The Australian Flexible Pavement Association (AfPA) has launched the first phase of its industry skills card, which will strengthen the safety, knowledge and expertise of the workforce. Called Be Bitumen Safe, the first phase comprises pre-requisite training, following on to units taken from the Certificate III Bituminous Surfacing qualification. It provides instruction on safety [...]
Technology to wirelessly power heavy commercial vehicles quickly and on the move will be the game changer for switching freight fleets to electricity. Research by the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Engineering into developing vehicle-side and in-road charging technology needed to meet this challenge has been awarded $13.5m by the Ministry of Business and Innovation [...]
In a world where people are embracing domestic road trips due to the impact of the pandemic, a recently launched initiative in NSW aims to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to make our road travel safer. Transport for NSW (TfNSW) has established a timely project using cutting-edge AI to convert raw data from our roads into [...]
Engineering HR managers are the glue that holds a firm together. You’re keeping your team strong and resilient - but you’re always working under pressure and being pulled in several directions. That’s especially true when you’re developing a graduate program. You’re being pulled by your manager’s demands for competent graduate engineers who can hit [...]
The new 2,240m2 span vaulted roof at Sydney’s Central Station was recently revealed to the public for the first time, as installation got underway as part of the city’s new Sydney Metro. The roof rises to 16m above the northern concourse becoming a landmark covered public space which will be the centre-piece of the [...]
Transport Certification Australia recently announced that Right Weigh has obtained type-approval of an on-board mass (OBM) system. Right Weigh is a supplier of OBM systems for the transport industry. Based in the United States, Right Weigh supplies its OBM systems to the Australian market through local distributor Smart Truck Solutions. The Right Weigh Exterior [...]
Stage Four completion of the popular Amy Gillett Bikeway in the Adelaide Hills has been given the green light after $2.6M in funding was announced recently. Funding was secured through the hard work of Federal Member for Mayo Rebekha Sharkie and South Australian Senator Stirling Griff and will allow the Bikeway to continue from Mount [...]
Enrolment is now open for Australia’s only online, industry designed qualification course in asset management. The Graduate Certificate in Asset Management is being offered from Semester 1, 2021, by the Centre for Pavement Engineering Education (CPEE), the Australian road industry’s not-for-profit provider of accredited training. The comprehensive course is aimed at both aspiring asset [...]
A new study from the UK has shown HGV drivers drive much more safely when there are cameras in their cabs monitoring their behaviour. Computer scientists and driving psychologists from the University of Nottingham analysed data collected before and after the installation of unobtrusive cameras in the cabs of Heavy Good Vehicles (HGV) and [...]
The Sydney Metro Northwest Stations project by Mott MacDonald, SMEC and KBR has been announced as Sydney’s top Engineering Excellence Award winner and Sir William Hudson Award finalist. The state-of-the-art metro line, with its fully automated trains and improved safety features, enhances the capacity of people to commute between different areas of the city, [...]
