Engineering

Engineers Australia Opal Tower

Webinar join holding redlich construction infrastructure group partners troy lewis and stephen burton who will discuss the recent court decision in the lacrosse case as well as the broader legal implications of both the opal tower incident and the shergold weir report. Australias engineers say the recommendations from opal tower have still not been acted on as the mascot towers apartment buildings in sydney continued to sink further into the ground this week.

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Opal tower and mascot towers shocked governments into creating reforms to professional standards and the building sector.

Engineers australia opal tower. Engineers engaged by the nsw government say sydneys opal tower building which was evacuated after a crack formed in concrete has a number of design and construction issues. The high rise residential tower was built by icon developed by ecove and designed by bates smart architects. While opal tower was an unfortunate event for hundreds of families it has uncovered what many in industry and government have shied away from. Engineers australia statement regarding mascot towers. The evacuation of opal tower was a major wake up call for nsw to get serious about reform. Opal tower is a residential tower located in the suburb of sydney olympic park in the australian state of new south walesit was completed in august 2018. While opal tower was an unfortunate event for hundreds of families it has uncovered what many in industry and government have shied away from. Engineers australia now looks towards attending the coag building ministers forum to push for a harmonised and national registration system for all engineers working in australia. Statement from engineers australia following the public release of the draft design and building practitioners bill today engineers australia has and continues to support the first recommendations in both the shergold weir report and the opal tower report that there must be compulsory registration of engineers in nsw. It is time to finally implement the changes agreed by coag in response to its. The mascot towers situation is further evidence that we need changes in the building and construction sector. Engineers australia now looks towards attending the coag building ministers forum to push for a harmonised and national registration system for all engineers working in australia. The building has 392 apartments with 34 above ground levels and three levels underground. Our members and the community support compulsory registration of professional engineers working across all industries in nsw. But engineers do more than design and construct buildings.