Projects
How innovative engineering helped build a new island in New York
Engineers in New York City have used advanced 3D-modelling to help create a unique tessellated park over the Hudson River.
Constructing the first Aboriginal-owned satellite ground station
The first commercial satellite ground station to be owned by Aboriginal people has positioned First Nations peoples to be leading...
How the pandanus tree provided inspiration for this Queensland stadium
When it came time to deliver a new stadium to the city of Townsville, the winning design drew on the...
The engineering behind Melbourne’s groundbreaking Metro Tunnel project
As Melbourne's Metro Tunnel project enters its final stretch, create spoke to tunnelling specialist Paul Thomas CPEng about the challenges...
On a project as unprecedented as Snowy 2.0, the tunnelling machines are anything but ‘boring’
Three large tunnel boring machines have arrived in Australia to begin work on Snowy 2.0, Australia’s largest renewable energy project....
Building NorthConnex, Australia’s deepest road tunnel
Bypassing 21 sets of traffic lights, Sydney’s new NorthConnex tunnel is set to save commuters up to 15 minutes of...
How engineers brought new life to this historic site in the heart of Melbourne
Building on historical sites can be a difficult task at the best of times, but for the engineers working on...
Building a sustainable, dementia-friendly home in the desert
Desert Rose House is sustainable, can adapt for an ageing population and provides liveable conditions in the middle of the...
This engineering project helped turn a station-to-station rail link into door-to-door transportation
When the Sydney Metro Northwest rail link opened in 2019, great swaths of the city’s suburbs were connected to a...
How this engineer helped bring the Sydney Olympic cauldron to life
It was one of the most iconic images of the Sydney Olympic Games — and it almost failed specularly in...
