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News & Events

  • 20
    Sep

    New home for Ferm Engineering

    Ferm Engineering will move to new premises at 370 Beatty Rd, Archerfield, in October. The 140sqm stand-alone building has ample carparking and warehousing space and airconditioned offices. Ferm Engineering CEO Steve Burton says the new site is in a central location, near Boundary and Beaudesert roads, and offers easy...

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  • 12
    Apr

    Face-to-face events return

    The Queensland branch of the Society of Fire Safety (SFS) has kicked off 2023 with its first face-to-face seminar in three years. Ferm Engineering CEO Steve Burton has been appointed SFS Qld chair and is a member of the national executive. The Qld committee now has 10 members, including...

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  • 12
    Apr

    Ferm funds flashbox

    Ferm Engineering is sponsoring the development of a new flashbox for the University of Qld’s fire lab. The fire safety testing facility, in the Frank White Annex of the School of Civil Engineering, includes a flashover room that enables researchers to observe how fire behaves in flashover events. The...

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  • 12
    Apr

    Ferm backs STEM programs

    Ferm Engineering continues to contribute to educational initiatives that encourage more students to study engineering, in particular fire engineering. CEO Steve Burton says supporting school-based STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) programs may lead to more fire engineers graduating from universities. He is also keen to attract more women...

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  • 16
    Dec

    Insurance availability plagues engineers

    Ferm Engineering has stopped conducting performance engineering for buildings with flammable aluminium composite panel cladding and properties in bushfire zones because the work is considered high risk by professional indemnity (PI) insurers. CEO Stephen Burton says Ferm has completed cladding performance engineering designs for a hotel complex in Brisbane...

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  • 16
    Dec

    Ferm supports women in engineering

    Ferm Engineering is next year embarking on a major effort to encourage more women to study engineering. CEO Stephen Burton says supporting school-based STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) programs may lead to more fire engineers graduating from universities. He’ll talk at schools about fire engineering and how to...

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  • 24
    Aug

    Fire safety upgrade for energy supply

     Ferm Engineering has completed a detailed fire safety construction plan for the Stanwell Power Station, outside Rockhampton in central Queensland. Ferm will now be part of a four-year project to upgrade fire safety systems for the station’s four turbines. Ferm spent almost five months mapping the complex construction plans...

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  • 24
    Aug

    Ferm boosts STEM student programs

    Ferm Engineering is helping to train the next generation of fire engineers through mentoring and continuing to offer work experience placements. Two undergraduate students are currently working with the Brisbane-based Ferm team – Amy Anthony, a third-year architecture student, and Ben Burton, who is studying mechanical engineering. Ferm CEO...

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  • 24
    Aug

    A Ferm grasp on quality

    Ferm Engineering has always maintained a quality program but is re-evaluating its business processes to also meet the benchmarked quality management system ISO 9001:2015 standard. Using a risk-based procedural approach, the global standard is used to improve business processes, increase the quality of organisations’ products and services, and satisfy...

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  • 17
    Mar

    Contracts power up

    The success of Ferm Engineering’s work on Diamantina Power Station near Mt Isa has opened contract opportunities for the Stanwell Power Station, outside Rockhampton.  With capacity to generate 1460 megawatts, Stanwell provides a reliable energy source for central Queensland and supports the National Electricity Market, which supplies energy across...

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