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Digital Convergence: a new source of reliability for the construction market sector
Digital technologies are bursting through in a renewed convergence for the fourth industrial revolution. A mixture that is more than the combination of Information technologies, telecommunication, consumer electronics, and entertainment. It is an amalgamation where the lines are blurred between man and machine. A paradigm shift that maximises connections of human creativity with new experiences, new solutions and above all, a new source of reliability.
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Protecting endangered species in Indonesia
When I joined global engineering firm SMEC in Indonesia I wasn’t expecting to get involved with a project aimed at helping the survival of orangutans in Kalimantan. I am delighted to say however, that this is one of the initiatives that The SMEC Foundation is actively involved in, having partnered with the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS), a non-profit organisation dedicated to the conservation of the Bornean orangutan and its habitat.
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Going under to stay on top
“Going under to stay on top” is a phrase first coined in 1976 by Charles Fairhurst – the then-head of Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering at the University of Minnesota. He wrote an article in the inaugural issue of the journal Underground Space explaining the central premise around the use of underground space in our crowded cities. As a graduate student studying rock mechanics at the university, Fairhurst’s article sparked my interest and eventually led me to a career in the dynamics of using underground space."
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