Infrastructure
Built for 2032, designed for forever
If one engineering team does their job right, viewers of the Brisbane Olympics might not realise they’re witnessing world-class engineering.
Breaking point: South Korea’s department store disaster
Alarming structural flaws caused five floors of a department store in Seoul’s Gangnam District to collapse.
Infographic: Engineering Australia’s first modern skyscraper
ICI House in Melbourne broke records when completed in 1958 – and is now expected to be impacted by ever-hotter...
Constructing the highest bridge in the world
China’s Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge is a feat of extreme engineering that has resulted in the world’s highest bridge platform.
In photos: Engineering that looks like science fiction
Every so often, engineers unveil a structure or device that looks more like it belongs in the Star Wars or...
High-stakes high rises and the engineers who bring them down
Modern demolition trades drama for discipline, with engineers applying rigorous calculations to ensure safe and predictable structural collapses.
Cracking the corrosion conundrum
It costs Australia $78 billion each year, so how are engineers working to protect critical infrastructure from corrosion?
Learning from the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse
The collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge is more than the story of a bridge failure – it’s a story...
Local insight enables stronger infrastructure
A career spent designing infrastructure solutions has proven to Dr Anne Gibbs FIEAust EngExec the undeniable connection between culturally informed...
Infographic: 5 deadly superstructure failures
From the collapse of the World Trade Centre to the Tasman Bridge, here are five instances where a failing superstructure...
