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Excellence in Integrated Stormwater Design - Highly Commended

At the Stormwater NSW Awards 2019 event held in February 2020, Costin Roe Consulting was Highly Commended for Excellence in Integrated Stormwater Design for the remediation and upgrade of a public water asset to facilitate an industrial infill development on a formerly contaminated site in western Sydney. It’s the second time in recent years that […]

Integrated stormwater design Chullora NSW

Costin Roe Consulting designed the integrated stormwater and remediation of a degraded section of the upper Cooks River, an asset of Sydney Water, resolving differing stakeholder requirements through collaboration to improve flood impacts and facilitate an environmentally-efficient industrial infill development. The principles of Water-Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) guided engineering by Costin Roe Consulting to design […]

TUFLOW 2E Hydrodynamic modeling of Mamre Road Wester Sydney

Costin Roe Consulting produced a civil engineering report and water cycle management strategy, including TUFLOW 2D hydrodynamic flood modelling and assessment, to support an application for industrial development within the newly-defined Aerotropolis zone which surrounds the new Western Sydney Airport. When the NSW Government confirmed Badgerys Creek as the location for Sydney’s much-needed additional airport, […]

Context of risk in structural engineering
Throughout the global engineering profession, there is an ongoing academic discussion about the need to contextualise risk for society in an increasingly complex and interconnected world. Structural engineers, as experts in risk associated with the built environment, are more often relied upon to explain the contemporary concept of risk to clients, partners, and associates. Grant [...]
Dux Hot Water, Moss Vale NSW

Some owners and occupants of new high-bay warehouses are concerned to find the pristine appearance of floor surfaces becoming blemished by black marks that resist cleaning. Grant Roe, BE(Hons) MEngSc MBA MIEAust CPEng NER, explains why this common problem is often misunderstood and prescribes the appropriate solution. There can be technical misunderstandings behind trade-level advice as to […]

Horsley Drive Business Park aerial view

Civil engineering by Costin Roe Consulting at Horsley Drive Business Park Stage 1 has been ‘Highly Commended’ for ‘Excellence in Integrated Stormwater Design’ and the achievement of ‘world leadership in sustainable design’. Costin Roe Consulting was given special recognition during the annual award presentations at the Stormwater NSW Conference 2017, held in Newcastle where the […]

ACSE awards received by Grant Roe and Mark Wilson

For civil and structural engineering firm Costin Roe Consulting, winning the 2016 ACSE NSW structural engineering excellence award in the category ‘Unusual Projects’ for work on the Veolia MBT facility at Woodlawn, near Goulburn, brings wider attention to the firm’s role in completing one of the world’s most remarkable eco-projects. A ‘good news’ story for […]

Kuehne Nagel Logistics Veghel Hoogbouw

The growing demand for high bay warehousing in Australia has brought to light the importance of partnering with engineers who have the knowledge and experience to meet the precise needs of sophisticated warehouse automation. Grant Roe, director of Costin Roe Consulting, civil and structural engineers for some of Australia’s largest and most successful automated high […]

Costin Roe Consulting gold cup

One of the most enjoyable and worthwhile events on the Australian property and construction industry calendar is the annual Costin Roe Consulting Charity Golf Day, held for the sixth successive year at Avondale Golf Club, Pymble, on Wednesday 2 December 2015. The weather in Sydney was perfect for a great day of golf between friendly competitors representing firms including The […]

Freak storm

A large number of properties in the Huntingwood, Bungarribee, and Eastern Creek areas were damaged when a storm front swept through the western suburbs of Sydney on 25 April 2015 at about 3.30pm. Questions were raised as to why the storm had caused the collapse of at least eight warehouse structures. Many properties suffered significant […]

Industrial flooring impregnation

The intensive promotion of industrial flooring impregnation products could give the impression that all high-specification industrial flooring would benefit from an impregnation treatment, according to Grant Roe, BE(Hons) MEngSc MBA MIEAust CPEng, NER director of Costin Roe Consulting. Impregnation treatments often unnecessary “As the consulting engineers for many of Australia’s largest warehousing facilities, including those […]

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