Thank you to those who attended our three day annual steel convention

Convention Highlights:

The three-day Sustainable Building and Infrastructure: What It Takes convention kicked off on Sunday evening September 8 with a welcome reception at Brisbane’s Sixteen Antlers Pullman’s rooftop bar, followed by a feature-packed, two-day speaker lineup including:

Day 1: September 9

• invited presentations by chief executive Australian steel products at BlueScope Tania Archibald and chief executive officer of InfraBuild Francisco Irazusta 
• demographic insights and trends shaping the nation and the impact on the steel supply chain with Bernard Salt AM
• Stuart Wilson from AustralianSuper and Phil Hodgson from Calix Limited discussing the clean energy transition and investment pipeline 
• a Design for Deconstruction panel discussion, plus speakers exploring repurposing of steel 
• an update on the ASI steel supply chain traceability project 
• an environmental sustainability of steel in the building and construction industry overview by associate professor at the University of Coimbra, Helena Gervasio 
• a creative problem-solving session featuring quadruple amputee Tom Nash

Day 2: September 10

• associate structural engineer at Arup Michaela Brown presenting a case study on the Art Gallery NSW extension project  
• presentations on AI application in the manufacturing process; and AI use in construction and steel supply chain applications 
• FBA Alliance’s case study by on the Fitzroy River Bridge project 
• infrastructure construction at the Brisbane Olympics 
• a two-hour workshop by associate professor at the University of Coimbra, Helena Gervasio on Environmental Sustainability of Steel in the Building and Construction Industry. The talk by the Portuguese expert will address challenges and opportunities for the steel sector, life cycle analysis and use of Module D, and a case study focusing on the life cycle assessment of a steel building considering different end-of life scenarios

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