SBE Australia offers a unique industry-government-research collaboration to improve Australia’s built environment industry. The three research streams focus on environmental, social and economic sustainability, areas identified by national industry stakeholders as the key areas that will drive productivity and industry development in the built environment industry.
The aim of the project was to identify and communicate to key industry stakeholders recommended change management strategies to avoid dispute between clients, contractors and...
2007
This project builds on the research in 2003-050-A Construction Site Safety Culture [Cipolla, JHG] by examining what safety effectiveness measures could be used by industry...
2007
The Project will review and analyse the current capability of model servers leading to an open software specification which will cater for Industry Foundation Classes...
2007
Project goals include: developing dynamic National Guidelines based on experience and practical examples that promote consistency in the implementation of digital models for building and...
2007
In conjunction with International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI) International and the proposed Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) for Roads project develop and implement interoperable standards that set the...
2007
Construction Innovation has published a report on the outcomes of the Sydney Opera House FM Exemplar research project. The FM as a business enabler: Solutions for...
2006
This project will undertake a study into best practice project delivery in terms of identifying appropriate procurement methods. A procurement decision support toolkit will be...
2006
This project aims to evaluate the impact of the current policy of leveraging social outcomes from the procurement of public works. Specifically, this research project...
2006
This project seeks to develop a checklist system that will enable managers to identify possible knowledge management issues in relation to managing external contracts. In...
2006
This current project uses a case study approach to evaluate the eTendering systems of the Queensland Department of Public Works and Brisbane City Council against...
2005
Off-site Manufacture (OSM) has long been recognised, both in Australia and internationally, as offering numerous benefits to all parties in the construction process. More importantly,...
2005
This project extends the original work done on estimating costs for concrete on building projects (Stage 2 – Managing information flows with models and virtual...
2005
This project will develop understanding of the business drivers and barriers to digital building information models adoption in the Australian property, construction and facilities management...
2005
The project will further develop the software tools created in previous case-based reasoning in construction and infrastructure for lifetime prediction of metallic components projects, to...
2005
Your Building is a web-based information portal that is under development. Once on-line in mid 2007, it will be a one-stop-shop for answers to the...
2005
This research projectis benchmarking the utilisation of a specifically developed integrated web and mobile communications software product developed by Melbourne-base technology company BSITE on a...
2005
This project seeks to develop a software prototype that will provide early warning signals to predict the performance of construction firms. By using existing financial...
2005
This project is working collaboratively with the Engineers Australia-convened Taskforce for Construction Safety, chaired by Leighton Holdings Chief Operating Officer, Bill Wild. The Taskforce seeks...
2005
The objective of this project is to develop a tool that will help interpret the symptoms of degradation of concrete structures, estimate residual service life...
2004
Stage 1 of this project included a worldwide review identifying those wayfinding systems and technologies that could be used to make it easier and safer for...
2004
Presently, there are individual tools available for the assessment of shading, thermal, radiation and wind flow characteristics of a proposed design that require assessment by...
2004
The successful completion of the 2001-014-B [Drogemuller] Automated Code Checking: Feasibility Study has demonstrated that automating sophisticated code checking on building projects is feasible and that focussed...
2004
The SpecNotes component of the project was envisioned as a way of linking a building specification with components of a building model, and then leveraging...
2004
A model for estimating indoor air quality in commercial buildings will be developed by combining existing indoor air measurement, product emission and ventilation/filtration knowledge into...
2004
This current research project aims to improve economic, social and environmental sustainability of the pre-cast concrete, and construction and demolition waste supply chains through the...
2004
The CIBE projectis undertaking a comparative analysis of the context and content of regulations and policies affecting the construction industry inAustralia and analysing the implications of Construction...
2004
Innovation typically refers to positive changes ― improving existing arrangements and developing new ones. Twelve BRITE innovation case studies have now been completed and show how innovations can be...
2004
The project objectives are to investigate the characteristics of re-life projects that impact upon the effective management of the construction process, such as the identification...
2003
Road agencies, like all public infrastructure agencies, face many challenges in the short to long-term. These include: the issues that surround ageing infrastructure the increasing...
2003
Completion of the deliverables for Project 2001-007-C Managing Information Flows with Models and Virtual Environments has demonstrated the feasibility of generating Bills of Quantities and...
2003
This current project is designed to assist in the delivery of demonstrably superior green buildings in respect of: eco-efficient re-design: achieving a smaller ecological footprint...
