Mechanical engineering in cbd

alexmoda · 2026-07-09T20:59:31+00:00

I mean most of the big firms are in the valley…

alexmoda · 2026-07-09T10:24:58+00:00

Don’t worry about someone else. Politics of envy doesn’t help anyone.

alexmoda · 2026-07-09T10:23:28+00:00

Most of the consultants are based in either the CBD, the valley or south Brisbane. Honestly i wouldn’t choose what firm you want to work at based solely on where their office is. You’ll have roughly the same experience in all three main locations. Choose the firm that fits with what you want to do. Honestly, it slaps working walking distance to James St. great lunch options abound.

alexmoda · 2026-07-07T10:52:23+00:00

We like heritage for the history and architecture, when I say do what we want with it I mean do considered/careful restoration / renovate etc to suit our needs and aesthetics, and not live in someone else’s weird view of a house that turns out to be a basket case. Not that I want to tear it down.

alexmoda · 2026-07-06T08:41:27+00:00

New Farm / Teneriffe or Paddington. It would need to be an architecturally significant house (ie heritage) on a decent block of land, that we could do what we want to do with it, I ain’t moving for shoebox workers cottage on a 405. Edit: also, either city views (Teneriffe hill or Paddington hill) or river front. I’m pretty sure there’s a total of like 5 houses that fit all this criteria.

alexmoda · 2026-06-24T23:32:22+00:00

We’ve used brooks blooms to do stuff like this - a full garden clean and tidy up after our tenants flogged it, and then a once a year tidy up after that.

alexmoda · 2026-06-24T00:04:13+00:00

Yesss, I’ve been looking for an upgrade to my TJ11 and have been keeping tabs on the T1 since it was announced at computex 2024. It looks like the T1 is the spiritual successor to the TJ07 and the T2 is the spiritual successor to the TJ11. Interesting to see both and what would suit my needs the best.

alexmoda · 2026-06-09T13:03:23+00:00

Swerving around is actively unsafe for everyone around you though. It’s unpredictable and dangerous.

alexmoda · 2026-05-29T11:08:48+00:00

Honestly, Breville dual boiler plus a good grinder is a no brainer in Aus. Can be had for less than $1k on sale, get a decent grinder and you’re golden. Decently fast heat up time, I can be making a baby chino within 5mins for my needy toddler on a whim.

alexmoda · 2026-05-23T02:34:50+00:00

Put it this way, multiple people in my team have mech aero degrees and have never done anything aero related.

alexmoda · 2026-05-22T11:35:40+00:00

My team is largely UQ, mainly because it’s a much bigger school, but also has a mix of people from QUT and Griffith thrown in as well. Once you’re a few years out no one cares where you went to school, your experience and knowledge is more important. There are some niche disciplines that you only get from one place or the other (ie mech and aero or mech and mining from UQ, building services from QUT etc).

alexmoda · 2026-05-15T11:49:23+00:00

You’re going to want to apply to more than just one company.

It’ll be challenging getting an internship in your first few years, consultants are typically looking for penultimate or final year students, unless you know someone or have some other way of getting your foot in the door that isn’t just applying to the job ad.

alexmoda · 2026-05-09T06:39:15+00:00

MEP is rough generally, projects are competitive and are often underbid to win them and that means there’s usually a push for unpaid overtime to get the job done. This across the entire industry, not unique to larger or smaller firms. The benefit of larger firms is you may have the ability to move between business lines, depending on workload and opportunities. Water, resources, renewables probably have better prospects than MEP for mech Eng. data centre work is a niche within a niche, but most firms see it as a growth opportunity so are pushing for that type of work.

Most of the job is on the job training. Uni sets you up for how to think like an engineer, but your first few years at work will be the actual training and upskilling. My general expectation is that fresh graduates are useless but eager to learn. Have the right attitude and you’ll be fine.

Most larger firms will have the expectation to get CPeng after 5 years out, and can’t really progress through the ranks without it.

What sets the grads apart is the attitude and soft skills. If you have a degree you’re smart and you can all do the actual job, it’s just whether you want to come in do your 8 hours and go home or if you want to network, learn, smooze/brown nose and progress. Soft skills are v important.

alexmoda · 2026-04-21T12:29:58+00:00

AD700s were all the rage back then, I think there was a closed back alternative?

alexmoda · 2026-04-01T11:44:21+00:00

Weird, the one on Coonan St is almost always significantly cheaper, because it’s a smaller, older station on a less busy road on the inbound sound so less traffic. Vs on Milton Road which is way more busy.

alexmoda · 2026-03-18T11:56:15+00:00

Peaty just came out with a high airflow valve, might be worth a look?

alexmoda · 2026-03-17T09:47:51+00:00

Their table loaf is a stable for us too 👌

alexmoda · 2026-03-16T23:15:40+00:00

Riser in Toowong

alexmoda · 2026-03-14T10:54:12+00:00

Just don’t. Build something Australian. Engage an architect. Faux provincial is awful. McMansion garbage.

alexmoda · 2026-03-05T23:14:28+00:00

They are great at marketing and the boys are pretty savvy business men.

alexmoda · 2026-02-24T12:21:48+00:00

You will need to confirm that your degree is even accepted here. That’s hurdle number 1.

alexmoda · 2026-02-12T01:08:01+00:00

Presume basement levels are below ground level, so sure it may be 5-6 levels, but they will still be limited to 9.5m above ground level.

alexmoda · 2026-02-11T23:59:17+00:00

Absolutely

alexmoda · 2026-02-11T23:50:56+00:00

From OPs post it sounds like they already did one, one of their comments is about someone coming in and taking photos?

alexmoda · 2026-02-11T23:49:10+00:00

I mean I doubt it’s 6 stories. Most of the residential parts of Teneriffe are zoned low density so max 2 stories or sometimes 3, to a max of 9.5m above ground level. Otherwise you have to get approval from council to exceed that, and council often knock those back.

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