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Best Practice Construction for Multi Storey Buildings
CPD event for builders, engineers, architects & property professionals
The effects of Global Warming are forcing urgent action for change across Government, Industry and Communities throughout the world. While Governments, across the globe, seek to accelerate the rate of reduction in carbon emission targets (some faster than others) communities and individuals are increasingly looking at their own patterns of consumption to minimise carbon.
This is especially relevant in industry and, specifically, building, property and construction? – How can our industry adapt its constructions methods & systems to play its part in reducing carbon emissions?
A 2019 paper by the World Green Building Council reported that building and construction is responsible for 39% of all world carbon emissions, with operational emissions (heating, cooling and lighting) accounting for 28%. The remaining 11% comes from embodied carbon emissions associated with materials and construction processes. This seminar, to be held on March 18 at NAB Docklands brings together 3 experts in the areas of sustainable building practices, engineering design and building systems.
Chris Jensen (Melbourne Uni), Phil Gardiner (Irwinconsult) and Rob De Brincatt (Icon) will look at how engineers, architects, builders & property managers can achieve sustainable, but economically viable multi storey buildings in Australia. Some of the subjects to be covered, include:
What are the barriers to the uptake of non traditional construction - does it have to be all or nothing to achieve sustainable outcomes?
What are the market drivers for sustainable buildings from the industries perspective?
How do we compare materials in terms of their carbon footprints? - what materials provide the best sustainable outcomes?
What are the latest research findings relating to the embodied energy of tall buildings?
Do green building facades provide sustainable benefits? Are they commercially practical?
What are the structural alternatives for sustainable construction?
Can prefab & modular construction be fast-tracked into mainstream projects?
Can timber construction realistically go it alone, or only in combo with steel and concrete?
Does Hybrid construction (incorporating steel concrete & timber) achieve sustainable outcomes?
Chris Jensen
Construction Management Lecturer - Melbourne Uni
How can new sustainable building design techniques and products be more readily adopted by industry? Such examples already exist in industry as prototypes, what is required to increase diffusion of such solutions?
Phil Gardiner
Engineering Design – Irwinconsult
What are the structural alternatives to sustainable construction? What is the Prefab and modular construction options? Timber construction – when is it a realistic alternative? Comparison of capabilities of composite hybrid structures. Case studies of Hybrid buildings locally and abroad.
Robert de Brincat
Icon Construction – Buildability
How do 'builders' overcome the barriers to adoption of non-traditional construction? What are the cost implications of builders of moving away from in-situ and precast concrete? What unique challenges / considerations when pricing non-traditional construction?