Infrastructure
Why can’t Paradise Dam be repaired?
The Paradise Dam rebuild has led to several key recommendations for bolstering dam safety management.
Blue-sky thinking: 3 engineers share how they’d design a greenfield major city
If you were designing a greenfield major city, what would be a key strategy or design principle to minimise emissions...
The construction failures that caused the Florida International University Bridge collapse
The collapse of the bridge, which killed six people, was a clarion call for enhancing safety procedures in construction.
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...
