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  1. SBEnrc National Industry Research Workshops – 2019

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    At the heart of the Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre’s mission is delivering value through industry-focussed research.

     

    The Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre’s (SBEnrc) series of National Industry Research Workshops are held around Australia each 12-18 months to gain industry’s perspective on the built environment industry’s business challenges and innovation needs, and to continually refresh SBEnrc’s ongoing research program.

    The workshops are attended by a range of industry and government professionals, who are invited to present research ideas that are directly relevant to their identified business challenges. Researchers are invited to attend to gain an appreciation of the problems faced by industry professionals, and collaborate to develop ideas for projects that can be applied to the real world. This rapid translation of industry problems to SBEnrc projects uniquely identifies the continuing relevance of our Centre’s research partnerships.

    The input of people who face the day-to-day challenges of the built environment industry is critical to SBEnrc’s ability to continue to perform meaningful research with outcomes that make a difference.

    The SBEnrc believes that to ensure maximum impact on the industry, participation of government and industry organisations outside of the Centre’s core membership is essential. Additionally, our industry vitally requires the active involvement of public sector building and infrastructure client agencies across all levels of government, in providing direct funding, case studies, training opportunities and a supportive policy environment to encourage private sector participation and co-investment.

    The workshops provide a forum for professionals from across the private sector and government to share business challenges that could form the basis of our future research projects.

    Our upcoming series of national workshops to be held in July 2019 will shape development of our new Centre projects to commence early in 2020. Share your business challenges at one of our national workshops in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Click on the relevant link below to register your interest.

     

    Workshops   

    Location

    Date

     Time

    Venue

    Brisbane

    		 15 July 2019  2pm-6pm Qld Dept of Housing and Public Works, Level 17, 53 Albert St, Brisbane

    Sydney

    		 16 July 2019  1:30pm-5:30pm Engineers Australia, Level 3, 8 Thomas St, Chatswood

    Melbourne

    		 17 July 2019  2pm-6pm RMIT University, Room 82, Level 8, Building 8, 360 Swanston St, Melbourne

    Perth

    		 19 July 2019  8:30am-12:30pm Main Roads WA, Don Aitken Centre, Cnr Waterloo Cres and Plain St, East Perth

     

     2019 Workshop Outcomes

    Thank you to all who attended and contributed to these important workshops. We would like to especially thank our hosts in each city: Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works, Engineers Australia, Sydney, RMIT University and Main Roads Western Australia.

    The industry challenges and research ideas generated from the workshops, and the Governing Board’s priority themes for the SBEnrc’s 2020-21 research program are summarised below (click on the image for full-size view).

     

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    Brisbane Workshop – Craig Carpenter, Qld Dept of Housing and Public Works, Prof Sherif Mohamed, Griffith University, Prof Paul Bertsch, Qld Chief Scientist, Prof Keith Hampson, SBEnrc

     

    Brisbane Workshop

     

    Perth Workshop opened by Alan Colegate, Main Roads WA

     

    Perth Workshop

     

     
    Brisbane Workshop opened by Prof Paul Bertsch, Qld Chief Scientist

     

    Sydney Workshop

     

    Perth Workshop

     

     

     

  2. Launch: SBEnrc’s Digital Asset Information Management (DAIM): A Guide and Manual

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    Developing a cross-sector digital asset information model framework for asset management

    Guide and Manual launch to support the use of digital asset management in the built environment

     

    Overview

    Asset management in the built environment has been the subject of changing practice and research for years and is often complicated by inconsistency in measuring and monitoring the condition and performance of assets across the industry.

    To develop a framework for capturing, structuring and exchanging asset information digitally, the Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre (SBEnrc) is launching a Digital Asset Information Management (DAIM) Guide and Manual.

    The project adopted an overarching approach across housing, buildings and transport infrastructure, and is determined to aid the industry in expanding use of digital information management, improving return on investment of asset management whilst concurrently improving sustainability, resilience and safety.

     

    This official launch event will include a panel discussion and networking session with light refreshments.

     

    MELBOURNE   |   28 May 2019, 4:00pm – 6:00pm  |  Aurecon Centre, Level 5, 850 Collins Street, Docklands, Melbourne, Victoria

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    This report is an outcome of SBEnrc Project 2.51 Developing a Cross Sector Digital Asset Information Model Framework for Asset Management.

