Our Latest Thinking

Navigating our way through the ‘next normal’ and beyond to a sustainable future, requires innovative responses to complex challenges.

Responses to profound questions such as, “How connected, resilient and liveable are our communities?” The insights below draw on informed opinions from BG&E leaders and other experts, to respond to the issues that underpin connectivity, resilience and liveability.

Specifically to the impacts of population growth, increased urbanisation, emerging mobility, climate change, digital disruption and finite natural resources.

Insights

Can we Reactivate our Central Business Districts?

Can we Reactivate our Central Business Districts?

The pandemic will have a lasting impact on how people work and nowhere will this be more evident than in central business districts (CBDs). When lockdowns were implemented, it transformed CBDs from vibrant centres of work and social activity to virtual ghost towns, where near-empty public transport, closed shops and vacant commercial towers, became the norm.

Going for Gold – Brisbane’s Run Up to the Olympics

Going for Gold – Brisbane’s Run Up to the Olympics

In 2032, when the Olympic and Paralympic Games are deployed in Brisbane, Queensland (QLD) it will be the 32nd modern Games, since Athens in 1896. The Games have only been held in seven countries more than once and soon Australia will sit alongside the United Kingdom and France, having hosted three Games.

Rail Sector Not Derailed by the Pandemic

Rail Sector Not Derailed by the Pandemic

BG&E’s Rail Lead, Ben Keith shares his views on the vast opportunities to provide rail infrastructure and alignment design services. Our capabilities include mainline alignment, bridges, stations, terminals, yards, provisioning facilities, loading/unloading facilities and maintenance facilities.

Can Concrete Carry the Weight of Increasing Density?

Can Concrete Carry the Weight of Increasing Density?

With a fever-pitch level of awareness about the structural integrity and resilience of buildings and infrastructure, as well as ensuring new builds are developed in accordance with best practice standards, BG&E shines the light on the importance of sophisticated design for durability, quality remediation and quality management in construction.