Dr. Monte Azmi, Senior Associate Engineer – Water Resources at SMEC, has published a paper in the Journal of Natural Hazards, focusing on enhancing estimations of crucial dam breach parameters such as peak discharge, breach formation time, and average breach width. This research is pivotal for understanding and mitigating the impacts of dam failures.
In Rwanda’s Eastern province, the Gabiro Agribusiness Hub (GAH) is a project aiming to enhance agricultural productivity and efficiency whilst boosting food security.
SMEC has been appointed to lead the engineering design to upgrade over 100 kilometres of urban roads in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous region of the United Republic of Tanzania.
The construction industry plays a considerable role in global energy consumption and energy-related carbon emissions, attributed to the manufacture of building materials and products. The current, linear ‘take-make-dispose’ model of resource consumption has led to environmental degradation and resource depletion.