  3. 1.65 A National Economic Approach to Improved Management of Construction and Demolition Waste

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    Project Fact Sheet (315Kb, Nov 2018)

    A holistic national approach is required to handle the growing issue of construction and demolition (C&D) waste management in Australia. Through this project, the discrepancies and inconsistencies related to C&D waste management regulations in each jurisdiction will be identified and recommendations for harmonising reforms made. The project will also develop a case for creating a marketplace to trade waste across sectors and jurisdictions. The project will deliver an innovative integrated supply chain model based on a cradle-to-cradle (lifecycle) approach that will streamline C&D waste management processes, while effectively reducing/reusing/recycling C&D waste. A key deliverable will be recommendations to aid national harmonisation of the economic factors and drivers/barriers that govern C&D waste management in a market-driven economy.

    Objectives

    This project will promote a national understanding and recommendations for harmonisation of economic drivers across jurisdictions governing the disposal and reuse/recycling of construction and demolition (C&D) waste.

    The specific objectives are to:

    1. Review regulations and their application in practice in different jurisdictions governing C&D waste management, identifying discrepancies and making recommendations for reforms.
    2. Develop a consistent approach to define and measure C&D waste across different jurisdictions.
    3. Identify economic factors that govern the disposal and reduce/reuse/recycling of C&D waste.
    4. Conduct a feasibility study on creating a marketplace to connect organisations and industries across jurisdictions for trading waste.
    5. Identify opportunities to integrate supply chains and develop an integrated supply chain lifecycle model espousing a cradle-to-cradle approach.

    Industry Outcomes

    The project deliverables will:

    1. Provide recommendations for the national harmonisation of C&D waste management regulations to improve industry practice.
    2. Support a consistent and clear understanding of what is defined by the terms ‘waste’ and ‘resource’ which will help industry to conduct business across jurisdictions more efficiently.
    3. Inform a market-driven approach to C&D waste management, by identifying governing economic factors and drivers/barriers for organisations to reduce or reuse/recycle C&D waste.
    4. Develop case studies to highlight the benefits of an integrated supply chain approach.
    5. Provide a feasibility analysis on the creation of a marketplace to trade C&D waste.

     

    Documents for Downloading

    The following documents provide additional detail regarding this current research, including project outcomes to date:

    Fact Sheet

    A National Economic Approach to Improved Management of Construction and Demolition Waste (315Kb, Nov 2018)

    Research Reports

    Identifying the economic factors and drivers that govern the disposal and reduction/reuse/recycling of Construction and Demolition waste (3Mb, August 2019)
    Discrepancies in regulations governing C&D waste and recommendations for reforms (2Mb, Jul 2019)
    Developing a consistent approach to define and measure C&D waste across different Australian jurisdictions (1Mb, Jul 2019)

    Presentations

    Construction and Demolition Waste Management in Australia: Review of Differences in Jurisdictional Regulatory Frameworks, CIB World Building Congress, Hong Kong, 17-21 June 2019 (380Kb, Jun 2019)
    Development of a domestic market for construction and demolition waste in Australia,  page 8-17, 43rd AUBEA Conference, ‘Built to Thrive: creating buildings and cities that support individual well-being and community prosperity’, 6-8 November 2019, Noosa, Australia.
    Green construction and construction and demolition waste management in Australia, page 18-25, 43rd AUBEA Conference, ‘Built to Thrive: creating buildings and cities that support individual well-being and community prosperity’, 6-8 November 2019, Noosa, Australia.

    Media

    Article: We create 20m tons of construction industry waste each year. Here’s how to stop it going to landfill, The Conversation, 12 July 2019
    Article: Closing the Loop on C&D Waste, Inside Waste, August 2018 Issue

    Journal Articles

    Review of energy recovery from construction and demolition waste in Australia, Journal of Construction Engineering, Management & Innovation, 2019 Volume 2 Issue 3, Pages 112-130 (390Kb, Jun 2019)

     

  4. 1.63 Exploring the Potential for Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Enhance Transport

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    Project Fact Sheet (255Kb, Nov 2018)

    This project will explore a range of digitally-driven opportunities and challenges in seeking to get cities moving and functioning better; with a focus on the application of Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain technologies to enhance the effectiveness of transport systems. The research will identify specific potential applications and outline where such technology can provide tangible benefits for the road transport sector and the associated policy and management structures. The project will focus on a set of partner-preferred use cases such as congestion management, road user pricing, asset management, mobility-as-a-service and freight logistics. Following this, the project will identify specific areas of application of the technologies going forward in collaboration with partners.

