On 14 June 2023 MECLA brought together the community to provide updates accross all of the various activity happening across the working groups. The event featured short presentations from the chairs of all 10 MECLA working groups, covering outputs and outcomes to date, as well as objectives, priority areas and work streams for the next 12-18 months.

If you want to learn about MECLA activity this is the video to watch. Skip to the working group relevant to your interest, or event better, watch the whole thing! Each of the working group segments has also been made available on the respective working group pages on this website. Thanks to all the chairs who presented. A list of the working groups and chairs is below:

• Working Group 1 – Demand Side – Ann Austin
• Working Group 2 – Evaluation – Lucy Marsland and Dr. Caroline Noller
• Working Group 3/4 – Knowledge & Language – Jeremy Mansfield OAM and Hayley Jarick
• Working Group 5a – Steel – Joe Karten and Hayley Jarick
• Working Group 5b – Concrete & Cement – Evan Smith and Ali Kashani
• Working Group 5c – Aluminium – Jeff Morgan
• Working Group 5d – Other Materials – Cathy Inglis AM and Josephine Vaughan
• Working Group 5e – Building Services – Mark Vender and Jeff Robinson
• Working Group 5f – Engineered Timber – Stephen Simpson and Hamid Valipour
• Working Group 6 – Residential – Karla Fox-Reynolds and Julia Halioua