Prefabrication
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Building cladding with recycled glass scores high results in sustainability
A team of engineers from RMIT University has developed new fire-safe building claddings using recycled glass, creating a promising circular-economy solution to address a major waste ... -
PPE can be recycled to make stronger concrete
Engineers at RMIT University have developed a method to use disposable personal protective equipment (PPE) to make concrete stronger, providing an innovative way to significantly reduce ... -
New partnership takes the heat out of cladding
With more than 200 NSW residential apartment buildings registered to have flammable cladding removed through Project Remediate, Engineering Education Australia (EEA) has partnered with the Office ... -
Buildcorp completes $150m construction in record time using high volume prefabrication
Buildcorp has successfully handed over the $150 million Santa Sophia Catholic College at The Gables in Sydney’s Box Hill. The Catholic Education Diocese of Paramatta’s new ... -
VBA enforcing state-wide cladding audit
The Victorian Building Authority (VBA), through a state-wide cladding audit, has linked dozens of building practitioners to 790 properties for unsafe, non-compliant combustible cladding. The audit ... -
Big impact expected in Geelong thanks to ‘Tiny House’ project
The small home movement in Geelong has received extra momentum from an innovative collaboration that aims to achieve greater affordability for homeowners and people in need ... -
Prefab housing on the rise in Australia
Prefab housing is breaking through old stereotypes and, if markets throughout the rest of the world are anything to go by, it looks like it may ...
