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Tag: building materials
How this award-winning Melbourne high-rise came together piece by piece
An innovative building technique has helped erect an award-winning addition to the Melbourne skyline quickly, quietly and safely.
Combustible cladding is becoming an insurance “disaster” for the construction industry
Two years on from Grenfell, Australian states are facing an insurance crisis over combustible cladding.
Green concrete trial puts a more sustainable spin on some of the world’s most used materials
The streets of a Sydney suburb will serve as a testing ground for a new geopolymer concrete made from recycled ...
Wood wins: Constructing Australia’s largest engineered-timber office building
One Brisbane high-rise is showing why timber is making a comeback as a building material.
Designs for the new Western Australia Museum put the state’s history on display
Cutting-edge technology is helping build a new home for the Western Australia museum's impressive collection.
New net-zero energy education centre walks the walk on sustainable building practices
Engineers and architects are combining forces to create an Australian first: a net-zero energy education and research centre.
Opal Tower advice should apply to other critical engineering disciplines, experts say
An investigation has found that components of Sydney’s Opal Tower were under-designed, and made recommendations to stop this happening again. ...
New standards help keep Australia’s buildings standing come fire or flood
More than half of all buildings standing in Australia in 2050 will be built after the next update of the ...
Melbourne cladding fire fuels calls for national registration of engineers
The recent high-rise apartment blaze in Melbourne displaced residents and added momentum to the push to reform the national construction ...
