Infrastructure
A climate-positive Olympics: What can Brisbane 2032 learn from Paris?
Brisbane will be the first Olympic host city required to produce a climate-positive Games. What can be learnt from the...
Circular construction involves designing for multiple lifetimes
Chief Circular Engineer Ali Abbas explains the challenges and solutions to engineering a dramatic change in construction.
What’s involved in building Victoria’s most expensive road?
From kangaroo management to sport club relocation, the North East Link project team describe the strategic thinking required to manage...
Protective coatings offers a tailor-made solution to bridge protection in Australia
From iconic structures to essential overpasses, bridges are major assets that require ongoing protection and maintenance.
By the numbers: Do EVs produce fewer carbon emissions than internal combustion engines?
Do electric vehicles produce fewer carbon emissions in total – or do their greenhouse-heavy production requirements dull the sheen of...
By the numbers: How does Australian investment in public infrastructure match up globally?
These graphs reveal a disparity in infrastructure funding between states and territories, and that national investment is high compared to...
Are ideas about floating and flood-resilient housing beginning to sink in?
Flooding disasters have led to calls to prevent development in high-risk zones – and to recognise flood-resilient design in construction...
The missing discipline: Why design management plays a critical role in construction
A project’s design manager can often go unrecognised. Is it time for design management to become an engineering discipline in...
Skyscraper city: How Sydney’s engineers approach tall building design
How strict building regulations impact the construction of Sydney’s skyscrapers, and what the future could hold for tall building design.
Baltimore bridge collapse: a bridge engineer explains what happened, and what needs to change
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge has captured the world's attention. A civil engineer explains what happened and...
