Research Programs

1.93 Green energy and decarbonisation transition of the built environment

  Project Fact Sheet (April 2023) This project aims to address industry challenges with a
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2.96 Achieving decarbonisation by reducing embodied carbon through procurement

  Project Fact Sheet(April 2023) This project aims to drive reductions of embodied carbon
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2.92 Smarter and greener built assets through digitalisation and AI

  Project Fact Sheet (April 2023) Built assets are responsible for 50% of resource
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1.94 Net Zero Corridors – Integrating transit with urban development

  Project Fact Sheet(May 2023) To develop a governance and procurement model that integrates
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1.95 Using recycled and recyclable products: Influencing stakeholders through circular economy practices

  Project Fact Sheet(April 2023) This project will identify strategies to enhance the economic
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1.91 Build-to-Rent to increase supply of social and affordable housing in Australia

Project Fact Sheet To address current critical challenges facing the social and affordable (SAH)
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1.87 Green Hydrogen for Road Transport in Western Australia

  This project aims at designing and implementing a pilot program which will contribute
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1.24b Greening the Built Environment – Zero Carbon Airport Precincts

Background It is clear that through advances in small scale renewable energy generation and
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P2.67ARC Constructing Building Integrity: Raising standards through professionalism

  Project Factsheet   June 2021 – June 2024 This project investigates the role
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1.85 Enhancing the Use of Products with Recycled Contents in the Australian Construction Industry

  Project Factsheet(October 2021, 279Kb) The project will make a significant contribution to the
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1.84 Net Zero Corridors – The Business Case and an Engagement Process

  Project Fact Sheet (October 2021, 350Kb) This project will build on previous projects
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1.81 Developing a Social and Affordable Housing Investment Tool

  Project Fact Sheet The current social and affordable housing (SAH) market is facing
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2.86 Developing Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains

  Project Fact Sheet (Oct 2021, 242Kb) This project aims to develop sustainable and
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2.82 Digitally-enabled Asset Life-cycle Management

Project Fact Sheet (330Kb, Oct 2021) Digital engineering in the built environment has been
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3.83 FreightSync Proof of Concept – Investigating value creation from the exchange of freight vehicle data with transport agencies

  Project Fact Sheet This project seeks to investigate through a proof-of-concept approach the
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P2.51ARC Asset Intelligence: Maximising Operational Effectiveness for the Digital Era

  October 2019 – September 2022 The primary aim of this project is to
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2.76 Sustainable Procurement

  Project Fact Sheet (August 2020, 276Kb) There is an increasing community expectation to
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1.75 Creation and Stimulation of End Markets for Construction and Demolition Waste

  Project Fact Sheet (August 2020, 409Kb) This project seeks to develop a national understanding
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1.74 Delivering Transit Activated Corridors

  This project aims to help deliver the new concept of Transit Activated Corridors
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3.73 Road Freight and Network Efficiency

  Road Freight and Network Efficiency:  Linking Road Freight Data and Transport Systems in
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2.72 Leveraging an Integrated Information Lifecycle Management Framework – Building and Infrastructure Sectors

  Project Fact Sheet (320Kb, Apr 2020) Digital engineering in the built environment has been
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1.71 Liveable Social and Affordable Higher Density Housing

Project Factsheet Ensuring liveability and accessibility in medium to high density urban housing and
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2.56ARC Improving Road Network Operations under Non-recurrent Events (LP170100341)

  Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project This project is funded partially by the
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1.43ARC-H Closing the gap between design and reality of energy retrofitted buildings (IH150100006)

  Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project This project is funded partially by the
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2.33ARC CONie: Open Standards design for improved road network information exchange (LP160100524)

   Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project This project is funded partially by the
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3.48ARC Bridge performance assessment through advanced sensing and modelling (LP160100528)

  Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project This project is funded partially by the
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3.27ARC Boosting up Productivity: Optimising Scaffolding Life Cycle Management with Virtual Design and Construction

  Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project This project is funded partially by the
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1.65 A National Economic Approach to Improved Management of Construction and Demolition Waste

  Project Fact Sheet (315Kb, Nov 2018) A holistic national approach is required to handle
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1.63 Exploring the Potential for Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Enhance Transport

  Project Fact Sheet (255Kb, Nov 2018) This project will explore a range of digitally-driven
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1.62 Sustainable Centres of Tomorrow: People and Place

  Project Fact Sheet Australian cities are going through a transition, with a clear
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2.64 Unlocking Facility Value through Lifecycle Thinking

  Project Fact Sheet (320Kb, Nov 2018) Lifecycle thinking has significant potential for improving the
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1.61 Mapping the Social and Affordable Housing Network

  Project Fact Sheet This research will map the social and affordable housing sector
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3.47 Non-conformance Prevalence, Testing Capacity and Nature amongst Specific Building Product Categories

  Project Fact Sheet Non-conforming building products (NCBPs) have been of concern to regulatory
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1.55 Integrated Cities: Procuring Transport Infrastructure through Integrating Transport, Land Use and Finance

  Project Fact Sheet Cities in Australia and globally find it difficult to integrate
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1.53 Resilient Buildings: Informing Maintenance for Long-term Sustainability

