The New Year brings resolutions, and not just individual promises. January is a wonderful time for construction businesses to set goals, too. Tap into the power of the collective energy to kickstart your year. If your clientele is still on holidays or easing into start of the year, take this time to position your company...Continue Reading
This is what makes an engineer a good problem solver You probably don’t think of engineers as creative. Yet, we solve all sorts of problems that require an element of creativity. That solution must be quick and easy to implement. See, engineers are trained to perform under all sorts of pressure. A recent graduate at...Continue Reading
This is what makes an engineer a good problem solver You probably don’t think of engineers as creative. Yet, we solve all sorts of problems that require an element of creativity. That solution must be quick and easy to implement. See, engineers are trained to perform under all sorts of pressure. A recent graduate at...Continue Reading
It’s not always easy visualizing a new building or structure. Yes, there are design plans, but they’re sketches – a cumulation of lines on a page that represent your idea. In recent years, entrepreneurs have been developed in a way to use Virtual Reality in architecture, interior design, and construction. VR is seeping into...Continue Reading
Being a structural engineering firm in Adelaide, we see renovation budgets blow out, and fast. Clients get seduced by ‘shiny thing’ syndrome and want everything. This is how project budgets double or triple in size, without you really understanding how. At Solution for Construction, we’ve developed different methods over the years to prevent this from...Continue Reading
A Civil Engineer plays an essential role in many different types of projects. Just like a doctor serves a specific purpose in your health, no one can fill the role that a Civil Engineer does. Their extensive knowledge of the land-planning process, regulatory aspects involved in construction work and managing projects is both invaluable and...Continue Reading
On the back of Jack’s successful placement in our firm, we welcomed Akshay Jadhav into Solution for Construction – as our second University intern. The journey of a student to a working professional isn’t always as seamless as we’d like it to be. Not only are young adults expected to perform in a career...Continue Reading
Heads up, Civil Contractors. While we’ve been busy, focusing on the residential side, we haven’t forgotten about you. In fact, we’re just about to launch the DIY Guide to Managing a Civil Project. As you know, there are many factors on top of the construction work. There are safety and compliance, risk mitigation, quality assurance...Continue Reading
Jack was given the chance to work as a member of our civil engineering team on a range of active projects. This included assessing and testing cracked houses, interpreting soil bore logs and designing remedial measures, conceptualizing residential foundations and timber frames, and designing industrial steel sheds.Continue Reading
As we near the start of summer, many of us are thinking about renovations and DIY jobs. It’s ‘hosting season’, so our minds are conjuring up ways to make our backyards look great. Yet, this season brings a challenge that so few of us know about: moving house foundations. All clayey soils react to the...Continue Reading