    Objectives

    Building on previous related SBEnrc research, this project will provide transport and mobility related agencies and service providers with guidance as to how the application of Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain can deliver tangible benefits.

    The specific objectives are to:

    1. Develop a clear working understanding of the functionality of Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technologies.
    2. Investigate what potential there is for Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technology to provide value to transport agencies and service providers, either individually or in combination.
    3. Identify the risks and rewards for the transport sector, including a further review of early findings from the application of such technologies in transport sectors around the world.
    4. Recommend strategic approaches around selected options for the implementation of Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technologies in the transport sector. Such recommendations will provide a framework to inform a standard approach across agencies to allow shared knowledge.
    5. Identify specific policies and mechanisms to support the future implementation of these technologies in the Australian transport sector.

    Industry Outcomes

    The project will deliver:

    1. An increased capacity of road and transport-related agencies and service providers to understand the early stage use cases for Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain in order to best harness this emergent and rapidly advancing technology.
    2. The identification of multiple use cases of value to the transport sector with consideration of lessons learned from early efforts and recommendations as to strategic approaches.
    3. Specific benefits such as:
      • Cost savings (digital payment mechanisms, virtual toll collection and congestion charging, capital deferment through greater network utilisation)
      • Time savings (from improved transport network operation and management)
      • Improved operations (such as real-time pay-as-you-drive systems with network differential pricing ability)
      • Improved safety (from reduced collisions and impacts)
      • Improved user experience (such as automated payments for parking and bookings)
      • Improved freight and logistics (such as secure time-stamped travel-related data).

     

    Documents for Downloading

    The following documents provide additional detail regarding this current research, including project outcomes to date:

    Fact Sheet

    Exploring the Potential for Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Enhance Transport (255Kb, Nov 2018)

    Research Reports

    Investigating the Potential for Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technology to Enhance the Transport Sector (1Mb, May 2019)

    Media

    Press Release: Investigating the Potential for Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technology to Enhance the Transport Sector (5 August 2019, 580Kb)

    Presentations

    The Potential for Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence to Enhance the Transport Sector, SBEnrc Boardroom Briefing, Perth, Australia (13 November 2019, 1Mb)

    The Potential for Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence to Enhance the Transport Sector, presented by Charlie Hargroves, CIB World Building Congress, Hong Kong, 17-19 June 2019 (1Mb)

             

    Academic Papers

    Karlson Hargroves, Daniel Conley, Bela Stantic (2019)  The Potential for Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence to Enhance the Transport Sector, CIB World Building Congress, Hong Kong, 17-21 June 2019 (637kb)

    Workshops

    Stakeholder Workshop – Perth, Western Australia, February 2019

  5. 1.62 Sustainable Centres of Tomorrow: People and Place

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    Project Fact Sheet

    Australian cities are going through a transition, with a clear priority to make more productive, sustainable, liveable centres. This project follows on from previous SBEnrc research which examined how to deliver better connected and integrated cities using land development opportunities and how emerging public transport technologies such as the Trackless Tram could unlock this. This project will create a framework from world’s best practice principles, tools and governance models, tested against a number of Australian case studies for sustainable centres of tomorrow. The improved value outcomes of such urban design will complement the work done on transit enhanced value. The framework will establish how such design can accelerate public and private investment decisions for urban centres and integrated transit technology that are more people and place friendly.

    Objectives

    The specific objectives of this project are to:

    1. Identify a framework of world’s best practice principles, tools and governance models that will help accelerate the transformation of urban centres into being more people and place-oriented.
    2. Identify how innovations in transit technology (such as Trackless Trams and autonomous shuttles), affordable housing and place-making, can be integrated into these urban transformation projects to help improve the value outcome of such projects.
    3. Examine the most appropriate delivery mechanisms for the above as an integrated package.
    4. Test and refine the above framework on city centres and sub-centres across Australia to identify how they can be transformed as part of the growing need to revitalise existing urban areas.

    Industry Outcomes

    This project will:

    1. Enhance understanding and build the capacity of planners, developers and relevant agencies in best practice approaches to making our cities more liveable and vibrant.
    2. Deliver a framework of principles, tools and governance models to help guide better investment decisions around revitalisation of urban centres and how new transit technology can unlock this.
    3. Provide clear advice to decision makers on how innovations in transit technology, affordable housing and place-making can be activated to achieve such transformations.
    4. Provide case studies to inform better practice by the sharing of real experiences, thereby assisting planners and other agencies in how to take up the new opportunities in urban revitalisation.

