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  • For a hundred years, we have judged our cities by their toughness: counting kilometres of road, tonnes of concrete, bridge spans and tunnel bores. These figures dominate asset registers and budget papers, and they do have their place. Yet perhaps we have ...

  • Finding Purpose Through Tragedy Shraddha's path to engineering began with one of Nepal's most devastating natural disasters. "We had a big earthquake back in 2015," she recalls. "We just saw buildings left, right and centre just destroyed. But then ...

  • Fleet practitioners often ask where fleet should sit within a council organisation structure. Should it report through Infrastructure, Assets, Operations, Finance, Procurement or Corporate Services?   The answer from the IPWEA Fleet community ...

  • Across local government, expectations have shifted. It is no longer enough to say a service has been completed. Councils are increasingly expected to demonstrate what was delivered, where it occurred, and to what standard. From community enquiries through ...

  • Project Overview  Hurst Street Wombat Crossing | Hurst Street, Tasmania   This project involved the design and construction of a wombat crossing (a raised zebra crossing) on Hurst Street, connecting a childcare centre on the northern side of the road ...

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