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Future Building Ep 18 Can we fix housing construction productivity? With Danielle Wood Chair of the Australian Government’s Productivity Commission

Danielle Wood, Chair of the Australian Government’s Productivity Commission speaks with Building 4.0 CRC CEO Professor Mathew Aitchison about housing construction productivity, this impact upon housing and cost disease.

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Urgent calls for a Building Research and Development Corporation to address national housing crisis

Building 4.0 Cooperative Research Centre CEO Prof. Mathew Aitchison called for urgent action to stand up a national building research and development corporation (RDC) to arrest declining productivity in the sector, a key contributor to higher costs and supply shortages.

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The answer to our housing crisis is structural reform

“Prefab alone can’t solve our housing crisis. We need to think bigger,” says Prof. Mathew Aitchison

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Like IKEA but for houses: Could Sweden’s housing revolution come to Australia?

SBS Dateline’s latest episode looks into Sweden’s prefabricated houses and whether they can be the answer to Australia’s housing supply crisis.

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How can the building industry overcome its ‘innovation problem’?

In this article for realestate.com.au, Vivien Topalovic reports on the Property Council of Australia’s National Housing Solutions Summit in Melbourne, Tuesday 1 April. A panel featuring representatives from Building 4.0 CRC, Woods Bagot, Mirvac and the Productivity Commission addressed the key issue of innovation in the construction sector.

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Advancing Education, Skills and Training for the Future of Building

The fourth industrial revolution (4.0) has brought disruption and advancement to the realm of building construction. This short video from Building 4.0 CRC and Holmesglen Institute explains what ‘4.0-ness’ means to the present and future of building.

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Reduce, reuse, recycle: Rethinking design approaches for a healthier future

Prof. Chris Knapp was guest editor of the March/April edition of ArchitectureAU, collating expert perspectives on ways to embed circularity in the building industry.

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Future Building Ep 18 Can we fix housing construction productivity? With Danielle Wood Chair of the Australian Government’s Productivity Commission

Urgent calls for a Building Research and Development Corporation to address national housing crisis

The answer to our housing crisis is structural reform

Like IKEA but for houses: Could Sweden’s housing revolution come to Australia?

How can the building industry overcome its ‘innovation problem’?

Advancing Education, Skills and Training for the Future of Building

Reduce, reuse, recycle: Rethinking design approaches for a healthier future

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