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ADVANCING AUSTRALIA’S
CONCRETE ECOSYSTEM

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SmartCrete CRC empowers research collaborations in innovative design, materials and technology that support the transition of concrete for a sustainable Australia.

SmartCrete CRC is an independent, for-impact cooperative research centre investing $21 million of Commonwealth funding into industry-led, university-delivered R&D projects.

Research Streams

Pathways to Net-Zero Concrete

 

Our 3 research streams support sectoral sustainability targets.

Sustainable concrete

Designing and developing new sustainable concrete mixes and products that meet industry standards and requirements

Engineered solutions

Engineering new solutions that improve the durability, longevity and sustainability of concrete infrastructure

Asset management

Developing new technologies and procedures to enhance the use and longevity of concrete assets
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Community of Practice

Join the conversation on concrete research and development

The SmartCrete CRC has established 3 communities of practice in line with its 3 research themes to support Australia’s concrete ecosystem in its transition to net zero.

Each community of practice will share principles and practices that promote and support research and innovation in sustainable design, development, use and reuse of concrete.

Every month we bring together key stakeholders from academia and industry to create a platform for collective learning across the concrete ecosystem.

Projects

Projects that push the concrete world forward

We invest matched Commonwealth and industry funding into industry-led research collaborations.

Industrial wastewater and urban sewage flowing through round sewer pipe.

Digitalised Hammer for Gravity Sewer Condition Assessments

Engineered Solutions Projects

Sustainable Concrete for Wastewater Infrastructure

Sustainable Concrete Projects
Landfill at a country side. Aerial view of a crowded ash dump

Protected: NSW Government Specifications for Low Carbon Concrete

Engineered Solutions Projects
a rock deposit being mined with a pickaxe

Turning Waste Mineral into Carbon Absorbing Concrete

Sustainable Concrete Projects
wet concrete in a tray alongside a conical apparatus for testing slump and a construction worker's hands reaching for it

Investigating the Upper Limit of the Slump Test to Specify the Consistency of Fresh Concrete

Sustainable Concrete Projects

Manufacturing Large Concrete Blocks from Red Mud for Infrastructure Applications

Sustainable Concrete Projects
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News & Insights

Stories from the forefront of concrete innovation

Browse news about our organisation, projects and the wider concrete ecosystem

The 8 Market Barriers to Concrete Decarbonisation
construction workers on a building rooftop laying concrete

NewsArticles, General4 September 2025

Originally published in Create Digital The technical solutions to decarbonise concrete already exist. The barriers are market-based and, unless we...

Concrete Sustainability Alliance seeks Commonwealth investment to accelerate decarbonisation of Australia’s concrete sector

NewsArticles, General2 February 2026

SmartCrete CRC has lodged a Pre‑Budget Submission for the 2026–27 Federal Budget on behalf of the Concrete Sustainability Alliance, requesting...

Scaling the system: SmartCrete CRC response to Federal RD&I paper

NewsArticles, General1 October 2025

SmartCrete CRC has submitted a response to the Federal Government’s Strategic Examination of R&D (SERD) Scaling the system: A proactive...

Henrietta Tan Joins SmartCrete CRC as Head of Strategy and Sustainability

NewsInterview15 July 2025

This July, Henrietta Tan joins SmartCrete CRC to help power our net-zero agenda. We caught up with Tan to learn...

Concrete is one of our biggest decarbonisation challenges – here’s what SmartCrete CRC is doing to get us there

NewsArticles7 August 2024

Concrete is the second most used material in the world after water, and its production process accounts for 8 per...

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