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Capital works
Wellington is feeling the pinch, hit by public sector job cuts and the temporary closure of some civic buildings for earthquake-strengthening work. But the city has not stalled. In fact, it’s currently undergoing a major transport-related overhaul, with several significant projects underway or recently completed.
Past winners
Read about the inspiring dedication and achievements of Fellowship and Distinguished Fellowship recipients from the last three years.
Engineering Heritage Week: papers and presenters
During Heritage Week, we're sharing with you the fascinating range of papers, originally prepared for the Australasian Engineering Heritage Conference. Check out our impressive speaker lineup and the topics they'll be diving into.
Five minutes with Alessandro Palermo
We spoke with Alessandro Palermo from the University of Canterbury – a Professor in Structural Engineering and Director of Postgraduate Research.
Five minutes with Fei Ying
This month, we caught up with Fei Ying, a Senior Lecturer at Auckland University of Technology’s school of Future Environments.
Temporary situation
WSP Opus shares lessons learned after a scaffold collapse injured six workers. How do we prevent similar events from happening again?
Northland Railways
Northland’s first sections of railway were built to enable the extraction of the region’s rich natural resources: kauri and coal. Later, some of these early sections were incorporated into what became the Northland Main Trunk line.
Brunner Coal Mine and West Coast Mining Disasters
Early explorer and surveyor, Thomas Brunner (1821?–1874), was the first to identify bituminous coal fields in the Grey Valley in the late 1840s. Mining in his namesake gorge did not start until the 1860s.
Napier – Gisborne Railway
This line was a major feat of engineering, built through very difficult terrain and generally weak tertiary geological conditions. It was built intermittently from 1911–1942 over 191 kilometres of hilly country with gorges requiring five steel viaducts more than 60 metres (m) high; a reinforced concrete arch viaduct, other bridges, numerous tunnels and heavy earthworks.
Hutt Railway Workshops
The Hutt Railway Workshops, in the Lower Hutt suburb of Woburn, was a significant place for the creation and maintenance of New Zealand's locomotives from the late 1920s, as well as the fabrication of other essential railway elements.