2003
The aim of the project is to develop a greater awareness in the construction industry of the value of eBusiness to organisations and to increase...
2003
It is not uncommon to see two construction projects/sites which have robust Safety Management Systems in place, which have similar scopes of work, technology and...
2003
The objective of the project is to develop a decision support tool to enable asset managers of concrete infrastructure to select the most suitable technique...
2002
This Feasibility Study tests the notion of developing a standard set of tender evaluation criteria based on best-value criteria (to which individual clients can attach...
2002
Poorly performing projects are the bane of clients, designers and contractors alike. Adverse impacts range from cost and time overruns, inadequate build quality, poor project...
2002
The project aims to identify technologies and systems that will make it easier and safer for people who have a sensory impairment to find their...
2002
This project will use the Industry Foundation Classes (IFCs) as the basis for developing a first draft construction schedule for buildings. It will also provide...
2002
This project has two streams that consider the use of pervasive computing technologies in two very different contexts. The first context is the on-site (construction...
2002
The main focus of this research is to conduct a comparative cost/benefit assessment of noise amelioration by means of alternative treatments outside the road reserve...
2002
This project builds on state of the art practice and research in Australia and Internationally. One notable development is the property condition index (PCI) of...
2002
Recent developments in networked 3D virtual worlds and the proliferation of high bandwidth communications technology have the potential to dramatically improve collaboration in the construction...
2002
In this project, the primary focus is the drive towards improved social (e.g.health), economic (e.g. worker productivity) and environmental (less energy and water use, improved...
2002
Over designed environmental control systems indicate inefficient use of capital in terms of initial cost, increased outgoings to purchase energy for heating, cooling and ventilation...
2002
The project has two major objectives being to develop an engine that uses Case Based Logic (CBL) to link together process modules to form tailored...
2002
This research project plans to investigate leading edge software tools and develop, as necessary, interfaces to promote the rapid optimising of architectural layout and structure...
2002
This is an investigative study which brings an integrated team together to identify the energy-efficiency demands of dwellings from a sub-division viewpoint as well as...
2002
With a long term goal of promoting the integration of smart and sustainable features in Australian housing development, the DISCOVER project aims to bring together...
2002
The aim of the research is to determine the relationship between Bureau of Meteorology monitoring stations and a variety of dwelling types through monitoring of...
2002
This research project investigated how culture change can be managed in the context of a new approach based upon relationship management. Successful implementation of relationship...
2002
This research will focus on the promotion, management and diffusion of ethical practices in the construction industry and identify ways in which these factors could...
2002
This project addressed the question How do construction sector design firms internationalise and develop sustainable business models? This investigation identified the barriers and success factors...
2002
Despite the Federal Governments Electronic Transaction Act of 1999 confirming the general principle that there is no impediment to a person entering contracts via electronic...
2002
Value alignment process for project delivery is a decision tool to assist clients and others to optimise the project delivery system to meet the needs...
2001
This project involves the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve the design and construction process. It examines information flows using models and...
2001
This project focuses on the potential of information and communication technology to integrate construction project teams and consists of two complementary components: Part A: Scoping...
2001
This project aims to develop an investment decision-making framework that will enable funds in the area of civil infrastructure, such as roads, buildings, railways and...
2001
This project examines the performance of commercial buildings as investment assets. Its purpose is to enhance commercial real estate performance within both operational and investment...
2001
This project examines the development of a modelling tool within a 3D virtual environment that will enable facility planners and managers to visually simulate and...
2001
A buildings occupants productivity and health is influenced by conditions of the indoor environment, particularly the indoor air quality, thermal comfort and lighting. In the...
2001
The principal drivers for building design in Australia continue to be short-term cost related not lifetime environmental factors. Most developed countries, including Australia, have now...
2001
The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) is currently developing a Future Building Code that will replace the 1996 Building Code of Australia. The purpose of...
2001
This project is a scoping study to assess the capacity of object-based CAD systems to support automated checking of designs for compliance against requirements and...
2001
If the construction industry is to become more innovative and take better advantage of innovation it must improve the way it generates and manages knowledge...
2001
This report proposes a web-based commercial benchmarking service that would provide: a mechanism by which construction firms can measure the performance resulting from their ICT...
2001
See www.brite.crcci info for details. The project is intended to build-up a longitudinal data base about innovation activity within the Australian construction industry. In the first year,...
2001
This project created a model that identifies critical success factors in ICT-mediated supply chains, and provides a best-practice model, acknowledging the differing needs of individual...
2001
Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre