Texas freeze spotlights need for forward planning
With record-setting cold weather cutting water and energy supplies across a wide swath of Texas recently, create asked Australian engineers ...
Tag: resilience
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 ...
New stadiums mean big spectacle and big expense, so they need to be built to last
For major sports stadiums, a patch of grass and a meat pie are no longer enough.
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 ...
World Engineering Day: Taking action on climate change
As greenhouse gas levels continue to climb, climate change is occurring at much higher rates than anticipated, and its effects ...
Engineers must focus on resilience and adaptation when rebuilding after bushfires
As this summer’s horrific bushfire season stretches on, communities that have faced fires are turning their sights to what comes ...
Why engineering workplace safety needs to move beyond hard hats and hi-vis
Engineers play a key role in keeping workers safe. Safety specialists weighed in on how to meet this challenge in ...
Melbourne transport strategy sees more shared spaces, more public transport and fewer cars
A new strategy imagines what Australia’s second-most populous city will look like in 10 years through the lens of transport ...
There is no ‘set and forget’ attitude when it comes to smart cities of the future
Cities must stay nimble and responsive to cope with the demands of a growing population. Australia’s cities need to focus ...
