Infrastructure

History of SBEnrc – Summary of Achievements

The achievements outlined in these history of publications reflect the collective effort, expertise and commitment of the Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre (SBEnrc) Australia...

ARC Damage Detection and Quantification using Infrastructure Digital Twins

This project develops a scalable, data-driven structural health monitoring framework that fuses computer vision, vibration testing, and physics-based modelling within a 3D digital-twin environment. Field...

2.11.5 Sustainable Procurement for Modern Methods of Construction

The Australian construction industry faces growing pressure to deliver housing, buildings and infrastructure that are higher quality, more sustainable and more productive. Modern Methods of...

1.11.4 Benchmarking and Scaling-up Australia’s Circular Economy Practices

The built environment is a cornerstone of Australia’s economy, yet it is also a major contributor to material consumption, waste generation, and carbon emissions. Building...

2.11.2 Improving Productivity, Carbon and Resilience Through Interoperable Built Environment Data

The Australian built environment industry is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by increasing demands for efficiency, sustainability and data‑informed decision‑making across the full lifecycle of buildings...

1.10.4 Bringing Consistency and Enhancing Circular Economy Practices in the Built Environment

The project will make a significant contribution by establishing a consistent circular economy framework for the built environment. This clarity will enable businesses and industries...

2.10.5 Procuring Buildings and Infrastructure: Unlocking the value of ESG

The building and infrastructure sectors are under significant scrutiny from regulators, investors, and the public to demonstrate their commitment to sustainability and social responsibility. This...

2.10.2 Transforming Life Cycle Carbon Accounting using AI

In the era of climate change awareness and sustainable development, accurate carbon accounting has become imperative for businesses and governments alike. However, traditional methods often...

P1.87 Green Hydrogen for Road Transport in Western Australia (21.RP2.0094)

This project aims at designing and implementing a pilot program which will contribute to the development of the entire industry supply chain for hydrogen fuelled...

2.92 Smarter and Greener Built Assets through Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence

Built assets are responsible for 50% of resource consumption, 36% of energy consumption and 38% of energy-related carbon emissions. This project aims to systematically investigate...

2.96 Achieving Decarbonisation by Reducing Embodied Carbon Through Procurement

This project aims to drive reductions of embodied carbon in the Australian built environment by leveraging organisations’ purchasing power and enhancing their procurement processes and...

1.94 Net Zero Corridors : Integrating Transit with Urban Development

To develop a governance and procurement model that integrates public and private interests into the delivery of mid-tier transit corridors and station precincts along main...

1.84 Net Zero Corridors – The Business Case and an Engagement Process

This project will build on previous projects related to mid-tier transit solutions, activated transit corridors and housing diversity. It will illustrate how ‘net zero city’...

1.85 Enhancing the Use of Products with Recycled Contents in the Australian Construction Industry

The project will make a significant contribution to the construction industry by enhancing the use of products with recycled content. This will ensure increased business...

2.82 Digitally-Enabled Asset Life-Cycle Management

Digital engineering in the built environment has been the subject of changing practice and research for years and life-cycle consideration of the usefulness of the...

2.86 Developing Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains

This project aims to develop sustainable and resilient construction supply chain capabilities, especially for SMEs in Australia to bridge the gap between supply chain capabilities...

3.83 FreightSync Proof of Concept – Investigating value creation from the exchange of freight vehicle data with transport agencies

This project seeks to investigate through a proof-of-concept approach the potential for near real-time data to be securely exchanged between freight operators and transport agencies...

1.24b Greening the Built Environment – Zero Carbon Airport Precincts

Background It is clear that through advances in small scale renewable energy generation and storage, the energy sector has changed forever, and more specifically that...

P2.51ARC Asset Intelligence: Maximising Operational Effectiveness for the Digital Era (LP180100222)

Australian Research Council (ARC)Linkage Project This project is funded partially by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council. October 2019 – September 2022 The...

2.72 Leveraging an Integrated Information Lifecycle Management Framework – Building and Infrastructure Sectors

Digital engineering in the built environment has been the subject of changing practice and research for years and is often complicated by inconsistency in data...

2.76 Sustainable Procurement

There is an increasing community expectation to support sustainable products and practices through the billions spent by government and industry in their commercial operations. It...

1.74 Delivering Transit Activated Corridors

This project aims to help deliver the new concept of Transit Activated Corridors (TAC’s) which are main road corridors refurbished to provide higher capacity new...

1.75 Creation and Stimulation of End Markets for Construction and Demolition Waste

This project seeks to develop a national understanding of the operation and capacity of existing end markets for C&D waste in Australian jurisdictions. A gap...

3.73 Road Freight and Network Efficiency

Road Freight and Network Efficiency: Linking Road Freight Data and Transport Systems in Real Time for Mutual Benefit Freight vehicles depend on and impact the transport...

