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What caused the I-35W Mississippi River bridge to collapse?

Minneapolis, Minnesota · Minneapolis

What caused the I-35W Mississippi River bridge to collapse?

What caused a bridge that had satisfactorily performed for 40 years to collapse so suddenly?At 6:05 pm on 1 August 2007, the 40-year-old I-35W Highway Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, suddenly collapsed. A 140 m-long section of the main truss, carrying 111 vehicles at the time, fell 33 m into the river below. Thirteen people were killed, and a further 145 were injured.Two factors played a role: one was an error in the bridge’s design; the other…Read Article

Why design standards can both help and hinder innovation

Innovation · Queensland

Why design standards can both help and hinder innovation

Standards are a critical risk-management tool for engineers. But ensuring they don’t unnecessarily slow adoption of emerging technologies – such as green hydrogen – is a balancing act.Standardisation is a great enabler of innovative, iterative design. It provides engineers with a platform on which to build and advance technologies or practices. But when blue-sky innovation hits, such as in fledgling industries like green hydrogen, new standards …Read Article

Targets are great – but where’s the plan?

Infrastructure · Canberra

Targets are great – but where’s the plan?

Australia’s path to net zero hinges on action. Drawing from Canberra’s pioneering efforts, former ACT Chief Engineer Adrian Piani explores the practical engineering, policy and infrastructure challenges of electrifying cities at scale – and the opportunities that come with getting started now. Delaying decisions risks future disruption. The time to plan, upgrade and lead is now.Back in 2021, the ACT made a decision to electrify. It was a decisio…Read Article

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Next-Generation Aviation Safety: System-of-Systems Safety Concept Unveiled

A new safety concept based on the system-of-systems (SoS) perspective is proposed in a recent review paper published in Engineering, aiming to address the challenges of future civil aviation transportation system (CATS) safety management.Puckapunyal · Puckapunyal See the Story

5 disasters that changed engineering in Australia forever

These catastrophes didn’t just change lives. They changed how engineers design for wind, water, fire and failure.Engineering rarely makes headlines for the lives it saves. But in the wake of disaster, its impact is often written into every reform, standard and safer structure that follows.Across Australia, major catastrophes have acted as pressure points for change, forcing the profession to confront its blind spots and raise the bar.The above v…Infrastructure · Australia Read Article

4 cutting-edge breakthroughs in engineering and technology

When it comes to pioneering innovation, a programmable beetle and a clay-based cement supplement are just the tip of the engineering iceberg.Technological innovations from engineers are achieving massive impacts. Here are just four of the latest engineering breakthroughs putting local innovation on the global map.1. Cyborg beetleDarkling beetles have been fitted with microchip backpacks and controlled by engineers at the University of Queensland…Innovation · Queensland Read Article

Nature-inspired strategies for building more resilient infrastructure

Engineers are turning to nature’s time-tested processes to construct infrastructure that adapts to stress and emerges stronger after disturbance.Some of the most recent innovative advances in engineering have taken their cues from the natural world – from high-rise towers that flex like coastal trees to bullet trains shaped like kingfisher beaks.But it’s also through disruption that nature’s ingenuity is forged, revealing design lessons in resil…Infrastructure · North Stradbroke Island Read Article

Safety and certainty: How Modus engineers smarter with Bluebeam

SPONSORED At traffic and transport engineering firm Modus, risk mitigation, design precision, stakeholder communication and budget management are all boosted by the integration of Bluebeam Revu.In the traffic and transport engineering space, success can often hinge on convincing clients to complete the right level of analysis and design early in the piece. It’s about getting the details right at th…Queensland, Australia · Queensland Read Article

Instant-response batteries stabilise variable renewables

SPONSORED Charging in minutes, aluminium-ion packs buffer cloud-cover dips and wind lulls to maintain rock-steady electricity for critical infrastructure.Almost half (46 per cent) of Australian businesses use some form of renewable energy. Although this can help to reduce overhead or operational costs, and help businesses reach decarbonisation goals – renewable energy source…Australia · Australia Read Article

The Architecture of Rewilding: Designing for Ecosystem Recovery

NDSM Lusthof / Studio Ossidiana. Image Courtesy of Studio Ossidiana, Riccardo de Vecchi As climate instability reshapes design priorities, architecture is increasingly drawn into ecological debates not as a spectator but as a participant. Among the concepts gaining traction is rewilding, a practice rooted in the restoration of self-sustaining ecosystems through the reintroduction of biodiversity, the removal of barriers, and the rebalancing of h…Environment · Queensland See the Story

Flat-pack homes promise stronger builds for Australian construction

Why wait months for a home when you can have one in days? This high-tech building system reimagines residential construction with prefabricated elements that lock together for a faster, stronger build. Story by Chloe HavaAustralia is in the middle of an unprecedented housing shortage crisis. Our growing population, along with domestic and international investment, has driven strong demand for housing and pushed prices sky high. Ne…Western Australia · Western Australia Read Article