RBG News Posts

Major Milestone Celebration at Olympia Yesterday, we celebrated the topping out of Olympia Central. We are thrilled to have delivered Structural, Civil, Geotechnical, and Construction Engineering services for the 15-storey mixed-use commercial development. It will feature the largest office terraces in West London, preserving the historic Grade II Listed art deco Empire Hall facade from [...]

Exciting News! RBG is proud to announce that Zoe Alexaki has been shortlisted at the 2024 Women in Rail Awards for a Female Rising Star Award Since joining RBG’s Civil Structure team in 2020, Zoe has demonstrated exceptional leadership and project delivery skills as a design engineer. Her dedication to sustainability and innovation is evident [...]

Robert Bird Group Launches Women's Network and Mentorship Program Robert Bird Group (RBG) proudly announces the launch of two women’s empowerment initiatives, "Women at Birds" and the SJ ANZ "Cultivate" Women’s Sponsorship Program, as part of our unwavering commitment to invest in women and drive progress within the construction industry. "Women at Birds" embodies our [...]

RBG UK joins the Southwark Climate Collective We are proud to be a part of the 12-month programme, an initiative by Better Bankside, and supported by the Mayor of London, that will empower a community of 160 SME businesses across Southwark to reduce carbon emissions, increase efficiency and cut costs. The programme will audit RBG’s [...]

Robert Bird Group Join the ARC Project Program to Develop Sustainable Engineering Solutions We are now officially on the ARC Project Program, a sustainability program funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC). Arash Behnia (Principal, Melbourne) is representing Robert Bird Group (RBG) as a Partner Investigator, bringing his dynamic and system vibration expertise to the [...]

Robert Bird Group partner with Limak Insaat to deliver the renowned Spotify Camp Nou Stadium project We are pleased to announce our involvement as the Principal Design and Build Structural Engineer and Construction Engineer for Limak Insaat on the refurbishment and expansion of the iconic Spotify Camp Nou Stadium project in Barcelona. The design will feature a tension cable roof, and when completed the [...]

The RBG USA leadership team outside 270 Park Avenue, New York, joined by SJ Group leaders including SJ GCEO, Sean Chiao. (Left to Right) Dan Mitchell Operations Director USA Robert Bird Group Siew Haip Yeo CEO, Global Architecture Surbana Jurong Sean Chiao Group CEO Surbana Jurong Philip Cheok Acting Chief Financial Officer Surbana Jurong Jason [...]

Robert Bird Group Celebrates Five Project Wins at the CTBUH 2023 Regional Awards for Excellence Five exceptional RBG projects have been honoured with prestigious awards at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) 2023 Regional Awards for Excellence. These accolades recognise our commitment to engineering excellence, innovation, and sustainability in tall building and [...]

ICD Brookfield Place picks up a significant award at MEED Projects Awards 2022 ICD-Brookfield Place has won the most significant award at this year's MEED Project Awards -Project of the Year 2022 across all sectors and regions within MENA - as well as picking up the win for Building Project of the Year in MENA. [...]

RBG Global Engineering & Technology Director wins prestigious award at MEED Projects Awards 2022 Paul Mullett, RBG’s Global Engineering & Technology Director, has won Engineer of the Year at the MEED Projects Awards 2022.  Last night, Paul won both the National and MENA-wide award for Engineer of the Year, across all sectors of the construction [...]

RBG commit to Climate Group’s SteelZero and ConcreteZero Initiatives We have grown our commitment to industrial decarbonisation by joining Climate Group's SteelZero initiative, alongside our pledge to ConcreteZero back in October 2022. SteelZero members pledge to use 50% low-emission steel by 2030, which sets a clear pathway to using 100% net zero steel by 2050. [...]

Pictured: Milford Alliance Avalanche Response Team Building NZ National Seismic Hazard Model Update: A ‘One Page Explainer’ for Building Owners, Managers, Developers RBG has been operating in New Zealand for over 6 years. Our leadership team is made up primarily of NZ-trained engineers who have returned to NZ after working abroad in one of our [...]

New Beginnings in an RBG Engineered Office Welcome to the new Robert Bird Group (RBG) headquarters on Level 8 of Jubilee Place in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane! RBG is very excited to have established our home in this remarkable new building which our engineers designed and consulted on right through construction. Thanks to a massive team [...]

RBG Reveal is now available online! Reveal is a Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) interactive platform that enables project stakeholders to experience and collaborate on built assets that are either completed or under construction in a virtual environment. We are excited to announce that RBG Reveal is now available online via our new portal! RBG [...]

