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CRA Judges Commendation Goes to Professor Vute Sirivivatnanon

NewsGeneral29 May 2026

Cooperative Research Australia’s 2026 Lifetime Achievement Special Commendation went to SmartCrete CRC Research Director and UTS Professor Vute Sirivivatnanon. The...

Breaking the Testing Bottleneck

NewsArticles, Interview26 May 2026

Originally published in create (May 2026) The biggest barrier is often not invention but proving materials will perform safely for...

Concrete – the huge opportunities for decarbonisation that the government has missed

NewsArticles, Interview14 May 2026

Originally published in The Fifth Estate Without determined action, embodied carbon will soon balloon to 85 per cent of the...

HOT TAKES: What Precast Concrete Makers Need to Know about Concrete Innovation

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NewsArticles, General15 April 2026

Originally published at Rebuilt (13 April 2026) Concrete innovation is accelerating faster than most precast manufacturers realise. The science is...

Lights, Camera, Innovation: What Industry Conversations Are Teaching Us About The Future Of Concrete

NewsArticles, General15 March 2026

Originally published in Concrete in Australia (52.1 March 2026) Our work at SmartCrete CRC grants us a rare privilege. As...

Media Coverage: Boral Completes Product Development of Australian‑First Calcined Clay Concrete

NewsArticles, Media Releases17 February 2026

Coverage from Leading Industry Outlets Highlights a Major Innovation in Low‑Carbon Concrete SmartCrete CRC participant Boral has been featured across...

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...

Australia Can Lead on Low-Carbon Concrete – If We Act Now

NewsArticles, General22 January 2026

Originally published at InnovationAus.com “If we walk away from our ambitious targets now, we will miss a massive market opportunity,”...

Next-Level Quality in Precast Production

NewsArticles8 December 2025

Published in Inside Construction (Issue 21: Dec/Jan 2026) In precast, every millimetre counts. Sunset Sleepers has moved beyond the limits...

Newcastle Paves the Way for Low-Carbon Concrete

NewsArticles, General20 November 2025

The City of Newcastle took a bold step toward a greener future on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, with an education...

Business Council of Australia’s 2025 Building Australia’s Tomorrow Report

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NewsGeneral28 October 2025

A report by the Business Council of Australia has pointed to the need for performance-based specifications in infrastructure design –...

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...

Recommendations submitted to Federal impact policy paper for national coordination of RD&I

NewsArticles, General1 October 2025

The SmartCrete CRC has submitted a recommendation to the Federal Government’s Strategic Examination of R&D (SERD) National coordination for RD&I...

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...