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.
Tag: structural engineering
Structure relocation: How engineers move entire buildings in one piece
Between 12 October and 14 November 1930, employees at the Indiana Bell Telephone Company in Indianapolis had a unique problem ...
We’ve had fires, floods and pestilence, but is Australia prepared for the next earthquake?
Structural engineer Peter McBean FIEAust CPEng is on a mission to prepare Australia for the next earthquake.
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 ...
How engineers brought new life to this historic site in the heart of Melbourne
Building on historical sites can be a difficult task at the best of times, but for the engineers working on ...
Old meets new: Sydney’s skyline gets a distinctive new building
A bustling urban setting. A heritage-listed church. This new addition to Sydney’s skyline required some creative thinking to get off ...
Adrian Spencer is bringing new thinking to big engineering projects
As Adrian Spencer readies for a new challenge, create looks at this civil engineer’s career of making the complex look ...
The 2019 Civil Engineer of the Year says the future of structures is bright
Brian Uy is the 2019 Civil Engineer of the Year, and the perfect person to explain why his discipline still ...
Using past building industry failures to construct a safer future
An online reporting tool for the engineering profession wants to change the way we view failures in the building industry.
