How this civil engineer found his passion later in life
Matteo Tirapelle found his passion for civil engineering later in life, but his younger days had invaluable lessons for his ...
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‘I think I’ve done a job on every street in Melbourne’: Highlights from a 50-year engineering career
Civil and structural engineer Douglas Turnbull closed his Melbourne consultancy at the end of 2021 after half a century in ...
How good design helps mitigate earthquake risk in Australia
Australia is a quiet but not silent continent when it comes to earthquakes. Following the recent earthquake in Melbourne, Swinburne ...
How deep-sea sponges could inspire future skyscrapers
The skeletal structure of deep-sea sponges could shape how we construct buildings and infrastructure, according to new research.
Why the founders of this civil construction business want others to follow in their footsteps
A new Indigenous-owned civil construction business backed by Melbourne Water and engineering company Aqua Metro Services (AMS) is setting an ...
How John Bradfield shaped Sydney — and Australian engineering
The New South Wales government announced this week that Sydney’s ‘third city’ will be named Bradfield, after the renowned engineer. ...
The 84-year-old engineer behind some of Victoria’s major roads
From farm life to developing freeways in Melbourne, Max Lay’s road to engineering wasn’t always a straightforward one.
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 ...
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 ...
Meet George Ferris, the civil engineer behind one of the world’s most popular fairground rides
In 1890, as plans for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago were taking shape, organisers put a call out to ...
