Teaspoon Ventilation: Rethinking Basement Car Park Ventilation Design
Basement car parks are often some of the most challenging spaces to coordinate during construction. Between structural elements, drainage services, lighting, fire systems, and head height requirements, ventilation systems can quickly become a source of complexity, cost, and programme delays. Traditional approaches frequently rely on extensive ductwork and coordination efforts that place additional pressure on […]
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A Day in the Life of a Mechanical Engineer at SEED Engineers: Meet Favad
Not many engineers can say they work across both Mechanical Design and Sustainability — but for Favad, it is simply part of the job. What does that look like in practice? An early morning workout, a well-planned day, and a genuine passion for tackling complex challenges head-on. In this edition of A Day in the Life of an […]
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Crunch Time: What Every Subcontractor Needs To Know
Are you working harder but delivering less? Here’s what the construction system is doing to subcontractors — and how to fight back If you’re a subcontractor, you already know the pressure. You’re expected to price quickly, coordinate flawlessly, absorb incomplete designs, and still deliver on time and on budget — often while being blamed for […]
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Latest WELL Building Standards Press Release – IWBI
Have you been keeping up to date with the latest Australian news on the WELL Building Standard? Check out the latest press release from the IWBI last week (original press release here), provided by our very own WELL AP, Faculty and Community concept advisor Jay Dee Dearness. WELL PRESS RELEASE IWBI Named to Fast Company’s Annual […]
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Jury’s Out: Multi-Level Carparks don’t need to be so “evil”
Here at SEED, our mechanical team has experience in designing well and naturally ventilated carparks. To gain a more holistic perspective on, and better influence our innovative designs and solutions around multi-level carparks in Brisbane, we recently attended a discussion panel hosted by the AIA and PIA which focused on the problems and possible solutions […]
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Transect: How Local Context Drives Us
Members of the SEED ESD team attended PechaKucha Brisbane Volume 56 as part of the 2019 Asia Pacific Architecture Forum. The theme of the evening was “Transect – Impact and influence in a local context”. After our recent projects in Papua New Guinea, in which we observed the strong impact of local lifestyle and culture […]
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Inala Central Plaza Design
Lately, SEED has been involved in the new build design of Inala Central Plaza in Brisbane. The project is a 4-storey mixed use development incorporating retail spaces, commercial offices, medical tenancies, function rooms, and a basement carpark. We have worked tiredlessly to complete the building services design for the 50% Design Development Phase of the project. […]
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WIDAC – Procurement and Contractual Risk Workshop
Attending this week’s WIDAC “Procurement & Contractual Risk Workshop” facilitated by AJ & Co was an eye opener on some of the lesser known impacts of the new Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017, aside from the Project Bank Accounts changes. We were fortunate enough to have Sarah Bird (AJ & Co Partner […]
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Sustainable Buildings: Preparing for a Zero Emissions Future
Recently, SEED attended the Brisbane leg of the ‘Stay Ahead of the HVAC Curve’ series of presentations by Seeley International. The aim of the series is to discuss the capabilities and pathways to a Zero Emissions Future. The first speaker of the evening […]
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‘Breaking Point – Future of Australian Cities’ with Peter Seamer AM
With the Lord Mayor’s recent announcement that Victoria Park Gold Course in inner Brisbane will be converted back to a large-scale parkland, Peter Seamer AM’s recent book launch on the future of Australian city planning could not have been better timed! Peter’s knowledgeable background and career in urban and regional planning and design, public administration, […]
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