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70 Years Forward: Integrated infrastructure
The Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme is recognised as one of the engineering wonders of the modern world.
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70 Years Forward: A fork in the road
Engineers need to be thinking about how to cater for a new wave of transportation that’s coming to our roads: autonomous cars. David Freer, Technical Principal Transport Planning, explains why it’s not as far off as we think, and why we need to be future-proofing our roads.
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70 Years Forward: Urban communities
Urban development has changed dramatically over the past 20 years and future transformation will continue to occur swiftly. At SMEC, we are preparing for seismic shifts in urban development practices that could potentially rewrite how we design the spaces in which we live and work.
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Surveying from Cooma to Nepal and beyond
With 55 years’ experience as a surveyor, I’ve worked on hydropower projects for SMEC across Australia, Southeast Asia and Africa. It was a long way from where I grew up on a dairy farm in Gippsland, Victoria.
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70 Years Forward: Water and hydropower
"The water and hydropower sectors have changed dramatically since our origins on the iconic Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme 70 years ago in 1949, one of the largest and most complex hydroelectric schemes in the world. While technology has advanced rapidly, water is and will continue to be an essential and ever scarcer global resource."
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Engineering without borders
“I chose hydro and dam engineering as a career because it offered me the opportunity to be involved in projects which, I believe, make a long-lasting contribution to a society’s development, particularly in developing countries.”
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From cadet to principal engineer
Some of you reading this might not remember the days when you looked for a job in the newspaper classifieds. But that’s what led me to SMEC in 1983 as a cadet, half way through my degree at the University of Tasmania.
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Snowy Hydro comes full circle for Trevor Ferris
Trevor Ferris knows better than most what it means to come full circle. He is currently employed with SMEC as Technical Principal, Road Design and is actively involved in the expansion of the iconic Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme, also known as Snowy 2.0.
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