Using past building industry failures to construct a safer future
An online reporting tool for the engineering profession wants to change the way we view failures in the building industry.
Tag: construction industry
Looking ahead: The path towards nationwide engineers registration
When the Professional Engineers Registration Bill 2019 was passed in Victoria in August, it represented a significant step toward strengthening the ...
Alison Mirams is making the construction industry a better place for women
Alison Mirams’s commitment to gender diversity ensures she’s driving change across the industry, rather than waiting for it to happen.
WEC 2019: “We can’t build a better world without a better construction industry”
Matt Gough’s keynote at the World Engineers Convention focused on how and why the construction industry must move to be ...
Engineers registration: Why the construction industry is first up for reforms
Recent news of alarming structural problems in buildings around the country is highlighting the importance of registration for engineers.
Crane operation can be dangerous work – this device is reducing some of the risk
Instead of taking jobs away, this automated lifting device is working with its human counterparts to make crane operations safer.
NSW engineers registration debate heats up after scope of proposed reforms widens
The NSW Government has proposed reforms to the building and construction industry in a bill put before Parliament, which will ...
Do people have a right to know about high-risk combustible cladding?
As states focus on the task of fixing high-risk buildings, authorities have mixed opinions on whether people should be advised ...
How 3D printing, generative design and automation will revolutionise the built environment
Advances in technology like 3D printing and generative design are helping cut costs, cut waste, and expanding the definition of ...
6 ways the engineering profession can take the lead on building industry reforms
For reform of the building industry to be effective in protecting the public, and efficient for the professionals working within ...