2.56ARC Improving Road Network Operations under Non-recurrent Events (LP170100341)

Australian Research Council (ARC)Linkage Project This project is funded partially by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council. September 2018 – August 2021 The...

3.48ARC Bridge performance assessment through advanced sensing and modelling (LP160100528)

Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project This project is funded partially by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council. January 2017 – July 2020...

2.64 Unlocking Facility Value through Lifecycle Thinking

This research was partially supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Project (Project No. DP180104026) This research was partially supported by...

1.62 Sustainable Centres of Tomorrow: People and Place

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...

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

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...

3.27ARC Boosting up Productivity: Optimising Scaffolding Life Cycle Management with Virtual Design and Construction (LP140100873)

Australian Research Council (ARC)Linkage Project This project is funded partially by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council. SBEnrc’s research Project 3.27 Using Building Information...

2.33ARC CONie: Open Standards Design for Improved Road Network Information Exchange (LP160100524)

2.51 Developing a Cross Sector Digital Asset Information Model Framework for Asset Management

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...

1.52 Tech-Enabled Transport: Informing the Transition to Technology Enabled Transport Vehicles and Infrastructure

Objectives This aim of this project is to assist Australian transport related agencies and infrastructure consultants navigate the transition to technology enabled vehicles and transport...

1.55 Integrated Cities: Procuring Transport Infrastructure through Integrating Transport, Land Use and Finance

Cities in Australia and globally find it difficult to integrate transport infrastructure with land development. This project will seek a new model for how private...

2.46 Whole-of-life Value of Constructed Assets through Digital Technologies

In the coming decades Australia and other countries will be facing challenges as a result of a changing climate and rapid technological progress. Throughout the...

3.28 National BIM Guidelines and Case Studies for Infrastructure

Information Sheet (472Kb, March 2015) Mechanisms that improve collaboration and communication in the construction process are becoming ever more critical in the quest for increased...

1.44 Scenario Planning Transport Futures: Improved Road and Transport Planning using Digital Scenario Planning Tools

New data suggests Perth and Brisbane are likely to reach a population of 5 million, whilst Sydney and Melbourne will be 8 million by 2050. These...

1.45 Big Data, Technologies and Transportation

A key focus for the management of main roads is to consistently deliver users decent travel times, safe higher speed travel and reduced interruptions, while...

2.33 New project management structures: Infrastructure modelling (BIM) and Location (GIS)

At a very broad level, productivity measures are often used to indicate the capacity of a nation to harness its human and physical resources to...

3.27 Using Building Information Modelling (BIM) for Smarter and Safer Scaffolding Construction

Temporary structures like scaffolding have a significant impact on the quality, safety and profitability of construction projects. Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Authorities in Australia have...

2.24 Integrated Project Environments – Leveraging Innovation for Productivity Gain through Industry Transformation

This research will contribute to realising productivity benefits of digital modelling and integrated project delivery for the Australian construction industry through a focus on the...

1.22 Strategies and Solutions for the Future of Roads

The coming decades will see a great deal of innovation and creativity in the way that our road networks are designed, constructed, and maintained. This...

1.24 A Roadmap for Carbon Structural Adjustment in the Built Environment Sector

Governments around the world are recognising that a ‘carbon-constrained future’ lies ahead, and that leadership is needed to transition economies to low carbon operation, especially...

2.34 Driving Whole-of-life Efficiencies through BIM and Procurement

In 2013, the Australian Department of Industry identified lifting productivity and economic growth as one of the most important challenges that Australia is facing. In...

2.21 New Project Management Models for Productivity Improvement in Infrastructure

This research will develop new project management models for productivity improvement in infrastructure, including enhanced approaches to project management systems, data structures and construction management...

1.8 Sustainable Infrastructure Procurement

The community’s concern with environmental cost of the built environment is growing, so there is a pressing need for industry to identify and reduce the...

1.5 Harnessing the Potential of Biophilic Urbanism In Australia, an Economic and Policy Investigation

The concept of ‘Biophilic Urbanism’, championed by Tim Beatley and Peter Newman for decades, has been used widely to create more liveable and vibrant cities....

3.1 Collaborative Object Libraries Supporting the Facility Lifecycle

The aim of this project is to improve industry productivity by extending the current paradigm of computer-aided design (CAD) libraries to support the design, construction,...

[PSG Page] 2.11.5 Sustainable Procurement for Modern Methods of Construction

The Australian construction industry faces growing pressure to deliver housing, buildings and infrastructure that are higher quality, more sustainable and more productive. Modern Methods of...

[PSG Page] 2.11.2 Improving Productivity, Carbon and Resilience Through Interoperable Built Environment Data

[PSG Page] 1.11.4 Benchmarking and Scaling-up Australia’s Circular Economy Practices

The built environment is a cornerstone of Australia’s economy, yet it is also a major contributor to material consumption, waste generation, and carbon emissions. Building...