Are ideas about floating and flood-resilient housing beginning to sink in?
Flooding disasters have led to calls to prevent development in high-risk zones – and to recognise flood-resilient design in construction ...
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Detecting power lines faults – and preventing bushfires – made easier with Australian innovation
An early fault detection system can help prevent bushfires, so why isn’t Australia using more of them? The electrical engineer ...
WATCH: The best of engineering projects in 2023
From breaking land speed records to firefighting drones, here are 6 of our favourite moments in engineering on video.
Why this former military chief believes engineers are vital to build national resilience
This former military chief is leading a project to make the nation more resilient to global crises — and he ...
COVID-19: How can engineering firms survive the downturn?
Will my company survive the coronavirus crisis? Will my job? These are the questions that are on every engineer’s mind ...
10 things engineers can do now to meet the “grandest of grand challenges”: climate change
If not now, when? That’s the question posed to engineers by a new report about the important role the profession ...
Risk engineering: Best practice in a COVID-19 environment
There is a lot that engineering organisations could be doing right now to better manage their people and business through ...
World Engineering Day: Creating sustainable cities and communities
Cities are hubs for ideas, commerce, culture, science, productivity, social development and much more. There are challenges ahead to keep ...
This year’s Infrastructure Priority List can be summed up in one word: resilience
The 2020 Infrastructure Priority list shines a light on the need to shore up Australia’s water security, regional infrastructure and ...
World Engineering Day: Investing in industry, innovation and infrastructure
Investments in infrastructure – transport, irrigation, energy and information technology – are crucial to achieving sustainable development and empowering communities ...
