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500 Collins Street achieves Platinum WELL certification
The Melbourne CBD office tower at 500 Collins Street has become the first existing building in Australia to earn WELL Certification at the Platinum level, the International WELL Building Institute’s highest rating. Completed in 1973, 500 Collins Street is a 26-storey tower featuring approximately 26,000m2 of net lettable area comprising an office tower with a […]
New design guide supports building reform in NSW
To support the recent NSW Building Confidence reforms, Consult Australia, Engineers Australia and the Australian Institute of Architects have developed the Guide for Design Practitioners and Engineers. The guide is designed to be a practical resource that highlights key issues relevant to contracts and professional indemnity (PI) insurance relating to the recent legislative and regulatory […]
Infrastructure Australia updates Assessment Framework
Infrastructure Australia has published new guidelines for the development and assessment of major infrastructure proposals. Infrastructure Australia says the 2021 Assessment Framework is a contemporary approach to guide infrastructure decision-making in Australia. “It provides clear and concise instructions on how to develop strong business cases and aims to streamline approval processes,” the organisation says of the framework. […]
Vale Jack Laracy
Distinguished AIRAH life member Jack Laracy passed away peacefully on July 11 in Queensland, his home state. “It is with much sadness that we share the news of the passing of an AIRAH legend, Jack Laracy,” says AIRAH CEO Tony Gleeson, M.AIRAH. “Jack was a leading educator with Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and impacted […]
International Sustainable Cold Chain Conference – call for abstracts now open
The call for abstracts is now open for the seventh International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) Sustainable Cold Chain Conference, which is due to take place in Newcastle, UK, from April 11–13, 2022. The IIR says the conference will provide a platform to share expertise on the cold chain with developing countries. The aim is to […]
Bitzer launches new high-efficiency screw compressor
Bitzer has released its new compact screw compressor CSW85/95 motor version 4, designed for improved efficiency in water-cooled high-performance liquid chillers. The new compressor motor selection allows manufacturers to achieve the latest efficiency requirements. “CSW motor version 4 is a combination of the well-known Bitzer CSW screw compressor, with a special selected motor version 4 […]
Blueprint for Australasian digital twin adoption released
Stewarded by the Smart Cities Council (SCC), a draft blueprint to drive adoption of digital twin activity in the Australian and New Zealand built environments has been released. Digital Twins, For All – the Australia and New Zealand digital twin blueprint – was released recently at a gathering of government and industry leaders in Wellington, […]
Trout farm to harness waste heat from data centre
Norse data centre firm Green Mountain has entered into an agreement with Hima Seafood to use data centre waste heat to warm a land-based trout farm in Rjukan, Norway. Waste heat from the DC2-Telemark data centre will be used at what reportedly will be the world’s largest land-based trout farm. When fully operational in 2023, […]
Roll-out of professional registration begins in NSW and Victoria
July 1, 2021, marks a major step in the national professional registration era, with the NSW and Victorian governments beginning to phase in registration schemes for engineers working in these states. New South Wales has introduced the Design and Building Practitioners Regulation. Although this applies only to multi-storey (and mixed use) residential buildings initially, the […]
Toshiba elects interim chair, issues statement
In the midst of considerable change, Toshiba Corporation used the occasion of its recent AGM to elect CEO Satoshi Tsunakawa as Interim Chair of the Board. ”Toshiba is in the middle of a period of considerable change, focused around an improvement in corporate governance, greater emphasis on capital management, increase in shareholder returns, and the […]
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