Corporate Body
Commonwealth Experimental Building Station (CEBS) (1944 - 1988)
- From
- 1944
North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia - To
- 1988
- Alternative Names
- National Building Technology Research Centre (NBTRC) (Subsequent name, c. 1985 - 1988)
Summary
The Commonwealth Experimental Building Station (CEBS) was established in 1944 at North Ryde in Sydney by the Australian Government, to deal with the anticipated post-war housing shortage, the shortage of building materials, and to improve the quality of housing construction.
Its research significantly improved the standards and codes of practice of design and construction of buildings in Australia.
In the mid 1980s it was renamed the National Building Technology Research Centre (NBTRC), and in 1988 it was absorbed by the CSIRO, becoming part of the CSIRO Division of Building, Construction & Engineering, where it played a key role in the development of the Building Code of Australia (BCA), first published in 1988.
Related entries
Published resources
Conference Papers
- Miller-Yeaman, Renee, 'Producing the House: the Commonwealth Experimental Building Station and Housing Research', in Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) 38. "Ultra: Positions and Polarities Beyond Crisis " edited by Kroll, David; Curry, James; Nolan, Madeline (Adelaide, South Australia: Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand, 2022), pp. 73-81., https://doi.org/10.55939/a3995ptgqb. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 31 August 2022