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SBEnrc June 2013 Newsletter

Dear Colleagues Our big news is the completion of the highly successful CIB World Building Congress held in Brisbane last month. The Congress was jointly hosted by SBEnrc and QUT, and showcased some of the world’s best research and development …

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SBEnrc March 2013 Newsletter

Dear Colleagues I’m pleased to announce that the SBEnrc has been given a significant growth injection from our partners in Western Australia. Consequently, the administrative headquarters of SBEnrc will be relocated to Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia. We will …

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SBEnrc July 2012 Newsletter

Dear Colleagues The SBEnrc is driven by a simple, but powerful, mission: To be an enduring world-class research and knowledge broker in sustainable infrastructure and building design, construction and management. In 2009, this national innovation network was established as the …

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SBEnrc April 2012 Newsletter

Board update I’m very pleased to announce that on Thursday 29 March our Board convened a special meeting to confirm in principle the renewal of the Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre until the end of 2015. I am also …

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SBEnrc December 2011 Newsletter

Growing Industry Research It is with pleasure that I announce that we have extended our Centre’s core membership base. We now have engagement with four Western Australia Government agencies: the Department of Commerce (with the Building Commission); the Departments of …

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SBEnrc October 2011 Newsletter

Collaborations and partnerships are key A clear goal of the SBEnrc is to continue serving the Australian built environment industry beyond life as a CRC. We have now successfully transformed and are delivering the continuity of support and collaboration needed …

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SBEnrc September 2011 Newsletter

National collaboration delivering for industry The Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre (SBEnrc), successor to the CRC for Construction Innovation, is providing continuity of support for the Australian built environment industry with our extensive national and international networks. The investment …

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SBEnrc June 2011 Newsletter

Two weeks ago the Australian Research Council released the results of Linkage Projects for the 2010 Round 2 for funding commencing in July 2011. We are very pleased to announce that the SBEnrc was awarded funding of $575,000 for two …

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SBEnrc March 2011 Newsletter

I’m very pleased to let you know that we are now back in the SBEnrc headquarters in Margaret Street, after an eventful seven weeks following the Brisbane floods. For those of you who are unaware, the basement of our building …

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SBEnrc January 2011 Newsletter

I write this from the SBEnrc’s temporary offices at QUT in Brisbane as, like so many Australians in recent weeks, we have been impacted by the floods that have inundated our country. Our inconveniences and losses are minor compared to …

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