News & Media

Explosive demolition of chimney stacks at Hazelwood Power Station

  • 04, June 2020
We were pleased to provide third party verification for Delta Group for the successful explosive demolition of the chimney stacks at the former Hazelwood power station. This marks a significant milestone in what is a very important project for the state of Victoria. We have been engaged as third party engineers for the project, which…
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Welcome Helen McGettigan

  • 02, June 2020
We’re excited for you to meet Helen McGettigan, our WA water specialist. Helen is passionate about climate resilience in WA, and much of her experience has focused on environmental suitability assessments and concept development for water recycling and integrated water servicing options. Helen was recently elected to the WA Committee of the Australian Water Association…
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Wagga Wagga Bridges

  • 18, May 2020
Our Melbourne Civil Infrastructure Team is thrilled to be working with Gradian Projects Tendering for the design and construction of two access bridges in Wagga Wagga, as part of the Federal Government’s Bridges Renewal Program. The Palmers Road and Mona Vale Bridges are used by local landowners and agricultural industry vehicles to transport stock and crops.…
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New Hotel Development on Kangaroo Island

  • 08, May 2020
We recently began the documentation phase of the Andermel Kangaroo Island Tourist Accommodation Project. The project includes shop and restaurant extensions, 65 glamping ‘bubble tents’, 80 independent accommodation suites, a 3000sqm cultural museum and an owner’s private residence. It’s great to see our client is going strong into redeveloping this bushfire affected area despite the…
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Improving the Earthquake performance of an Iconic Adelaide Cathedral

  • 04, May 2020
Our Joint Managing Director, Peter McBean was was featured on the news this weekend for his work in improving the earthquake performance of the iconic St Peter’s Cathedral in Adelaide. This is being undertaken for the Cathedral’s sesquicentenary and current work involves installing tensioned steel rods into the lantern tower. External gables walls have already…
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National Museum of Qatar

  • 01, May 2020
Earlier this year we finished our first project in Doha, Qatar! We provided civil and structural design services for two new playgrounds in the gardens of the recently opened National Museum of Qatar. The first playground, ‘The Cave of Wonders’ replicates a naturally occurring sinkhole and the second ‘Adventure Ship’ is a deconstructed Dhow, a…
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Springwood Stormwater Management Plan wins Stormwater SA Award

  • 27, April 2020
We’re thrilled to announce that our stormwater management strategy at Springwood Development was named the winner for excellence in strategic and master planning in the Stormwater SA Awards. The project involved managing stormwater runoff from the new 1200 lot Springwood urban estate on greenfield land at Gawler East. The emphasis of the strategy is focused…
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WGA COVID-19 Current Status

  • 24, March 2020
Following the worldwide spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) WGA would like to inform you of how we are handling the situation. Our main priority is to protect the health of our employees and their families, our clients, business partners and the broader community. WGA is regularly reviewing our response to minimising the spread of COVID-19…
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WGA Joins the Space Race

  • 06, February 2020
Towards the end of 2018 it was announced that the Australian Space Agency would be based in Adelaide. We identified that our specialist engineering expertise in heavy lifting, structural, civil, industrial and electrical and instrumentation would be highly sought after in this sector. We have since been involved in three space-related projects in SA out…
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