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Seeking long-term energy vision for new buildings

A new project led by the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC) and ClimateWorks Australia will develop a long-term industry-led vision for how the National Construction Code can deliver energ... more
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More action needed to protect vital infrastructure corridors

Infrastructure Australia, the nation’s independent infrastructure advisor, has launched a new policy paper compelling Australian governments to act to protect vital infrastructure corridors and avoid cost ove... more
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Does the role of the engineer need to be re-imagined?

Engineers today face multiple, increasingly complex challenges. The need for future-proofed infrastructure, the impact of automation, intelligent buildings and new infra-technology to better design, build and... more
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Australia’s social progress drops

Australia has dropped from fourth place in 2016 to ninth place in 2017 on the Social Progress Imperative’s global Social Progress Index, which measures people’s quality of life and the wellbeing of society,... more

Seeking long-term energy vision for new buildings

13 Jul, 2017
More action needed to protect vital infrastructure corridors

13 Jul, 2017
Does the role of the engineer need to be re-imagined?

13 Jul, 2017
Australia’s social progress drops

06 Jul, 2017

WA cladding audit underway

Supporting Australian landscape architects

Census shows WA has second highest growth rate

Projects

The art of structural integrity

14 Jul, 2017

Precision engineered product and expertise from Tensile Design + Construct have underpinned the structural integrity of a significant public artwork in Brisbane. The piece, commissioned by Brisbane City Council, is titled Echo Orbit and was devised by artist Sandra Selig. Described as a suspended artwork, it takes the form of a sculpture come shade structure involving myriad tensioned geome... more

Global First for Melbourne manufacturing

13 Jul, 2017

UNSW development continues with new $174.4M building

05 Jul, 2017

Waterloo masterpiece set to shine under the stars

05 Jul, 2017

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Grand Designs

Beijing tower has the world’s tallest atrium

08 Mar, 2017

Leeza Soho, a 46-storey (207m) mixed-use tower, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, has the world’s tallest atrium. Within the Lize Financial Business District – a new business, residential and transport hub adjacent to Financial Road in southwest Beijing – Leeza Soho is located at the intersection of Lines 14 and 16 currently under-construction for the Beijing Subway rail network. Directl... more

Smart Luxury hotel opens in China’s Fujian Province

24 Aug, 2016

Striking museum design revealed

03 Aug, 2016

The most dramatic development in New York’s history

03 Aug, 2016

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Mega Structures

Contract awarded for A$224M Dubai project

13 Jul, 2017

Middle East‐based HLG Contracting, in which CIMIC Group has a 45% investment, has been awarded a contract with revenue of AED619 million (A$224 million) for the construction of the EXPO Village Parcels 10 and 11 residential towers, by Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). HLG will be responsible for the construction of five 16-storey towers. Three of the towers are co-joined through a mutual three... more

Smart engineering brings Thailand’s tallest building to life

12 Aug, 2016

World-class International Airport in Dubai to expand

01 Jun, 2016

Crystal Lagoons the Star of Bayside Development

06 May, 2016

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Events

Safety in Action Melbourne

5 September 2017-6 September 2017

Safety in Action, Australia’s leading OHS event, is back in Melbourne this September – Free registration available now Due to high rates of work-related injuries and illness, the construction industry is one of the priority industries for the Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy. Still today, many hazards put construction workers’ health and safety at risk and Safety innovation and... more