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The Queensland Country Bank Stadium opened in February 2020

When it came time to deliver a new stadium to the city of Townsville, the winning design drew on the ...

Architectural engineer Daniel Prohasky MIEAust is using advanced manufacturing techniques to create curved concrete panels that reduce waste.

Could curved concrete and robotics make construction more sustainable?

April 15, 2021

Architectural engineer Daniel Prohasky MIEAust is using advanced manufacturing techniques to create curved concrete panels that reduce waste and carbon ...

This engineer has a concrete plan for recycling plastics

by Elle Hardy

January 19, 2021

An Australian engineer has devised some novel ideas for turning plastic into concrete, and findings are already being used in ...

CROSS-AUS aims to build a safer future by learning from past mistakes

by Charlotte Barkla

November 25, 2020

CROSS-AUS has been capturing near misses and lessons learned in the building industry for two years. But there’s more to ...

A timelapse showing the relocation of rhe 85-year-old Lagena Primary School in Shanghai. (Credit: Evolution Shift)

Watch this 85-year-old building ‘walk’ to a new location

by Elle Hardy

November 20, 2020

When developers in Shanghai wanted to build on the site of an 85-year-old primary school, engineers devised a way to ...

WSP’s Technical Executive of Indigenous Architecture Michael Hromek (left) is focused on incorporating Aboriginal knowledge and design into infrastructure projects.

Incorporating Indigenous knowledge into infrastructure projects

by Ruth Cooper

November 17, 2020

Major infrastructure projects often sever connections between people and Country, but they also provide an opportunity to reconnect important stories ...