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April marks Sigra’s 25th year of continued operation throughout Australia and across the globe. On April 1st 1994, Dr. Ian Gray founded Sigra as a one-man engineering consultancy. 25 Years on, Dr. Gray continues to lead the company which has grown into a multifaceted, well trusted organisation with offices in Australia and South Africa that

Sigra is now operating in Southern Africa in the coal, diamond, CSG and petroleum sectors and expects to be involved in large civil engineering projects by early in 2020. Sigra has established Sigra South Africa (Pty) Ltd based in Johannesburg with operations in different industries servicing the Southern Africa region. These developments follow an increasing demand

Tim Harvey and Tim Gibbons will attend the conference Coal 2019 at the University of Wollongong on Tuesday and Wednesday 18 and 19 February. Directly after lunch on Wednesday Tim Harvey will present the paper ‘Flow Measurement in Gas Drainage’. This will present an improved option to measure gas flows and the use of these

In November two of our Sigra engineers attended the three day short course in tunnel design and construction held by the Australian Tunnelling Society. The short course gave a fantastic overview of tunnel design and construction and attracted a plethora of engineers, suppliers and students from across the industry. The mix of delegates resulted a

Sigra might be busy but we still want to meet you! The final quarter of the year is looking exciting for the Sigra team with field work in the pipeline and three major conferences to attend as well. Sigra will be turning its sights to the Oil and Gas industry exhibiting a booth at the

Piezometer Installations and Pulsed Drill Stem Testing (DST) Services Central Queensland and the Hunter Valley coal mining regions have proven to be ideal locations for Sigra’s multiple piezometer installation and pulsed DST field services in 2018. Sigra field engineering crews spent time earlier this year in some of Australia’s most resourceful coal mining regions conducting

Sigra Visits St. Petersburg for the Eurock 2018 Symposium and Presents Keynote Address and Day Course in Rock Mechanics Sigra’s Managing Director, Dr Ian Gray, recently attended the International Society of Rock Mechanics symposium, Eurock 2018, in St. Petersburg, Russia. This is the main European rock mechanics conference for the year. The themes of the

‘Rocks may not have feelings, but they do have complex characters.’ Sigra had a productive and illuminating three days at the Australasian Tunnelling Society Conference, which took place from October 30th to November 1st. Australian and international luminaries, tunnelling professionals, government representatives, consultants and academics converged in Sydney for three days of exhibits, keynote presentations,

Sigra is very much looking forward to attending the Australasian Tunnelling Society Conference in Sydney at the end of this month. Industry luminaries, tunnelling professionals, government representatives, consultants and academics will converge in Sydney for three days of exhibits, keynote presentations, peer reviewed papers, and networking opportunities. How to find us: You will be able

Sigra’s attendance at last week’s Gas for the Future 2017 conference, hosted by PESA Qld, was a great success. The conference consisted of a week-long series of events serving to highlight the importance of gas to the Australian and Asia-Pacific regions, bringing together perspectives from academic, commercial, and technical disciplines. We enjoyed the opportunity to