Sustainable Built Environment
National Research Centre

The Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre (SBEnrc) offers a unique industry-government-research collaboration to improve
Australia’s built environment industry.

The SBEnrc has the broadest built environment research alliance in the country, with Core Members including ATCO, BGC, the Western Australian and Queensland Governments, Curtin University, RMIT University, Western Sydney University and Griffith University; all of which are represented on the Centre’s Governing Board.

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Research Programs

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Research Program 1

Environment

Research Program 1: Greening the Built Environment will deliver improved environmental performance across the built environment industry through enhanced ecological efficiencies. These include carbon emission reductions and climate change adaptation of new and existing infrastructure and buildings.
Research Program 2

Processes

Research Program 2: People, Processes and Procurement will deliver improved operational and business outcomes. Social outcomes will be delivered through minimising health and safety risks; new process models will capture benefits from future technologies, off-site fabrication and mobile construction management, and business will benefit from more integrated project environments.
Research Program 3

Productivity

Research Program 3: Productivity Through Innovation will deliver economic, environmental and social benefits to the built environment industry through reductions in risks and costs and improved productivity associated with complex information management and procurement processes on infrastructure and building projects.

Prior Research Program: CRC for Construction Innovation will deliver economic, environmental and social benefits to the built environment industry through reductions in risks and costs and improved productivity
John V. McCarthy (Chair) and Keith Hampson (CEO)

John V. McCarthy AO (Chair) and Keith Hampson (CEO)

Message from our CEO

Our Centre aims to be an enduring world-class research and knowledge broker in sustainable infrastructure and building design, construction and management. We are achieving our mission thanks to our Program Leaders and the research teams involved in our three programs of activity. Read More

The valuable research outcomes our projects deliver have largely been due to our strong focus on industry and government collaboration. Our Centre would not be able to continue growing without the commitment and support of our core partners and we thank you wholeheartedly: John Holland Group; Aurecon; Western Australian Government agencies: the Department of Commerce (Building Commission), the Department of Treasury (Strategic Projects), the Department of Finance (Building Management and Works), Main Roads WA and WA Housing Authority; NSW Roads and Maritime Services; Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads; Swinburne University of Technology; Griffith University; Curtin University.

Additionally, international participation (formally through Constructing Excellence UK; VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland; BRANZ in New Zealand; CIB – the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction; and informally through a variety of leading university and other research institutions) provides important global perspectives on our research as we share information and ideas to improve the quality of the international built environment.

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BIM Value Benchmarking is now live!

BIM Value Benchmarking is an online tool for collecting contract information and calculating the value of benefits delivered by BIM. By comparing your project with data collected from many BIM and non-BIM projects it will be possible to benchmark the benefits delivered by BIM. By using BIM Value Benchmarking you will be able to identify the value delivered by your project in comparison to other BIM and non-BIM projects.