A new challenge for tomorrow’s AEC Design professionals

Date: Tuesday, 15 September 2020

Time: 2:00 PM (AEDT)

As key representatives of the offsite manufacturing sector Fleetwood Building Solutions and prefabAUS are looking to play an industry leadership role in championing the development of the industry professionals of tomorrow. 

The inaugural competition addressed the shortage of affordable housing in Australia with offsite construction and prefabrication solutions being ideally placed to develop affordable housing solutions that meet a cost-effective relocation requirement.

The competition’s design concept addressed the building life cycle cost equation. With teams instructed to design solutions for a multi-level building design that can be readily modified, delivered in multiple configurations and with maximum flexibility to accommodate more than one façade type. Thus providing for a solution that will be responsive to various site locations over a 50-year period.

Aspiring students from a range of Universities across Australia formed collaborative and cross disciplinary teams to tackle the challenge ahead. Over the past six months’ teams have worked tirelessly to provide substantial responses to addressing these fundamental issues facing the construction industry. The results are outstanding!

As part of this year’s competition, the submissions were assessed by an expert judging panel of cross disciplinary AEC professionals in a ‘blind judging’ process culminating in the Awards Ceremony where teams and their work will be showcased.