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Immersed tunnels can be more cost-effective than alternative options

Immersed tunnelling - under water is not a boring tunnel solution

Aurecon’s CK Tsang takes a deep-dive into how immersed tunnels are constructed and the effect of modern digital engineering tunnelling tools.

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Paradise found: how engineering can boost tourism in Indonesia

Turning Indonesia's landscape into world-class destinations requires design-led thinking and flexibility in engineering planning, says Varman Ramachandran.

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Embracing urban sustainability

Developing a systems thinking approach to sustainable cities.

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Mitigating Heavy Industry Supply Chain Risk - 5 Critical Steps in Responding to the Impacts of COVID-19

COVID-19: five critical steps to mitigate heavy industry supply chain risk

As coronavirus spreads, it will likely lead to production and supply problems for many months. How do we mitigate the economic impacts to industrial business?

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Microplastics have infiltrated our water systems but there are still ways to reverse the damage if we can all manage to work together.

We’re all responsible for the big problem of the small plastics in our waterways

Our wastewater treatment plants have limited capacity to filter microplastics and its having a devastating effect on marine life and people's health.

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Will urbanisation break the big cities?

Currently, about 60 million people move into cities every year. That’s more than one million more people arriving every week, in a city somewhere in the world, each with an expectation of better access to jobs, better education for their children, better health-care and a better quality of life.

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We never know the true value of water until the well is dry

Aurecon's Dr. Verno Jonker and Dr. James Cullis discuss the increasing awareness of the real value of water across the globe.

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People profile: Trinity Graham

Meet Trinity Graham, a water expert with 20 years of experience in water management issues that impact airside and landside infrastructure.

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People profile: Kylie Cochrane

Kylie is a senior communication professional at Aurecon with more than 20 years of experience in community and stakeholder engagement, strategic communication and issues management.

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Traditional consultation is dead

Aurecon’s Joel Fredericks and Kylie Cochrane on the impact of digital technology on the future of consultation.

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Strengthening resilience in Africa’s river basins

Johan Minnie, who formerly led Aurecon’s Risk & Resilience Management, explains how resilience in Africa’s river basins can be strengthened.

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Biological filtration for sustainable treatment of groundwater

Aurecon Associate for Water Engineering, Geoff du Toit , discusses using biological filtration for the sustainable treatment of groundwater that is rich in soluble iron and manganese in the Overstrand Municipality, South Africa.

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Desalination: A sustainable solution to water shortage

Aurecon and SA Water discuss the planning, design, construction and operation of the Adelaide Desalination Plant.

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Technical challenges in small hydropower in Africa

Huge potential exists for hydropower development in Africa. However, developers face many challenges throughout the lifecycle of a hydropower project.

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Dams: protecting water quality

Dramatic events such as droughts can lead to a change in the water quality of shallow reservoirs, resulting in a switch from a clear to a turbid state.

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Communicating with infrastructure in the connected age

Colin Dominish writes about the shift from the age of Information, to the Connected Age, where infrastructure will converse with itself and humans in ways that transform the built environment.

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Engineering Meteorology: Making informed decisions to deliver project solutions

Michael Green, Engineering Meteorologist, Aurecon, discusses how engineering meteorology can assist in project challenges and help improve the resilience of operational and infrastructure design.

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Adaptable airports: designing resilience

In the coming years, airports will be significantly challenged to plan for and adapt to climate change induced risks. Trinity Graham, discusses how climate change factors will affect airports and what airport operators might consider for future planning.

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Joint Maputo River Basin Water Resources Study, Mozambique

Ensuring the sustainable use of water resources to satisfy multi-lateral needs

Andrew Tanner, Aurecon’s Specialist Consultant for Water Resources Management, discusses how developing Integrated Water and Resource Management (IWRM) strategies and plans are important building blocks towards achieving both national and multi-lateral objectives.

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