Date: Wednesday, 16 December 2020
Time: 1:00 PM (AEDT)
Fee: Free for prefabAUS members with a Digital Subscription | $35 for non-members
The Victorian Government Strategy on Construction Technologies discussion paper identified construction technology as a current priority sector. Leading education institutions, such as Melbourne University, Monash, Box Hill Institute, and Chisholm Institute, have been developing courses and programs to drive the adoption of pre-fabricated construction technologies. This presentation shall explore the various pathways to educating and training and up-skilling staff and industry labour force of tomorrow.
Meet the Speakers:
Dr Paul Kremer
Paul’s work covers a diverse portfolio of prebuild and panelised construction technology. His work at XLam supported the establishing the first Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) plants in Australia and New Zealand. Paul is a General Manager at Australian Aluminium Finishers and holds several academic appointments including, as an Adjunct Associate Professor in Engineering at Deakin University and Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne in Infrastructure Engineering. Paul’s contribution on several prefabricated construction steering committees culminated in the development of important frameworks for education and training programs, which are significantly transforming and modernising the construction sector. His industry/research interests include, construction law in the emerging technologies sector and prefabricated construction systems/strategy development and integration.
Professor Tuan Ngo
Professor Ngo is the Research Director of the ARC Training Centre for Advanced Manufacturing of Prefabricated Housing (CAMPH) at the University of Melbourne. He is also the Director of the Asia Pacific Research Network for Resilient and Affordable Housing. Over the last 20 years, he has carried out significant research collaborations with industry to develop new building materials and systems and perform R&D experiments of prefabricated modular building structures. Prof Ngo has won a number of prestigious scientific awards, including the prestigious Eureka Science Prize for Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia in 2013. He has been working as an expert on many projects to protect critical buildings against extreme events (blasts, impacts, fires and earthquakes).