     

    Documents for Downloading

    The following documents provide additional detail regarding this current research, including project outcomes to date:

    Fact Sheet

    Sustainable Centres of Tomorrow: People and Place (400kb, Nov 2018)

    Presentations

    Sustainable Centres of Tomorrow, presented by Associate Professor Cheryl Desha and Associate Professor Sacha Reid, SBEnrc Boardroom Briefing, Brisbane (Aug 2019, 5Mb)

    Journal Articles

    Peter Newman, Karlson Hargroves, Sebastian Davies-Slate, Daniel Conley, Marie Verschuer, Mike Mouritz, Dorji Yangka (2019) ‘The Trackless Tram: Is it the Transit and City Shaping Catalyst We Have Been Waiting for?’ Journal of Transportation Technologies, 2019, 9, 31-55

    Media

    Could trackless trams replace light rail?, 11 March 2019, Curtin University Website

    Related Media Articles

    Trackless trams: a road to Damascus vision beyond the traditional – Prof Peter Newman, 29 June 2019, Driven Media (includes podcast and transcript)

    Train, bus, or something new? Australian Professor talks trackless trams, Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC), 18 April 2019. “Trackless Trams: A Transformative Opportunity for Charlottesville” event hosted by PEC during the Tom Tom festival on April 13, 2019
    Are trackless trams here to help solve our light rail problems?, 19 March 2019, create website

    Related Presentations

    Transport for Achieving the 1.50C Transformation Agenda 实现1.5摄氏度转型议程的交通创新, presented by Prof Peter Newman, World Transport Convention, Beijing, China, 13-16 June 2019

    Prof Peter Newman presenting to 6000 delegates at World Transport Convention, Beijing

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  6. 2.64 Unlocking Facility Value through Lifecycle Thinking

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    Project Fact Sheet (320Kb, Nov 2018)

    Lifecycle thinking has significant potential for improving the delivery, maintenance and operation of facilities. Industry disaggregation, poor marketing of the value and disparate market drivers have limited the potential for greater uptake along the supply chain. This project will develop a framework that digitally links key decisions in facility design, construction, operation and maintenance to novel decision support platforms. The framework will consider requirements of private and public sectors, providing an agenda that demonstrates the value of lifecycle thinking and evidence-based decision making in facility asset management. The framework will also be translated into an education component to broaden the perspective on the role of lifecycle asset management.

     

    Objectives

    The aim of this SBEnrc project is to use smart digital frameworks to appropriately capture the information required for key decisions made across the lifecycle of facilities in the housing, buildings, transport, utilities and airport sectors, through developing an automated integrated system for asset management.

    The specific objectives are to:

    1. Address the industry challenge of integrating different digital platforms throughout the facility lifecycle for making decisions that suit the overall duration of the lifecycle.
    2. Identify the role of artificial intelligence in models through the various lifecycle phases of planning, design, construction and asset management to better understand and visualise the impacts of decisions.
    3. Facilitate education for industry and the broader community on the needs and methods of lifecycle thinking, not only for the purpose of a project’s planning and delivery, but also for the operation and maintenance phases of facilities, unlocking their long-term value.

     

    Industry Outcomes

    The project will:

    1. Improve understanding of the requirements and challenges faced by industry in relation to key decisions made in managing assets through long-term lifecycle thinking.
    2. Develop smart integrated digital models for capturing key decisions during the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of facilities and enable visualisation of the implications of decisions made.
    3. Help clients/agencies/operators build capacity related to the adoption of structured digital data, to enhance data integration and make better informed decisions.
    4. Increase awareness of lifecycle thinking, not only during the construction of a project, but also for the operation and maintenance of facilities, through better education and training and by involving asset managers and operators in the lifecycle strategies developed.
    5. Improve the industry’s ability to make strategic and sustainable investments throughout the lifecycle of the assets considered, thereby enhancing their value.

