Prefab Centre

13/09/2025

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-17/modular-housing-to-build-climate-proof-and-reducing-waste/105618742

30/08/2022

Circular Economy, Modular Construction and Recycled Materials.
The Institute of Civil Engineers - Victorian Local Association (ICE-VLA) is pleased to invite everyone interested to attend our September Technical Presentation with Professor Priyan Mendis from the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology of the University of Melbourne on Circular Economy, modular construction and recycled materials on Wednesday, 07 September 2022, starting at 5:50 pm (Melbourne time).

We are also pleased to inform you that Associate Professor Syuhaida Ismail, 2022 APEC-Australia Women in Research Fellowship, from UTM (https://www.utm.my/) Malaysia, currently in Melbourne as Visiting Academic, accepted our invitation to join the event and to do a co-presentation about her recent research exploring the roles and opportunities for civil engineers in engineering the green built environment via the adoption of Biophilic City concepts.

The venue will be ARUP Melbourne's beautiful office: ARUP, Sky Park, One Melbourne Quarter, 699 Collins Street, Docklands, VIC 3008. The event also will be available online via Zoom.

ICE VLA wishes to acknowledge the assistance of Arup Pty Ltd in Melbourne in facilitating the use of the venue and the University of Melbourne with the support of online using Zoom.

If you would like to attend the presentations - either in-person or online – registration is Free but required online by accessing the following Eventbrite link by COB Tuesday 06 September 2022:
https://lnkd.in/ea7BdNSj

We are looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday 7 in-person or online.

19/08/2020

DON'T MISS OUT, REGISTER TODAY!

THURSDAY, 27 AUGUST WEBINAR - 3.00PM - 4.30PM

The ARC - Centre for Advanced Manufacturing of Prefabricated Housing (ARC CAMP.H) will be hosting our next webinar series on smart and innovative prefab construction with two excellent and well-renowned speakers in their fields of endeavours on Thursday, 27 August from 3.00pm to 4.30pm.
We are pleased to have Jose Alfano, Founder and Managing Design Director of Studio Alfano Architects with over 30 years of global experience as one of our two keynotes. Studio Alfano is an interdisciplinary practice focused on Architecture, Urban Design Specialist, Digital Engineering & IT solutions with innovative integrated design outcomes. Jose will be presenting on a highly topical "Building Design and Planning in a post Covid world - Implications and innovation"

Similarly, Professor Greg Morrison of Sustainable Cities at Curtin University who specialises in the field of sustainable building with his research over the past decade has focussed on Living Laboratories. Greg and his team of PhD researchers have designed the Legacy Living Laboratory (L3) – a building constructed from sustainable materials. His presentation on "A modular Living Laboratory designed for the building industry" is a much anticipated talk.

Please register early to reserve your free webinar placement. There will also be an opportunity for Q&As at the end of the talk. Webinar login is available on the online event page upon registration.

For any enquiries on the webinar registration, please email [email protected]

Prefab Construction Innovation Webinar, Thursday, 27 August @ 3PM - 4.30PM - A COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR SERIES

05/07/2020

An ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub announced today led by RMIT University with CAMP.H (ARC) centre director Melbourne School of Engineering Prof Priyan Mendis will focus on reducing landfill waste and creating new materials for construction and manufacturing from reclaimed waste.

Major new Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Research Hub announced.

02/07/2020

The Global H**p Summit in partnership with the Australian H**p Manufacturing Company and CAMPH are hosting the 2nd global (1st virtual) summit at the intersection of h**p manufacturing, innovation and R&D from Melbourne, Australia to a global online audience.
During this summit, CAMPH centre director Prof. Priyan Mandis is going to talk about "Innovation in Industrial H**p - The Next Decade". CAMPH centre manager, Dr Shanaka Baduge will deliver a talk about "Life cycle analysis of h**p panels in houses" with Dr Seongwon Seo.

Register Now !!!!
The (Virtual) 2nd Annual Global H**p Manufacturing and Commercialisation Summit (Wednesday 8th - Thursday 9th JULY, 2020)

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The Global H**p Summit in partnership with Morel Industries and the Australian H**p Manufacturing Company are incredibly excited to be holding a first of its kind, global summit at the intersection of h**p manufacturing, innovation and R&D at Ariel University in the startup nation, Israel.

06/06/2020

Prefabrication can be a more environmentally and socially responsible way to build, and it's going mainstream, says a University of Melbourne expert.

06/06/2020

Prefab technology is driving the evolution of classrooms in Australia; University of Melbourne experts looks at how modular design is keeping pace with demand.

06/06/2020

Every year we bring together all the members of the centre to share the successes, goals, capabilities and ongoing opportunities for collaboration within CAMP.H and the prefabrication industry.

06/06/2020

Prof Priyan Mendis and Dr Shanaka Kristombu Baduge, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, have been awarded the 2019 Victoria Award for Excellence from Concrete Institute of Australia (CIA) for the research and innovation in Very-High Strength Concrete (VHSC) and pushing the limits of concrete tall buildings. Concrete Institute of Australia recognised that the research studies at the University of Melbourne collaborated with LafargeHolcim and BASF significantly contributed to developing suitable mix design methods, understanding of VHSC and pushing the boundary of existing codes of practice up to 150 MPa through innovative approaches and research.

News from the Centre.

06/06/2020

Dr Tharaka Gunawardena of CAMPH attended the recently concluded International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction 2019 (ICSIC) at Churchill College of the University of Cambridge. The presented conference paper titled “Effective use of Offsite Manufacturing for Public Infrastructure Projects in Australia” received much praise and attention by many other attendees such as the Dr Keith Bowers who is Head of Profession for the Civil Engineering and Built Environment disciplines in Transport for London’s Engineering Directorate and Mr Jas Shanker who is the Head of Technology of Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) of UK. The modular technology in Australia in general and how it is successfully used in many public infrastructure projects was of great interest to the attendees from UK and other countries.

News from the Centre.

06/06/2020

Advancements in Modern Prefabricated and Modular Buildings, was a R&D Forum held October 3 2019 at Graduate House, University of Melbourne, 220 Leicester Street, Carlton.

It is expected that within 10 years, the majority of on-site construction will be replaced by Prefabricated and Modular building systems. The growth of innovation in this emerging sector will leave little choice for the construction industry to embrace.

The R&D forum, an initiative of ARC Centre for Manufacturing of Prefabricated Housing (ARC CAMPH) focuses on presenting the latest advancement in research and practice in modern prefabricated building technologies.

News from the Centre.