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Digital solutions
to transform building industry
A $28 MILLION FUNDING BID, VIA THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE (CRC) PROGRAM, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BOOST THE ECONOMY THROUGH JOB CREATION AND POSITION AUSTRALIA AS A LEADER IN THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING OF BUILDINGS.
Professor Shane Murray, Dean of Architecture at Monash Art, Design and Architecture (MADA), said Building 4.0 CRC will catapult the industry into a connected, user-centred, sus- tainable and efficient future.
Bill Ruh, CEO of Digital, at Lendlease said it's an incredible opportunity to use the latest digital tech- nology to create high-fidelity, fully detailed, com- pleteandabsolutemodelsof what'sbeingbuilt.
“The accuracy and speed of construction will be second to none, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible,” he said.
“THE BUILDING INDUSTRY NEEDS TO LEAD DIGITAL DISRUPTION TO ENSURE IT GAINS A FIRST-MOVER ADVANTAGE.”
– PROFESSOR MARK CASSIDY, MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY.
THE BID WAS led by Monash University, Lend- lease, The University of Melbourne and Dono- van Group.
If successful, the Building 4.0 CRC research initiative will use digital solutions to transform Australia’s building industry from pre-industrial practices to a future where the customer is at the centre of each building experience, and build- ings are built faster, cheaper and smarter.
Interim CEO of Building 4.0 CRC, and Monash University Professor, Mathew Aitchison, said R&D carried out in the CRC will demonstrate that the building industry can come together to deliver buildings that are more efficient, cheaper and sustainable, without sacrificing quality.
“With our involvement in the CRC, we want to transform the way the industry collaborates, which we think is the key to unlocking major im- provements in the sector,” he said.
Building 4.0 CRC will bring together expertise in the fields of architecture, design, planning, con- struction, engineering, business, information technology and law to develop industry-wide prac- tices and protocols to transform the entire sector.
It will also leverage the latest technologies, data science and artificial intelligence to enable the application of robotics to optimise all phases of building delivery – including development, de- sign, production, assembly, operation, mainte- nance and end-of-life.
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