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Future Concrete Leaders: The Networking Event Connecting HDR Students with Industry

NewsArticles27 June 2025

Every graduate knows the frustrations of applying for jobs—including our higher degree by research students in concrete. There’s the part...

Free Precast Training Now Live

NewsGeneral27 June 2025

Industry-Recognised Certificate – All Online – Free for Queenslanders! If you’re lucky enough to be in Queensland, you can now...

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

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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...

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...

Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers 2025 report — now available to download for free

NewsGeneral23 June 2025

Originally published in @AuManufacturing Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers is an annual campaign by @AuManufacturing. The current version has been...

Manufacturing Awards Celebrate Innovation as Industry Calls for Greater Support

NewsArticles18 June 2025

Originally published  in @AuManufacturing As @AuManufacturing prepares to deliver our 2025 Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers report this week, Simran...

On Site: Breaking Ground with Eco-Friendly Concrete Innovations

NewsUncategorized16 June 2025

Originally published in Concrete in Australia Magazine 51.2 (June 2025) Earlier this year, in the serene setting of a community...

Sustainability: Innovation, Policy and Legislation to Support Decarbonisation

NewsArticles16 June 2025

Part 3 of The Low Carbon Concrete – Design, Specification & Construction March 2025 Roadshow Review Originally published in Concrete...

SmartCrete CRC Project Lead Wins CRA’s Enduring Industry-Research Collaboration Award

NewsGeneral21 May 2025

SmartCrete CRC congratulates Dr Mojtaba Mahmoodia on winning Cooperative Research Australia’s (CRA) Enduring Industry-Research Collaboration Award 2025. Dr. Mojtaba Mahmoodian,...

Become a Mentor in the NEXGen Mentorship Program

NewsGeneral16 May 2025

Now Closed Are you an early-to-mid career professional in the concrete industry? SmartCrete CRC, in collaboration with the Concrete Institute...

Screw Pile Testing Update for Innovative Hybrid Footing

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NewsArticles10 April 2025

Originally published in SAFE Structural And Foundation Engineering Newsletter (Issue 203 Dec 2024), this is a field trial update for...