| Name | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| Sanitary Plumbing and Drainage Pipe Sizing: Phase 2 | Current Australian Building Codes Board |
This report considers the research conducted previously on the current methods for sizing sanitary plumbing and drainage systems used within Australia and takes into account industry observations to propose improvements to these methods |
| Plumbing, sustainability and training | Current National Centre for Vocational Education Research |
This paper examines sustainable environmental solutions in domestic plumbing. |
| Sustainability implications of service life on residential buildings: An application of life cycle sustainability assessment framework | Current Environmental and Sustainability Indicators |
Sustainable building design should consider durability, affordability, resource conservation, intra and intergenerational social equity aspects, and stakeholder’s perspective throughout its service life; this research has applied life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) framework to estimate the sustainability performance in terms of a single score, and to identify avenues for sustainability improvement strategies of buildings. |
| State of the Construction Industry | Current South Australian Centre for Economic Studies |
This paper presents various indicators that track the performance of the construction sector. |
| Drivers of Productivity: a Case Study of the Australian Construction Industry | Current Construction Economics and Building |
Wages and research and development expenditure were found to drive construction productivity at the national level and expenditure on research and development and the number of apprentices were found to be drivers of construction productivity in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia. |
| Selecting a Suitable Sustainable Construction Method for Australian High-Rise Building: A Multi-Criteria Analysis | Current Sustainability |
This research aims to identify the most suitable sustainable construction method for high-rise building construction in Australia; results show that the off-site construction method and robotic construction technique significantly improve the construction performance of high-rise construction in Australia. |
| Construction Workforce’s Mental Health: Research and Policy Alignment in the Australian Construction Industry | The Australian construction industry is facing a mental health crisis; poor mental health indicators are significantly higher than the all-industry average. This paper addresses the knowledge gap by reporting the results of a systematic review of peer-reviewed mental health research and reveals significant misalignment between existing research and Australian government regulation. | |
| Suicide trends among Australian construction workers during years 2001–2019 | This study provides evidence of a decline in suicide rates among Australian construction workers over the last two decades; this decline may be attributable to the combined effects of population-wide, male-specific, and sector-specific suicide prevention efforts over this same period, suggesting that the continuation or expansion of such efforts may lead to further declines. | |
| Waterproofing practices in Australia for building construction | This paper aims to discuss Standards and Codes; membrane systems and performance, waterproofing practices, design and installation techniques, inspection and testing and quality assurance adopted by the waterproofing industry in Australia. | |
| Understanding and enhancing responses to distress in the construction industry: protocol for a data linkage study | This research aims to understand the characteristics, including sociodemographic characteristics, health services utilisation and contacts with non-clinical services, of individuals working within the construction industry and who experience distress, and to quantify the costs and benefits of different help-seeking pathways. | |
| An Exploration Of Factors Influencing Quality Management System (Qms) Implementation: The Case Of The Australian Construction Industry | This research primarily aims to investigate an inclusive list of factors impacting on quality management system deployment in the construction industry building sector by focusing exclusively on the external factors and the critical success factors of project level in order to develop a comprehensive framework of quality management system deployment. | |
| Mesothelioma in Australia: cresting the third wave | Proposes approaches to obtaining the information needed to properly estimate the risk of third-wave asbestos exposures, and guide actions that will crest a likely third-wave with minimum harm and cost to the community. |