Following up on the excursion of the construction of the new Sydney Metro in the morning, a visit to the headquarters of Mott Macdonald Australia was planned. Mott Macdonald is one of the largest employee-owned consultancies in the world with expertise in engineering, management and development. Together with Sydney Metro in a Public Private Partnership,…

 the morning of our visit, we arrived at the Sydney Metro West project site at 10 AM, traveling from our hostel to the location near Rosehill Gardens Racecourse. The presenter of the presentation was Hau Wei Ng, who is the Deputy Project Director. Our excursion included a presentation from Gamuda, the main contractor, along with…

Living Seawalls began as a research initiative at Sydney University’s Marine Science Institute, aiming to investigate the differences between artificial and natural coastal structures. Less than half of Sydney’s original natural shoreline remains due to the widespread construction of artificial barriers, which tend to be flat and uniform. In contrast, natural coastlines are more varied,…