Western Australia still going strong

摘要

At the launch of the 2009 Western Australian Engineering Excellence Awards in Perth last month, the president of Engineers Australia's Western Australia Division, Chris Fitzhardinge, reflected on the state's engineering activity in 2008.rn"A record $21,743 billion worth of engineering construction was carried out in 2008 in Western Australia, representing 27.6% of engineering construction nationally.rn"Since 2005, Western Australia has accounted for an average of 20% of total engineering construction within Australia. In a sense, we have been operating at double the proportion of our population which is just over 10%," he said.