Solving the productivity crisis of the building industry event and ATSE Victoria Division Annual Meeting
Presented by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE)

Event Details:
Date: Tuesday 3 September 2024
Time:
6:00pm - 6:30pm ATSE Victoria Division Annual Meeting
6:30pm - 6:45pm Networking drinks (Bar prices)
6:45pm - 7:30pm Presentation (Free, open to Non-Fellows)
7:30pm - 9:00pm Optional $36pp Dinner
Locations: Graduate House, The University of Melbourne, 220 Leicester Street Carlton

Solving the productivity crisis of the building industry: key challenges and opportunities
The building industry has faced severe challenges over the past two decades. Labour and skill shortage, spiralling costs of materials and construction have led to cost overrun, project delay, building defects, and safety issues. In addition to that, the frequency and intensity of disasters have been steadily increasing in the last decades due to climate change. Many critical infrastructure and buildings are particularly vulnerable, evidenced in the prevalence of floods, cyclones, and bush fires in recent years, exacerbated by populations heavily concentrated in cities and regional centres. Innovative designs, low carbon emission and high performance materials, and new construction techniques are urgently needed for producing sustainable, resilient, smart and cost-effective structures. Prof. Tuan Ngo’s presentation will highlight the key challenges, benefits and opportunities in using modern methods of construction together with Industry 4.0 technologies such as new materials, digital technologies and advanced manufacturing techniques. His talk will also cover the latest innovations in low carbon materials, utilisation of construction wastes for manufacturing building products, new innovative structural systems, artificial intelligence in design and construction automation for resilient and sustainable buildings towards a Net Zero future.