ARC Research Hub to Advance Timber for Australia’s Future Built Environment

Funding: 2023: $118,042

Project Member(s): Liu, D.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Research Council (ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs)
Australian Research Council (ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs)
Aurecon Australasia Pty Ltd (Aurecon Australasia)

Start year: 2023

Summary: The Hub aims to establish a robust value proposition for substantially increased use of timber for buildings in Australia. It plans to enable integrated transformation of the construction and timber production sectors, by addressing the diverse elements required to motivate investment, stimulate innovation, satisfy stakeholder demands, define long-term socio-enviro-economic benefits and establish a roadmap for change. The expected outcomes are interventions that kickstart the change process, supported by growth in advanced manufacturing across the value chain which future proof the construction sector against transition to a circular and net-zero economy, while stimulating an opportunity for regional development and resource diversification

FOR Codes: Architecture, Intelligent robotics, Expanding knowledge in built environment and design, Environmentally sustainable construction activities

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.