prefabAUS Industry Snapshot : Issue 16
Digital Twin Victoria - Implementing eComply
Date: Friday 5 November. 10-11am
DELWP's Digital Twin Victoria (DTV) are planning the implementation of the first regulation technology tool eComply. eComply assesses building designs compliance to building regulations. The first phase of the tool is the compliance with the Small Lot Housing code. DTV in conjunction with Ernst & Young are currently undertaking industry and government sessions to present the tool, discuss the process, and gather stakeholder input for the implementation process.
prefabAUS Technology Services and Networking Event
Thursday 2nd December 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Spaces are strictly limited due to COVID-19 restrictions so get in quick to be part of the event.
Precision and Process presented by Simon Waldren
Being Install Ready presented by Tim Newman
Digitalising Building Construction Processes presented by Bernie Edmonds
prefabAUS Digital Webinar Event Recordings Available for Members
Recordings of our digital events are now available online! All prefabAUS members will have the ability to access webinar recordings. To access these recordings simply visit the Member Portal, login and select Store under the Webinars drop-down list (in the navigation bar). Payment is due at time of purchase via credit card. The recording will become available under the 'Webinars' drop-down list of your Member Portal.
BlueScope and Rio Tinto sign MOU for low-emissions steelmaking at PKSW - BlueScope Corporate
BlueScope and Rio Tinto have joined forces to explore options for low-emissions steelmaking at Port Kembla Steelworks in New South Wales. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to research and design low-emissions processes and technologies for the steel value chain across iron ore processing, iron and steelmaking and related technologies.
Woods Bagot designs prefab high school for Sydney
The first designs have been unveiled for a new high school that will be built on a former intertidal mudflat area in Western Sydney. Designed by Woods Bagot, the Sydney Olympic Park high school will sit on Wangal land towards the northern tip of Wentworth Point, on the southern bank of the Parramatta River. It will be delivered in two stages, the first catering to 850 students and the second expanding the student body to 1,530. Classrooms will be accommodated within a single six-storey building while a hall for sport and performance is proposed to the north of the site.
https://architectureau.com/articles/woods-bagot-designs-prefab-high-school-for-sydney/
Miles backs Wellcamp quarantine hub while feds flag scaled-back Pinkenba facility
Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles has defended his government’s backing of a privately built quarantine hub near Toowoomba, while the Commonwealth has flagged scaled-back plans for its Pinkenba facility as COVID-19 quarantine rules relax. Just as the state government announced on Tuesday that the first accommodation had been built near Toowoomba’s Wellcamp Airport, the federal government released artists’ images of its Brisbane hub.
Let’s Get Serious About Embodied Carbon
Australia is missing a major opportunity in the renewable space as our governments remain more concerned about keeping votes than implementing meaningful change to reduce our CO2 emissions. The construction industry is a huge contributor to emissions in this country with embodied carbon making up 16 per cent of Australia’s built environment emissions according to a recent Green Building Council of Australia report. The Embodied Carbon & Embodied Energy in Australia’s Buildings report findings state without intervention this share will balloon to 85 per cent in 2050 at a time when Australia must achieve net zero emissions in line with the Paris Agreement.
https://sourceable.net/lets-get-serious-about-embodied-carbon/
Federal Election Shapes Up as Affordable Housing Game-Changer
Australia is hurtling towards a housing affordability catastrophe but the coming federal election and pandemic economic recovery policy with a strong focus on residential construction could be a game-changer. Affordable and social housing stock levels have flatlined over the past few decades, and now rapid and massive house price growth and residential vacancies plunging below 1 per cent in capital cities and regional centres are having a profound impact on where people live.
FORTIS House EOI
The Bushfire Building Council of Australia (BBCA) is an independent, not-for-profit organisation translating research into tangible action to reduce climate and disaster risk for households, communities, governments and industry. PrefabAUS, as the peak industry body for offsite construction in Australia is excited to be collaborating with the BBCA on this nationally important project.