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How Subsidence Can Damage your Home
Structural
Tuesday June 16 2020

How Subsidence Can Damage your Home

If a remedial engineer were to tell you your home has subsidence, what they’re really saying is your home’s suffering foundational problems. In a nutshell, your...

Laser Cutting Advances Improve Structural Steel Performance
Structural
Monday April 27 2020

Laser Cutting Advances Improve Structural Steel Performance

Advances in laser cutting technology combined with the growing use of 3D printing could yield significant improvements in the development of structural steel, according to a...

Opal Tower Residents All Cleared to Return
Structural
Thursday December 19 2019

Opal Tower Residents All Cleared to Return

All Opal Tower residents have been cleared to return to the Sydney apartment building which was evacuated almost 12 months ago after cracking was discovered in...

Mascot Towers owners ‘gagged’ over report
Structural
Friday November 15 2019

Mascot Towers owners ‘gagged’ over report

The NSW government has gagged a small number of Mascot Towers owners to stop them sharing a key damage report, residents of the troubled apartment block...

Green light for $7m Mascot Towers repairs
Residential
Friday August 23 2019

Green light for $7m Mascot Towers repairs

Remediation work on Sydney's beleaguered Mascot Towers can now begin after unit owners agreed to pay a special $7 million levy.

Victoria Moves to Mandate Engineering Registration
Business
Thursday April 4 2019

Victoria Moves to Mandate Engineering Registration

Engineers who work across major construction categories in Victoria will be required to be registered under a new scheme which will see the mandatory registration of...

Design, construction flaws at Opal Tower
Structural
Monday February 25 2019

Design, construction flaws at Opal Tower

Critical support beams in Sydney's Opal Tower were left susceptible to "bursting" because they were under-designed and some made from lower strength concrete, an independent report...

Christchurch Homeowners’ Class Action to Proceed
Residential
Tuesday October 31 2017

Christchurch Homeowners’ Class Action to Proceed

The Court of Appeal has rejected an attempt by government-owned insurer Southern Response Earthquake Services to throw out a class action lawsuit from Christchurch homeowners whose...

NZ Engineer Calls to Exceed Minimum Earthquake Standard
Structural
Tuesday May 9 2017

NZ Engineer Calls to Exceed Minimum Earthquake Standard

Wellington's buildings need to exceed the minimum standard set by the building code if the capital city wants to improve its resilience to a major earthquake.

Structural
17 Jun, 2019
Sydney Unit Towers Remain Wholly Evacuated

A Sydney apartment complex remains "wholly evacuated" due to ongoing and persistent cracking with about half of tenants offered the possibility of an escorted trip back...

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Structural
13 Feb, 2019
Opal Tower Builder Submits Repairs Design

Dozens of families in Sydney's cracked Opal Tower have been told they must wait weeks after repairs are complete before they can move back as engineering...

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Structural
25 Jul, 2018
Hundreds Missing in Laos After Dam Collapses

Hundreds of people are missing and several are feared dead after a hydro-electric power dam under construction in southern Laos collapsed, causing flash flooding which swept...

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Structural
5 Jul, 2018
Testing Begins on Perth Stadium Footbridge

Testing will soon begin on a footbridge linking Perth's CBD with the new Optus Stadium ahead of its public opening in two weeks.

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