     

    Documents for Downloading

    The following documents provide additional detail regarding this current research, including project outcomes to date:

    Fact Sheet

    Unlocking Facility Value through Lifecycle Thinking (320Kb, Nov 2018)

    Previous Research

    Developing a Cross Sector Digital Asset Information Model Framework for Asset Management (2017-18)

    Media

    Press release: Industry research highlights a new integrated approach of improving lifecycle value of assets in housing, building and infrastructure (1 Oct 2019, 550Kb)

    Presentations

    Unlocking Facility Value through Life Cycle Thinking, BrisBIM, Brisbane Australia, 12 February 2020 (5MB)

  7. 1.61 Mapping the Social and Affordable Housing Network

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    Project Fact Sheet

    This research will map the social and affordable housing sector in Australia, to help improve the productivity, effectiveness and efficiency of the system and thus enhance access. A multi-layered supply chain map will be developed to identify the various elements of this complex system, in order to build understanding and transparency. Building on previous SBEnrc research, the map will integrate asset and service elements (around a person-centred approach) across nine domains, including insights on demographics, typologies, social procurement, and funding and financing models. The map will be high level but pragmatic for stakeholders involved in social and affordable housing policy, programs and delivery, to more accurately identify opportunities for improvement and innovation, and targeting of research priorities and skills gaps.

    Objectives

    The specific project objectives are to:

    1. Compile relevant information on 11 elements across demographics, housing typologies, policy drivers, funding and procurement mechanisms, infrastructure, asset management and industry capability, in order to describe the current social and affordable supply chain in Australia.
    2. Consolidate these elements into a series of high level, layered supply chain maps, identifying jurisdictional and regional variations.
    3. Identify the strengths, weakness and critical junctions between the layers and elements.
    4. Identify opportunities for improvement in the system; for example, in relation to technical, capability, coordination, cultural or other issues.
    5. Make recommendations regarding policy, research and skills development priorities informed by the resultant maps. For example, what would need to change for the future system to have the capacity to handle greater diversity of inputs and outputs; i.e. different funding/resourcing streams and delivery mechanisms?

     

    Industry Outcomes

    The multi-layered map of the social and affordable housing supply chain in Australia will:

    1. Contribute to improving industry practice or competitive advantage in social and affordable housing built around outcomes-based assessment.
    2. Inform changes in legislation based on greater clarity around elements and critical junctions.
    3. Illustrate interactions between different forms of value, such as to the market/tenants/politicians.
    4. Highlight incentives and disincentives which exist for those moving along the housing continuum.
    5. Illustrate funding lines and drivers of the supply chain.
    6. Identify capacity and skills gaps

     

    Documents for Downloading

    The following documents provide additional detail regarding this current research, including project outcomes to date:

    Fact sheet

    Mapping the Social and Affordable Housing Network (15 October 2018)

    Previous research

    Procuring Social and Affordable Housing: Improving Access and Delivery (2017-18)
    Valuing Social Housing (2015-2017)
    Rethinking Social Housing: Effective, Efficient & Equitable (2014-15)

    Media

    Press Release: Understanding housing system complexity (12 July 2019, 172Kb)
    Article: QShelter – Housing Matters Newsletter #50 (Feb 2019)
    Article: Diversity needed to improve social and affordable housing outcomes, Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA) website (Oct 2018)

    Publications

    Kraatz JA, Mapping the social and affordable housing network in Australia, AHI HousingWORKS 16:1 February/March 2019
    Journal article: Innovative approaches to building housing system resilience: a focus on the Australian social and affordable housing system, Australian Planner, 15 July 2019
    Journal article: Procuring for Productivity, Property Journal, October-November 2019

    Related documents

    Post-socialist housing regimes in a comparative perspective, József Hegedüs, Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary – Round table discussion, Griffith University, Brisbane (10 April 2019, 2MB)
    Kraatz JA (2019). ‘A Composite Approach to Return on Investment: Valuing Social Housing’ in Abdul Lateef Olanrewaju, Zalina Shari, and Zhonghua Gou, ‘Greening Affordable Housing. CRC Press. (Author discount codes to be provided shortly)

     

  8. SBEnrc News – September 2018

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    Join us for the launch of a significant SBEnrc research report, hosted by our Core Partner Aurecon in Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne throughout October and November 2018.

    Integrating transit, land development and finance

    A Guide and Manual launch to deliver better infrastructure-land development outcomes

    Most cities want better public transport as well as more lively, productive and sustainable centres, and most cities want to integrate this transit and land-use. But how?

    This important new report from SBEnrc reflects the development of transit-land development integration globally and calls for a new model that integrates transit, finance and land development.

