New foundations
An innovative new product could change Australian construction — if the challenges in bringing it to market can be addressed.
Tag: building materials
Timber innovations building a more sustainable future
Timber may be one of the oldest and most common building materials, but innovations like these are transforming its role ...
Carbon copy: transforming emissions into building materials
Sophia Hamblin Wang relishes a challenge, whether it be a Rubik’s cube — her personal best competition time for a ...
Circular economy hits the pavement with novel PPE reuse technique
A group of engineers at RMIT University has developed a technique to use disposable personal protective equipment (PPE) to strengthen ...
WED22: Producing green steel
The engineering challenge in the production of green steel has been delivering hydrogen to an electric arc furnace in a ...
WED22: Recycled concrete gives building waste a new life
Often, once a concrete structure reaches the end of its life, the only option for most concrete waste is landfill. ...
Protecting buildings from impact damage with running shoe-inspired materials
A Queensland engineer has created a 3D-printed material to help protect buildings from damage caused by high impacts.
How good design helps mitigate earthquake risk in Australia
Australia is a quiet but not silent continent when it comes to earthquakes. Following the recent earthquake in Melbourne, Swinburne ...
This engineer wants to ensure a tragedy like London’s Grenfell Tower fire never happens again
A Melbourne-based engineer is helping save lives by teaming up with a construction materials company to design lightweight, cost-effective cladding ...
This engineer has a concrete plan for recycling plastics
An Australian engineer has devised some novel ideas for turning plastic into concrete, and findings are already being used in ...