  Project Fact Sheet Resilience of buildings is a national objective in disaster mitigation.
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1.52 Tech-Enabled Transport: Informing the Transition to Technology Enabled Transport Vehicles and Infrastructure

Project Fact Sheet The coming decades will see a significant increase in the level
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1.54 Procuring Social and Affordable Housing: Improving Access and Delivery

  Project Fact Sheet Improving the suitability, supply and provision of housing infrastructure is
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2.51 Developing a Cross Sector Digital Asset Information Model Framework for Asset Management

  Project 2.51 Fact Sheet Asset management in the built environment has been the
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3.48 Sustainable Asset Management: Selecting Optimal Maintenance Strategies Based on Multi-criteria Decision Making

  Project Fact Sheet In an economic downturn, it is of critical importance to
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1.41 Valuing Social Housing

  Project Fact Sheet A critical challenge for those delivering social housing infrastructure is
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1.43 Retrofitting Public Buildings for Energy and Water Efficiency

  Project Fact Sheet Governments occupy over 25% of Australia’s commercial building stock and
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1.45 Big Data, Technologies and Transportation

Project Fact Sheet A key focus for the management of main roads is to
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1.44 Scenario Planning Transport Futures: Improved Road and Transport Planning using Digital Scenario Planning Tools

  Project Fact Sheet New data suggests Perth and Brisbane are likely to reach a
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1.42 Innovative Industrialised Buildings: Accelerating the Mainstreaming of Building Manufacture in Australia

  Project Fact Sheet Accelerating the growth of building manufacturing in Australia presents significant
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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
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2.33 New project management structures: Infrastructure modelling (BIM) and Location (GIS)

  New Project Management Structures: Infrastructure Modelling (BIM) and Location (GIS) Information Sheet (240kb)
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1.35 Transport Network Resilience: Disaster Logistics and Infrastructure Vulnerability

  Transport Network Resilience: Disaster Logistics and Infrastructure Vulnerability – Information Sheet A number
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2.32 Challenges for the FIFO/DIDO Workforce: Impacts on Health, Safety, and Relationships

  Challenges for the FIFO/DIDO Workforce: Impacts on Health, Safety, and Relationships – Information
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1.31 Rethinking Social Housing: Effective,Efficient & Equitable (e3)

  Rethinking Social Housing: Effective, Efficient & Equitable (e3) – Information Sheet This project
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1.37 Transformative Products and Processes: A Value Chain Assessment of the Australian Manufactured Housing Industry

  Transformative Products and Processes: A Value Chain Assessment of the Australian Manufactured Housing
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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
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3.1 Collaborative Object Libraries Supporting the Facility Lifecycle

Project 3.1 Industry Brochure (1.61 Mb) The aim of this project is to improve
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2.7 Leveraging R&D Investment for the Australian Built Environment

Project 2.7 Industry Report – Dec 2012 (4 Mb) Project 2.7 Industry Brochure –
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2.2 Offsite Fabrication and Links to Product and Process Innovation

Project 2.2 OSM Readiness Tool: Assessing Off-site Manufacturing – Industry Report (Dec 2012 – 7
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2.1 Safety Impacts of Alcohol and Other Drugs in Construction

Project 2.1 Industry Brochure (588.27 Kb) The overarching goal of this project was to
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1.8 Sustainable Infrastructure Procurement

Project 1.8 Industry Brochure (726.30 Kb) The community’s concern with environmental cost of the
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1.5 Harnessing the Potential of Biophilic Urbanism In Australia, an Economic and Policy Investigation

Project 1.5 Final Industry Report – Dec 2012 (1.14 Mb) Project 1.5 Industry Brochure
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1.3 The Future of Roads: Reducing Environmental Pressures, Sustainability Reporting, and Considering Future Scenarios

Project 1.3 Final Industry Report – Dec 2012 (998.99 Kb) Project 1.3 Industry Brochure
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1.1b Housing Sustainability Performance

Climate variation, resource depletion and increasing urbanisation are converging global issues that are challenging
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1.1 Understanding the Performance of Existing Office Buildings to inform Energy Reduction Initiatives

Project 1.1 Final Industry Report – Dec 2012 (1.08 Mb) Project 1.1 Industry Brochure
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3.28 National BIM Guidelines and Case Studies for Infrastructure

  Information Sheet (472Kb, March 2015) Mechanisms that improve collaboration and communication in the
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3.27 Using Building Information Modelling (BIM) for Smarter and Safer Scaffolding Construction

  Information Sheet (544Kb, Sept 2014) Temporary structures like scaffolding have a significant impact
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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
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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
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1.29 Strategies and Solutions for Housing Sustainability

  Strategies and Solutions for Housing Sustainability Information Sheet (430kb) Housing is more than
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1.24 A Roadmap for Carbon Structural Adjustment in the Built Environment Sector

  Carbon Structural Adjustment Short-Film Carbon Structural Adjustment Fact Sheet Governments around the world
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1.22 Strategies and Solutions for the Future of Roads

The Future of Roads – Information Sheet The coming decades will see a great
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