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Enhancing Infrastructure Resilience: The Importance of Asset Condition Assessment
In today's rapidly evolving landscape, the resilience and sustainability of infrastructure are more critical than ever. From bridges to roads, water treatment plants to energy grids, ports to mass rapid transports - our infrastructure assets form the backbone of modern society. Ensuring their optimal condition is essential for sustainable management, to deliver efficient service, for economic stability, for public safety and regulatory compliance. This is where asset condition assessment (ACA) emerges as a pivotal practice.
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The Future for Women in our Industry
At SMEC, we’re fortunate to have exceptional young women choose to start their careers in the infrastructure and energy industry with us. These women bring incredible insights and perspectives, a passion for developing their technical skills and have a burning determination to make a real impact on the world. We know that their journey, even for undergraduates and graduates, isn’t always an easy one. They’re stepping into an industry that is traditionally male-dominated, with stereotypical expectations of who an engineer or technical specialist is, and while much has changed, many of these young professionals are still facing challenges.
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Protecting Powerful Owls: Unveiling Insights and Implications for Global Biodiversity Conservation
Biodiversity decline stands as a pressing environmental concern, with Australia ranking among the top seven nations contributing to over half of the global diversity loss, as reported by the Nature journal in 2017.
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Leveraging Insights from the 2024 US Society on Dams (USSD) Conference
Leveraging Insights from the 2024 US Society on Dams (USSD) Conference
Reflecting on my recent participation in the US Society on Dams (USSD) Conference held in Seattle, USA, from 22 to 25 April 2024, I am energised by the wealth of knowledge exchanged and the collaborative opportunities that emerged.
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Bridging the gap in dam safety
Dr. Monte Azmi, Senior Associate Engineer – Water Resources at SMEC, has published a paper in the Journal of Natural Hazards, focusing on enhancing estimations of crucial dam breach parameters such as peak discharge, breach formation time, and average breach width. This research is pivotal for understanding and mitigating the impacts of dam failures.
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Gabiro Agribusiness Hub: Planting Roots for An Agricultural Future
Gabiro Agribusiness Hub set to transform Rwanda’s Agricultural Landscape
In Rwanda’s Eastern province, the Gabiro Agribusiness Hub (GAH) is a project aiming to enhance agricultural productivity and efficiency whilst boosting food security. Key to this vision will be scalability and adaptability, to support community prosperity
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Road infrastructure investment set to underpin development goals: Lessons from Zanzibar
Infrastructure development in heritage settings: Lessons from Zanzibar
SMEC has been appointed to lead the engineering design to upgrade over 100 kilometres of urban roads in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous region of the United Republic of Tanzania.
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Msikaba bridge
Grouting steep inclined tendons: Lessons from the Msikaba Bridge project
The Msikaba Bridge is a 580-meter single-span cable-stayed bridge on the new N2 ‘Wildcoast road’ in South Africa. The bridge is being constructed to provide a vital link between the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape.
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Water Infrastructure Assessment and Maintenance Plan, Mangaung, South Africa
Deploying Artificial Intelligence for underground asset condition assessments
The Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality (MMM) in South Africa faces critical challenges with its ageing water, sewer and stormwater infrastructure, resulting in frequent leaks and water loss.
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Correlating LWD Modulus and CBR for optimal compaction in pavement layers
Correlating LWD Modulus and CBR for optimal compaction in pavement layers
This research study focused on identifying a correlation between the Lightweight Falling Deflectometer (LWD) modulus and the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) for compaction control of selected pavement layers.
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