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Tips & Tricks

Money lessons for Graduate Engineers

If you’re a graduate engineer fresh out of university, we think some money lessons as you’re starting your careers as a professional engineer will help make the money you earn work for you.

Sadly you have probably haven’t learned heaps about keeping money once you’ve made it. You’re great at engineering but know absolutely nothing about how to make money work for you.

So here are our tips and recommended reading for learning how to make the money you earn work for you.

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Drainage Footings and Slabs

Factors That Makes Houses Crack

Here’s a list of things that make houses move and crack. How many of these can you identify in your house:

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Concrete Tips & Tricks

5 Things to Look for When Inspecting a Suspended Concrete Slab

If you’re a structural engineer and you’ve just been asked to inspect a suspended concrete slab before it is poured, now is definitely a good time to go through the things you should be looking for when you carry out your inspection.

(Please note: an inspection of a suspended concrete slab should ALWAYS be done in person – never by Facetime or with photos!)

Here are my 5 most important things to check when inspecting a suspended concrete slab:

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Tips & Tricks

This is a BIG House

Cornell Engineers was engaged by Brisbane Builder Rigoli Constructions to design the footings and slab for this massive house at Cedar Creek.

With 657m2 of single level slab on ground including 300m2 of verandah, this house is BIG!

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Tips & Tricks

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