Industry groups call for infrastructure project procurement reform
Engineers Australia and 13 other industry groups are calling on the Federal Government to review procurement policies around major infrastructure ...
Tag: construction
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 a collaborative approach helped Kerryn Coker reach Arup’s highest levels
A career in façade engineering has Kerryn Coker ready to take Arup into a new era of sustainable development.
This engineer wants to ensure a tragedy like London’s Grenfell Tower fire never happens again
A Melbourne-based engineer is helping save lives by teaming up with a construction materials company to design lightweight, cost-effective cladding ...
Why this engineer thinks we need to go back to basics
Structural engineer Simon Pikusa believes engineers of today and tomorrow can only surpass expectation by mastering the fundamentals.
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 ...
Could curved concrete and robotics make construction more sustainable?
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
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
CROSS-AUS has been capturing near misses and lessons learned in the building industry for two years. But there’s more to ...
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 ...
