But what opportunities exist when, instead of project-based thinking, a...
View ArticleB40CRC Annual Report 2021 – out now!
Building 4.0 CRC officially began on 1 July 2020. This report marks the first 1.5 years of operation of the CRC’s seven-year tenure, capturing the consortium’s major achievements to date. VIEW REPORT...
View ArticleDemystifying Proptech
by Isaac Coonan, Building 4.0 CRC Industry Lead There is increasing hype around one of the world’s fastest growing technology clusters, PropTech. But is this hype simply just another passing fad, or...
View ArticleBuilding Culture Dec 2021
In this edition of Building Culture, access our first Annual Report, capturing the CRC’s achievements over its first 18 months. Watch our first two Conversations on the Implications of Industry 4.0...
View ArticleBuilding 4.0 CRC welcomes new Research Director
Building 4.0 CRC is delighted to welcome Professor Chris Knapp as the consortium’s Research Director. Transitioning across from Bond University, where he is Head and Professor of Architecture,...
View ArticleVIRIDI Group joins Building 4.0 CRC
With leading expertise in technology-based solutions, and pre-existing Research & Development functionality, VIRIDI Group have been welcomed into the Building 4.0 CRC consortium as a promising new...
View ArticleBuilding 4.0 CRC welcomes new Projects Manager
We are delighted to welcome our new Projects Manager Samantha Lemons. Samantha is a project manager with 10+ years’ experience working in the not-for-profit and university sectors. For the last 5+...
View ArticleBuilding 4.0 CRC welcomes new Communications Manager
We are delighted to welcome our new Communications Manager Jenny Flynn. Jenny is an experienced professional economist, with 15 years of experience in both the government and private sectors...
View ArticleBuilding 4.0 CRC welcomes new Industry Partnerships Director
We are delighted to welcome our new Industry Partnerships Director Daniel Rex brings 20+ years of building, transforming and operating established and start-up businesses internationally, with a...
View ArticleAnnual Conference Announced!
JOIN US AT OUR INAUGURAL BUILDING 4.0 CRC ANNUAL CONFERENCE When: Wednesday 31 August 2022, 8.30 am – 7.30 pm Where: Monash College City Campus, 750 Collins St, Docklands, Melbourne We warmly...
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New Projects
Over the past few months, our research teams have commenced 7 new projects that support our 4 primary themes: Sustainability, Productivity, Digitalization, and People, Practices & Culture. The...
View ArticleHelp to achieve a sustainable digitally integrated building industry in...
Tell us about the key challenges and implications of managing digital assets in building projects. Please respond to a 10-minute anonymous survey, which is part of the Collaborative Research Centre...
View ArticleRound 3 Scholarship call now open
We’re excited to announce that the third round of Building 4.0 CRC PhD scholarships is now open! Our PhD scholarships are a unique opportunity to work within a leading initiative aiming to transform...
View ArticleNew Staff Announcement
Building 4.0 CRC continues to expand and grow, we have welcomed four new staff! Dr Sarah Omrani is new Program Leader at QUT, Dr Dane Miller is Light House Projects Manager, Dr Chris Landorf is...
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Annual Showcase 2023 – Showcasing the impact on industry
Successfully transforming Australia’s building and construction industry requires new technologies and new practices. But these new technologies and practices are only part of the solution....
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Four new projects and more
We recently started work on 4 new projects: #29 Real-time EH&S intervention to improve site safety (scoping study) – aims to improve health and safety in building and construction, through better...
View Article7 ways to help make housing more affordable
Housing affordability is a very real concern for many Australians. And that means it’s also a concern for everyone involved in the construction and property industry, including builders, developers,...
View ArticleAustralia’s building industry: time to join the dots
The building industry is a story that just keeps on giving. The last few months has been all about housing affordability and record rates of insolvency across the industry. 12 months ago, we were at...
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Annual Conference 2023 – “Innovation is a team sport”
There is no shortage of problems in great need of innovation in the building industry – housing affordability and supply, building company insolvencies, meeting sustainability and other environmental...
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Projects update – November 2023
Work has started on another 4 new projects: #21 Regulatory Reform for Industrialised Building – will review current regulations relating to offsite manufacturing of building components and propose...
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