Engineering adaptable, sustainable workplaces

Hybrid working and ESG requirements have reshaped demand for commercial office space. Occupiers increasingly prioritise flexibility, low embodied carbon and long-term adaptability, and the trend toward tall, mixed-use developments is producing vertical precincts where retail, hospitality, residential and commercial uses intersect within a single structure.

Integrated capability across the project lifecycle

SYSTRA delivers commercial and mixed-use projects through structural engineering, with supporting civil, construction, façade, flooding, geotechnical, materials and sustainability capabilities – across office buildings, tenant interiors, new builds, refurbishments, high-rise towers and large-scale business precincts.

Design solutions consider the full social, environmental and economic context – how a development integrates into the urban landscape, connects with surrounding infrastructure, and supports adaptable, high-performance workspaces.

Decades of experience in the commercial sector

BG&E, acquired by SYSTRA in 2025, brings over 50 years of commercial development experience. A representative project is Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney’s CBD – a 54-storey vertical village where a simultaneous demolish-and-rebuild and retain-and-refurbish methodology – one of the earliest applications of this approach globally – preserved approximately two-thirds of the original structure, substantially reducing embodied carbon. Other projects in Australia include Parramatta Square, One The Esplanade and Perth Film Studios.

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