From bushland to coastlines, civil and marine infrastructure demands materials that endure fire, UV, termites and seawater. Wagners Composite Fibre Technologies has grown from crossarm innovators to a major composites manufacturer advancing precision engineering, automation, and fire-rated composite solutions for critical infrastructure.
Founded in 1950 in Helsingborg, Sweden, DIAB has been a pioneer in composite core materials for more than six decades. Today, the company serves customers in over 30 countries through its global manufacturing network and its Composites Consulting Group (CCG) technical teams.
RPC Technologies delivers advanced composite solutions across defence, transport, energy, water and wastewater. With one in five staff holding engineering degrees, RPC combines technical depth with practical expertise to set new benchmarks in materials and manufacturing.
BlackBar™, developed by Beyond Materials
Group, is a Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer
(GFRP) rebar engineered as a cost-effective, high-performance alternative to traditional steel rebar.
A Futuro house is a round, prefabricated house designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen, of which fewer than 100 were built during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The shape, reminiscent of a flying saucer, and the structure’s airplane hatch entrance has made the houses sought after by collectors. Importantly, it was an early use of fibreglass technology. Photo Credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford
Operating from its factory in Moolap, just two hours south west of Melbourne, Dulhunty Poles is a manufacturer and distributor of a unique range of innovative engineered geopolymer cement poles for a raft of applications, but particularly for utility power.
A prosaic and mundane necessity, access covers have played an important role in civil works projects for centuries, protecting a world of pipes, wires, conduits and drainage systems below our walkways, driveways, roads, freeways, docks, wharfs and runways, while providing convenient access for maintenance workers. As technology and community expectations and needs have grown, the humble access cover has until recently struggled to evolve.
Australia’s electricity networks extend about 918,000 km with more than seven million power poles – most of which are above ground and extend deep into the bush. These sections can be hard to access, expensive to maintain and are easily severed from the main grid by natural disasters.
If you take public transport, pound the pavement or even simply cross the street for your morning coffee, you will have noticed the distinctive tiles with raised spots and strips imbedded into the asphalt or concrete of public walkways.
Beneath New Zealand’s largest city, magic is happening: Watercare, the city’s water utility is building a 14.7km underground wastewater tunnel from Mãngere Wastewater Treatment Plant, across the Manukau Harbour to the central city. It’s the largest and most complex wastewater infrastructure project in New Zealand history
