After spending the last few weeks freezing everyone to death with Antarctic engineering, we thought it was probably time to move on. We’re not quite ready. But we are heading north. Permafrost sits beneath around 24% of the exposed land in the Northern Hemisphere, and across Alaska, Canada and other Arctic regions, engineers face a problem that sounds almost backwards: sometimes, the ground beneath a building needs to stay frozen. Permafrost can contain large amounts of groun

A couple of Fridays ago, the afternoon looked a little different at Goldfish & Bay. Laptops closed, cars packed, ski gear somehow squeezed in, and Sydney disappearing behind us as we headed south for a weekend in the Snowy Mountains. By the next morning, Thredbo was putting on a pretty convincing show. Blue skies, fresh mountain air and a crew with very different ideas about what made a successful day in the snow. For some, it meant getting on the mountain early and fitting i

At an Antarctic research station, fire is one of the most serious risks to life and infrastructure. Extreme isolation, dry conditions, limited water resources and critical infrastructure make fire protection a very different engineering challenge. Last week, we followed the water infrastructure at the Amundsen Scott South Pole Station and finished with a dedicated pressurised water tank supplying the station's automatic sprinkler system. That tank is part of a much bigger sto

Some of the best stories about our people come from the people who work alongside them every day. This one comes from our Marketing & Communications Coordinator, Rebeka Zubac, who has worked alongside Danny Chalak for the past three years. "Three years of working together, and somewhere along the way Danny became less of a colleague and more like the little brother I never asked for, but somehow got at work. Photo: Danny Chalak He's the kind of person you could call in the mi

Goldfish & Bay is proud to be involved in Silverwater Connect, a new industrial development by Haralambis Management Pty Limited, designed by Antoniades Architects. Located in Silverwater, the development will deliver 81 warehouse units with integrated mezzanine offices, supporting a diverse range of industrial and commercial businesses in one of Sydney's most established employment precincts. Our team is providing electrical, wet fire and dry fire engineering services, with

Last week, we explored how the Amundsen Scott South Pole Station operates without public utilities. One question naturally followed... Where does the water come from? Most of us don't think twice about turning on a tap. At the South Pole, every litre of water has to be created. There are no rivers, lakes or underground aquifers. Instead, engineers melt compacted Antarctic snow deep below the surface to create an underground water reservoir known as a Rodwell. Rather than cont

Last Friday, the Goldfish & Bay team was proud to support and attend the 2026 NSW Australian Institute of Building Professional Excellence Awards. The evening brought together professionals from across the construction industry to celebrate the projects, people and organisations setting the benchmark for excellence throughout New South Wales. It was a fantastic opportunity to reconnect with clients, consultants and industry peers, celebrate this year's outstanding achievement

Some projects have the potential to reshape an entire precinct. Melrose Wharf is one of them. Today, our team had the pleasure of attending the official launch of Holdmark's Melrose Wharf waterfront precinct, marking the project's transition from demolition and early works to construction. Just twelve months after the State Significant Development Application was lodged, the project has reached another significant milestone, transitioning from planning into construction. Once

After a short break, we're bringing back This Month in Engineering, where we explore the projects, innovations and engineering milestones that continue to shape the built environment. This time, we're heading to the South Pole. Most of us don't think twice about turning on a tap, flicking a light switch or flushing a toilet. At the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, none of those things happen without carefully engineered systems working behind the scenes. There is no electri