Many of the reasons we experience supply chain delays are common, and this commonality makes them predictable. So what can we do to ensure that equipment arrives when we need it?

Is Buying Local a great policy that delivers long-lasting community benefits or just a set of rules to be worked around?

The underlying function of ‘smart’ electrical and electronic technologies is to enhance autonomy, efficiency, and safety. However when designing for remote and regional locations, it’s often better to keep it simple, stupid.

When structures are designed as non-habitable, it is often assumed that they do not present a hazard to life in case of failure. There are other factors however that need to be considered when determining the appropriate Importance Level.

Up-and-coming engineers who want to make their mark tend to set their sights on big cities. That’s where there are multitudes of major projects, and major projects mean major opportunities, right? While the skills you develop in these roles are valuable, they can be very niche.

The evaluation and management of remote assets can be challenging. Accessing remote sites can be costly and time-consuming for the client, invasive and often inconvenient for the resident, and risky for both the assessor and the remote community.

After decades of remote housing programs, one of the greatest challenges continues to be durability of the housing stock. Based on inspection of over 200 remote dwellings, it is clear there are engineering changes that can be made which will greatly improve durability.

Air-conditioning reduces the temperature down to comfort conditions, however in the tropics this is generally at or below the ambient dew point temperature. This means that when the ambient outdoor air is introduced into the air-conditioned space, the moisture in the air condenses into water droplets on any surfaces that are at or below the dew point.

Achieving a healthy indoor environmental quality with effective air conditioning and ventilation isn't always as clean-cut as the NCC and the Australian Standards' framework suggests. With the arrival of La Niña, the theory behind 'tropic-proofing' is about to be put to the test.

Cyclones pose a very real threat to communities across coastal areas of northern Australia. This isn’t news; people living in these areas are aware of the threat and there is frequent talk of buildings, particularly houses, being ‘cyclone coded’ – but what does that actually mean?