News & Media

WGA Awarded Professional Consulting Award at UDIA SA Awards

22, October 2020

We’re proud to announce that on Friday night, we received the UDIA SA Award for Excellence in the professional consulting category for our work on the Springwood Development. Springwood is a new 1400 lot, urban estate on greenfield land at Gawler East which includes residential and commercial allotments. We’ve been involved in the project for several years,…

Welcoming Lucie Missen as Group Geotechnical Lead

21, October 2020

We’re excited to welcome Lucie Missen to our team! Lucie is a well-known identity in the Victorian Geotechnical sector and her appointment as Group Geotechnical Lead marks the start of our Geotechnical team in Melbourne. With 25 years experience, Lucie is recognised for her knowledge in geotechnical engineering and expertise in taking projects from selection and business…

WGA Announces Brisbane Office & Appointment of Russell Perry

16, October 2020

We’re launching in Queensland! We’re thrilled to announce the appointment of Russell Perry as our Group Port Operations Lead. Based out of Brisbane, Russell’s appointment marks the beginning of our Queensland team. Russell will be focused on growing our Port Operations capability in Queensland. Baden Harrison will be joining him in early 2021 to head up the defences sector…

Are improvements in irrigation efficiency a win for water resources?

13, October 2020

Are improvements in irrigation efficiency always a win for water resources? Our Christchurch based hydrogeologist William Dench and Dr. Leanne Morgan (UC) have investigated the unintended consequences to groundwater following improvements to irrigation efficiency. Their findings have shown that changes in irrigation methods have resulted in reduced recharge to groundwater and reductions in groundwater levels. Groundwater level…

Ivanhoe Grammar School Temporary Works

08, October 2020

We’re providing temporary works at Ivanhoe Grammar School north-east of Melbourne for their new sports centre. We engineered the required temporary supports and stability for the fabricated primary roof truss and associated support of several 19 tonne secondary trusses. This gave a combined temporary support tonnage of 175 Tonnes which was transferred to the suspended…

Two rockets launched from Koonibba in outback South Australia

22, September 2020

We’re thrilled to announce that the launch of Australia’s first-ever commercial space capable rocket was successful! On Saturday morning Southern Launch launched not one, but two rockets at the Koonibba Test Site. This is an extremely exciting achievement for Australia and South Australia in particular. WGA designed the launcher and supporting pad footing and was…

Australia's first commercial space-capable rocket set to launch in SA

09, September 2020

We’re thrilled to be involved in the first rocket launch at Southern Launch‘s Koonibba Test Range on the Eyre Peninsula. The world’s largest private rocket range, it is also the first in an indigenous community anywhere in the world. Southern Launch has worked closely with the local indigenous community and employed over 10 local indigenous people…

New Port Augusta Export Facility

03, September 2020

We’re excited to announce that we are assisting Port Augusta Operations Limited to design a new iron ore export facility located on the former Port Augusta Power Station site. After developing concept design drawings, we have now been engaged for the project’s preliminary engineering phase. The proposed tran-shipping operation will provide a cost-effective solution for…

GSA Student Accommodation Building

30, July 2020

We’re taking our building design to great heights! Standing 118m tall and 36 storeys high, the GSA Student Accommodation Building is one of the tallest buildings currently under construction in Adelaide, and the first South Australian project in GSA's global portfolio. Tall and slender buildings are flexible and experience significant lateral movement during high winds.…

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