Bushfire Design

When Seth Godin coined the idea of the “purple cow,” he wasn’t talking about livestock, he was talking about ideas. A purple cow is something remarkable: it stands out, provokes curiosity, and makes people stop and think. In bushfire planning, the “purple cow” is the...

In the world of building and construction, ensuring compliance with the Building Code of Australia (BCA) is essential to achieving safe, functional, and sustainable new development and structures. This is particularly critical for landuse planning and buildings in bushfire-prone...

In today’s fast-paced business world, it’s easy to confuse the two. Both bring immense value, but the way they engage, the questions they ask, and the level of partnership they offer can be very different. Building trust isn’t a short-term game. It’s built on consistent...

Bushfire has been part of the natural environment of the Australian continent for thousands of years. The forest and grassland environments have adapted to accommodate this as have the original inhabitants. The frequency and intensity of bushfires varies throughout the landscape...

As a nation who celebrates “droughts and flooding rains” it is odd that we are so resistant to accepting the persistence of bushfires at the urban interface. Bushfires are a part of Australian environment. Not all bushfires are controllable and for fires that burn on blow up...

Bushfire has been a natural part of our landscape for thousands of years and remains an ever-present threat for our community. With increasing urban development and a climate that is getting drier and warmer, bushfires are an increasing risk for people in bushfire prone areas....

The simple answer is planning decisions of the past often did not take into consideration a range of natural hazards (ie flood, slip, acid sulphate soils etc), standards were not in place (AS3959 was first published in 1991) and development often occurred in a ad-hoc way. Many...