International Womens Day A day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, as well as a call to action for accelerating equality. Individually, we’re all responsible for our own thoughts and actions - all day, every day. We can break the bias in our communities. We can break the bias in [...]

December saw the final pour of the Hydrostatic Basement floor at The Oxlade (80 Oxlade Drive, New Farm). This is a significant milestone for the team on-site and marks the end of a challenging excavation process through very difficult soil conditions. The Basement 3 Hydrostatic slab is typically 800mm thick with 1200mm thickenings and a [...]

RBG and Puka Up – Raising Awareness for Suicide Prevention Robert Bird Group has teamed up with PukaUp for the third year in a row, and we were extremely proud to have two members of the RBG family ride on their 2021 Bike Ride in support of the Puka Up mission to end suicide in [...]

Two wins at Urban Taskforce Australia Design Development Excellence Awards! Rounding 2021 off on a positive note, two RBG projects have won awards in multiple categories at the Urban Taskforce Australia Design Development Excellence Awards 2021. Crown Sydney -  Development of the Year 2020 At over 270m in height, this six-star GreenStar-rated 75-storey tower is [...]

Engineering the Heart of Expo2020 RBG, in collaboration with Cimolai Rimond Middle East, developed the Construction Methodology and Erection Sequence (CMES) for the Al Wasl Trellis, simulating the construction of the Trellis with a Digital Twin whilst also implementing predictive and live health monitoring of the strand jacking operation for the 900t ‘crown’ lifted in [...]

Two Robert Bird Group projects named in the global top-ten - including the number one ranking - at the prestigious International Skyscraper Awards hosted by Emporis. Robert Bird Group (RBG) is thrilled to report that two of its iconic projects have been nominated in the global top-ten best new skyscrapers in the world, in the [...]

It's great when a plan comes together! Exciting times at 21 Moorfields as the final piece of lightweight concrete is cast onto the roof of the 17 storey 16,000T steel frame on 9th September 2021. Developed by Landsec with Structural, Civil, Geotechnical and Construction Engineering design by Robert Bird Group, the building will provide ~600,000sqft [...]

The women leading Robert Bird Group's specialist teams! At Robert Bird Group, powerful women are breaking through the glass ceiling and striving for success, with greater motivation than ever before. Inspiring females are proving to themselves and others around them, that they have the skills, knowledge, experience and passion to lead and develop teams on [...]

Kicking 2021 off to a great start! Three Robert Bird Group projects have been recognised as an ‘Award of Excellence’ winner in multiple categories at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat – CTBUH Awards Program 2021.

RBG’s first ever global video After 38 years of relentlessly pursuing engineering excellence, RBG is proud to remain a global team of specialists, in a world of generalists. Our 2020 global video is a journey through the unique philosophies we bring to each and every project. No engineering challenge is too great - it’s the [...]

RBG London Launches 16-18 Work Experience Program This summer the RBG London Office hosted 11 work experience students from local schools. Earlier this month, a group of budding engineers from a local Comprehensive School joined our office for two weeks to find out what it takes to deliver the world-class engineering projects here at RBG. [...]

Robert Bird Group signs MOU to establish 3D Concrete Printing and Digital Construction Center Robert Bird Group is proud to be an inaugural member of the American University of Dubai’s Centre for 3D Concrete Printing and Digital Construction. Working with fellow inaugural members Arabtec Construction and 3DVinci Creations, we look forward to driving the development [...]

Significant milestone for the BSCU project Robert Bird Group are pleased to see the successful installation of the temporary support truss which marks a significant milestone for the Bank Station Capacity Upgrade Project. The truss which supports 4 levels of basement slab within the 18.5m deep piled basement structure, enables construction of a new 8 [...]

Robert Bird Group Joins Surbana Jurong Surbana Jurong has acquired 100% of Robert Bird Group Robert Bird Group will be a member of the Surbana Jurong Group of companies Robert Bird Group will continue to operate as its own brand and as a specialist structural and civil and construction engineering consultancy Robert Bird Group’s complex [...]

Meygen Wins 2017 Structural Awards RBG are proud to have won the award for “Structures in Extreme Conditions” at the 2017 Structural Awards, for our work on the Meygen phase 1 project. We were also nominated for two other projects Nova Victoria, and Darling Harbour Live. This is our first win at the Structural Awards, [...]

RBG Reach 10,000 LinkedIn Followers Last week saw us reach 10,000 followers on LinkedIn! It’s been a fabulous year celebrating our 35th Birthday with everyone. We are proud to support local charities and initiatives, so to recognise this milestone, Robert Bird Group are giving back by donating $1 per follower to The Smith Family in [...]