Industry
Engineering a better future for people with disability
This International Day of People with a Disability (3 December), create spoke with two Australian engineers who are making the...
Maintaining ageing infrastructure
The challenge in dealing with ageing infrastructure in Australia is that most of our structures are designed for a 50...
This 100-year-old rail line could connect Canberra to the coast
How do you design a railway to safely deliver a freight train down an impossibly steep slope? For a recent...
We’ve had fires, floods and pestilence, but is Australia prepared for the next earthquake?
Structural engineer Peter McBean FIEAust CPEng is on a mission to prepare Australia for the next earthquake.
‘That’s when I got the idea a powerful water gun would be fun’: Meet the engineer behind the Super Soaker
Former NASA engineer Lonnie Johnson had the idea for the Super Soaker while working on a new type of refrigeration...
CROSS-AUS aims to build a safer future by learning from past mistakes
CROSS-AUS has been capturing near misses and lessons learned in the building industry for two years. But there’s more to...
Devising self-driving technology for the Army requires military precision
A military-academic collaboration is advancing autonomous vehicle technology to ready it for use by the Australian Army.
Watch this 85-year-old building ‘walk’ to a new location
When developers in Shanghai wanted to build on the site of an 85-year-old primary school, engineers devised a way to...
Changes to NSW building regulations promise a better industry for all
The engineering sector, with Engineers Australia behind it, has given its full support to New South Wales building reforms.
Incorporating Indigenous knowledge into infrastructure projects
Major infrastructure projects often sever connections between people and Country, but they also provide an opportunity to reconnect important stories...
