At this year’s Speakers’ Dinner, Prof. Mathew Aitchison presented the inaugural Building 4.0 CRC Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr Keith Hampson.

This Award recognises outstanding achievement in research and innovation in the Australian building industry. Keith’s bold vision and outstanding commitment as CEO and Professor of the CRC for Construction Innovation from 2001 to 2009 created new partnerships between industry, government and research partners, with a shared goal to achieve exemplar community and commercial outcomes together.

A registered civil engineer and project manager, Keith’s career has spanned more than 3 decades including serving as the CSIRO Associate Professor of Construction Management at QUT, Council Member of the Queensland Transport and Logistics Council, a Member of the Construction Queensland Leadership Council Reference Group and as a Director of the Planning and Transport Research Centre. He is also the Immediate Past President of the International Council Research and Innovation in Building and Construction.

Currently Keith is a member of the WA Port Operations Taskforce and CEO of the Sustainable Build Environment National Research Centre which he has led since 2010. This Centre, based at Curtin University, builds on the history of achievement of the CRC for Construction Innovation and has a vision to be a world leading research and knowledge broker to enhance the performance of the built environment industry.