We did it! Our team of 20 completed the Around the Bay bike ride on Sunday 6 October. The ride was tough for those who rode 200km, lots of fun for those who rode less, and well worth the effort for all of us. We raised over $9K for The Smith Family and ended up …
With the first shoots of Spring in the air this week, many of our clients and staff will be involved in finals of junior sporting competitions. We wish you all good luck and remind everyone of the Code of Behaviour that applies – this is kids’ sport and not the AFL, so a great opportunity …
Innovation, particularly information technology innovation has been accelerating rapidly. Consider for a moment that 40 years ago the first personal computer was invented and just 10 years ago smartphones entered the marketplace. Today, roughly 50% of the world own a smartphone of some capacity. The rapid innovation in computer technology becomes even more incredible when …
In today’s world we are surrounded by products and items that have been designed to make our lives easier. From cars to phones and computers, we are surrounded by things that have been created for a purpose and that are supposed to embody the tenets of design (hopefully even “good design”). With the number of …
The path to Global Surveyors’ Day was set in motion nearly 3,000 years ago when Egyptian surveyors first utilised surveying techniques to subdivide land around the Nile into plots for taxation purposes. Over the course of time surveyors have remained pioneers of their field, playing a fundamental role in land development, from the planning and …
I recently attended a meeting at the Wedderburn Loddon Shire offices in relation to the Pyramid Hill Drainage Strategy Project and was pleased to see the Wedderburn Streetscape Project had been completed and is reasonably well established. This project was mostly funded by State Government with Tomkinson Group engaged to undertake the survey and civil …
Tomkinson Group welcome a very positive development for the Bendigo business district recently, with the announcement that Qantas will soon commence direct flights to Sydney from Bendigo’s upgraded airport. Starting on March 31 (presumably to avoid any risk of an April Fools’ Day farce!), Qantas will operate return flights six days a week, increasing to …
In the field of Civil Engineering; technology and management practices are continually evolving. To remain at the forefront of the industry, it could be considered beneficial to explore the many innovative design projects on offer in search of ideas and inspiration. One such project is the Green Square Stormwater Drainage Project, implemented by Sydney Water …
When I was asked to write an article for our website, I did struggle to select some interesting subject matter. Hopefully this is interesting to some. I joined Tomkinson Group at the start of 2003 as a Project Engineer where I detail designed and project managed subdivisions and other infrastructure projects. I have now since …
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