    More Information

    Five new industry projects ready to launch

    SBEnrc’s Peter Newman recognised as Scientist of the Year

    We are very proud of SBEnrc’s long-standing project leader Professor Peter Newman AO, who was recently recognised at the Premier’s Science Awards as Western Australian Scientist of the Year.

    Peter is a Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University with decades of globally significant research and public advocacy on the science of cities and their sustainability. He has been working with SBEnrc for nine years, leading projects around smarter and sustainable cities. Peter will lead the new project Sustainable Centres of Tomorrow: People and Place which will be launched in October. His most recent projects include:

    Congratulations Peter, for this well deserved recognition.

    So long, farewell, adieu

    We have recently bid a fond farewell to two of SBEnrc’s longest serving collaborators and supporters as they head into retirement.

    Peter Gow, (Executive Director, Building and Energy, in the WA Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS), and Carolyn Marshall, (Principal Architect, Building Research and Technical Services, in the WA Department of Finance, Building Management and Works), have made significant contributions to the centre over many years.

    Peter has been a collaborative partner for more than 15 years, working with the centre from our previous iteration as the Cooperative Research Centre CRC for Construction Innovation, and continuing his support as we evolved to our current form as a National Research Centre. His leadership and advocacy on industry challenges has brought industry and government together to work on research ideas to solve issues such as sustainability, industry competitiveness, regulatory reform, workforce capability, and innovation.

    Carolyn’s journey with SBEnrc began in 2009 when she took on coordination responsibilities on behalf of the WA Government and in 2011 collaborated on a SBEnrc and then ARC Linkage Project to leverage research and development for the Australian Built Environment. She has subsequently worked with us on more than a dozen projects, and has been a member of the Research and Utilisation Committee for the entire time of her involvement with the centre.

    Keith Hampson, SBEnrc CEO presented Peter and Carolyn each with a certificate of appreciation to acknowledge the extraordinary service and support they have afforded the centre. We wish them both the very best as they embark on their next adventures.

    Maintaining network connections

    The Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre’s Governing Board traditionally holds a small senior networking dinner to coincide with its quarterly Board meeting. These events serve as an opportunity to maintain important connections and ensure SBEnrc’s research and adoption strategies are informed by industry, government and research leaders.

    Upcoming events

    CIB World Building Congress 2019, Hong Kong

    International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) World Building Congress 2019, Constructing Smart Cities, 17-21 June 2019, Hong Kong, China.

    Best regards,

    Dr Keith Hampson, Chief Executive Officer
    Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre

    Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
    k.hampson@sbenrc.com.au

    Our challenge is to continue growing the value and impact of our applied research more deeply and broadly across Australia.  The Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre (SBEnrc) is acknowledged as an excellent example of a CRC that has graduated into an independent organisation delivering unique industry, government and research collaboration.

    KeithHampsonImageDr Keith Hampson
    CEO, SBEnrc

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    John V. McCarthy AO
    Chair, SBEnrc

  9. Launch: SBEnrc’s Integrated Transit, Land Development and Finance Guide

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    Delivering Integrated Transit, Land Development and Finance

    Guide and Manual launch to deliver better infrastructure-land development outcomes

     

    Overview

    Most cities want better public transport as well as more lively, productive and sustainable centres, and most cities want to integrate this transit and land-use. But how?

    This Integrated Cities report calls for a new model bringing together transit, finance and land development as the core idea on how to procure transit in the 21st century.  The report canvases the application of Trackless Trams as part of rapidly changing technology and a fit-for-purpose system.

    SBEnrc Core Partner Aurecon welcomes your attendance at the launch of the Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre’s (SBEnrc) Delivering Integrated Transit, Land Development and Finance Guide, which demonstrates how transit-land development integration is taking place around the world using funding and finance as the glue.

     

     

    The official launch, including a panel discussion, will be held in Perth, followed by roundtable chats in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.

     

    RSVP to the Perth, Sydney or Melbourne events or register your interest for the Brisbane event by clicking the relevant link below.

