It has been described as a ‘legacy to remember’ – the 19th FIFA World Cup, which was hosted by South Africa for the first time in 2010.

Bangladesh is a country of rivers. The Karnaphuli River services the city of Chattogram (formerly called Chittagong), the largest sea port of Bangladesh. With the rapid development of southeast Bangladesh, especially in the regions south of Chattogram, the two existing bridges over the Karnaphuli River are inadequate to accommodate the increase in traffic. With a population of over six million, the heavily congested city of Chattogram is closely surrounded on the east by the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the west by the Bay of Bengal, making an additional bridge type crossing of the Karnaphuli River unviable.

The Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme is recognised as one of the engineering wonders of the modern world.

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.

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.

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.

"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."

“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.”

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.