Mutitjulu structural engineering feasibility study
OVERVIEW Longitude 131, Baillie Lodges’ exclusive resort near Uluru, was installing a new exterior sail – which formed the roof – to its main guest lounge and restaurant area, the Dune House. The company offered to donate the retiring sail, which was...
CERES Community Environment Park constructed wetland
BUSINESS PARTNER: AECOM COMMUNITY PARTNER: CERES COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT PARK Pro bono services provided by AECOM: concept design for a constructed wetland, detailed engineering analysis of the dam lining, a planting guide, wetland management reports and educational...
Lama Lama water supply project
BUSINESS PARTNER: ARUP COMMUNITY PARTNER: CENTRE OF APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY (CFAT) Pro bono services provided by ARUP: concept and detailed designs for a new raw water intake and treatment system for the Yintingga Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) to improve the safety and...
Schneider’s Innovation Champions training
What could the role of an organisation like Schneider Electric look like when working with organisations, such as EWB, to reach the last mile – the very end-users in remote communities that are often the most challenging to reach? This question was explored as...
The realities of climate change in rural Cambodia
For communities like Koh Thnaot in Cambodia, the impacts of climate change are already being acutely felt. An ever-shortening and inconsistent wet season has cut their rice-harvesting season in half and made agricultural farming unpredictable, forcing the need to...
Cessation of GHD Partnership
Recently EWB Australia (EWB) has learned that one of it’s corporate partners, engineering firm GHD, is a consultant engineer to the Adani Mining Carmichael coalmine project in the Galilee Basin in Central Queensland. GHD has a public commitment to sustainable...
From stormwater to wastewater
“How do we act together to mitigate the impact of human waste on the health of communities” Stephanie Hamel is WASH Program Manager in Vanuatu with EWB Australia and EWB New Zealand. This World Toilet Day she shares her reflections on saniation and the global...
Eight engineers, eight days, three communities
EWB Australia pilots its new professional skills development program in three remote Cambodian communities. Today’s engineers are working within a rapidly evolving global economy and are required to address issues like climate change, technology emergence, automation,...