     

    PERTH   |   25 October 2018, 5:30pm – 7:00pm  |  Aurecon, 863 Hay Street, Perth, Western Australia      RSVP

    SYDNEY   |   7 November 2018, 7:30am – 8:30am  |  Aurecon, 116 Military Road, Neutral Bay, New South Wales     RSVP

    BRISBANE   |   8 November 2018  |  Rydges Fortitude Valley, 601 Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland     RSVP

    MELBOURNE   |   9 November 2018, 7:30am – 8:30am  |  Aurecon, 850 Collins Street, Docklands, Melbourne, Victoria     RSVP

    BRISBANE   |   8 November  |  Brisbane, Queensland     Register your interest

     

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    This report is an outcome of SBEnrc Project 1.55 “Integrated Cities: Procuring Transport Infrastructure through Integrating Transport, Land Use and Finance”.

  10. SBEnrc Newsletter May 2018

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    Industry collaboration yields five new SBEnrc projects

    Applied research is critical if we are to continue to advance Australia’s built environment industry.

    One of the ways SBEnrc distinguishes itself from many research centres is by our unique ability to translate current industry challenges to real-world projects. Every 12-18 months we  convene National Industry Research Workshops across Australia to gain industry’s perspective on built environment business challenges and innovation needs.

    At the workshops industry and government professionals present ideas directly relevant to their business challenges. Researchers are invited to listen and understand industry needs and assist with developing project ideas that can be applied in the real world.

    This process allows us to continually refresh the Centre’s research agenda.

    Following our workshops in February 2018, our Governing Board has now approved five new research themes with projects to commence in October 2018 and run for 18 months.

    The Centre is now working with industry collaborators in developing the scope, research methodology and targeted deliverables with a goal of ensuring national issues are addressed across the breadth of the housing, building and infrastructure sectors.

    The current working titles for the five themes are:

    • Mapping the Social and Affordable Housing Supply Chain
    • Sustainable Communities of Tomorrow: Building for People and Place
    • Strategic Data Analytics: Urban Transport Congestion Management
    • Unlocking Facility Value Through Lifecycle Thinking
    • Waste Management and Recycling for Construction and Demolition Waste

    Thank you to all those who attended and contributed to the workshops. I would like to especially thank our hosts in each city: Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works (Brisbane), New South Wales Roads and Maritime Services (Sydney), Aurecon (Melbourne) and Main Roads Western Australia (Perth).

    If you would like to be involved in future National Industry Research Workshops, please get in touch.

    United Nations dissemination of Australian SBEnrc research

    Social housing research

    Social housing continues to be a topic raised by industry and government stakeholders at our National Industry Research Workshops across Australia .

    Since 2014, the SBEnrc have supported research in this area and to date have carried out three relevant research projects on social housing led by Dr Judy Kraatz , Griffith University, in collaboration with state governments, industry and national community housing bodies.

    Click on the links below for further details on the SBEnrc’s contribution to this important area of national research.

    1. Rethinking Social Housing (2014-15)
    2. Valuing Social Housing (2015-17)
    3. Procuring Social and Affordable Housing (2017-18)

     

                              

     

     

    Upcoming events

    AUBEA Conference 2018, Singapore

    The Australasian Universities Building Education Association (AUBEA) promotes and improves teaching and research through communication and collaboration. It comprises academics representing universities providing education in building-related fields in Australasia and beyond. Curtin University’s School of Design and the Built Environment will host the next AUBEA Conference themed Educating Building Professionals for the Future: Innovation, Technology in the Globalised World at Curtin’s Singapore campus 26-28 September 2018.

    CIB World Building Congress 2019, Hong Kong

    International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) World Building Congress 2019, Constructing Smart Cities, 17-21 June 2019, Hong Kong, China.

    Climate-KIC Australia’s ClimateLaunchpad Competition

    Apply now for ClimateLaunchpad – the world’s largest green business ideas competition across 35 countries. Your idea can be a mind shift in urban mobility, a revolution in the food chain, a rethink of waste management, a breakthrough in energy production or efficiency or any other idea that addresses climate change. The most innovative and promising ideas will make it to the global finals in Europe with the chance to win a ticket to the high level EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator program and prize money.

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    Best regards,

    Dr Keith Hampson, Chief Executive Officer
    Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre

    Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
    k.hampson@sbenrc.com.au

    Our challenge is to continue growing the value and impact of our applied research more deeply and broadly across Australia.  The Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre (SBEnrc) is acknowledged as an excellent example of a CRC that has graduated into an independent organisation delivering unique industry, government and research collaboration.

    KeithHampsonImageDr Keith Hampson
    CEO, SBEnrc

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    John V. McCarthy AO
    Chair, SBEnrc