New software for assessing and predicting geo-disaster risk
With climate change increasing the wrath of geo-disasters, this new technology can foreshadow the impacts – and help engineers to ...
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Weir safety: Strategies to reduce risk in Australia’s waterways
Water engineer Tony Ladson explains why weirs can prove so dangerous and shares some possible solutions.
Floodplain engineer is bringing unique expertise to urban planning
Flood engineer Carrie Dearnley has developed a system to help city planners better understand how to keep communities safer as ...
It’s time to rethink construction payment processes
Construction companies can boost productivity and reduce risk by automating a common back-office process, writes Mike Antis, global vice president ...
PI insurance in engineering: Beyond the rising premiums
Professional indemnity insurance, designed to protect businesses from harm, is now threatening the profitability of engineering companies and consultancies. What’s ...
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: 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 ...
Can hazard reduction burning and cultural burning protect against catastrophic bushfires?
We spoke with three experts to learn what role different types of burning can play in protecting Australia from bushfires. ...
