The Structural Design and Construction Company Pty Ltd: WorkSafe ACT prosecution

criminal fine8 Dec 2025Penalty $750K

Respondent

The Structural Design and Construction Company Pty Ltd

Facts

Its business PTC Consulting Engineers designed the shoring wall for the WOVA precinct basement in Woden; a 35m section collapsed in August 2022 with nobody present. First ACT prosecution of an engineering firm for unsafe design.

Outcome

The Structural Design and Construction Company Pty Ltd was fined $750,000 in the ACT Industrial Magistrates Court (8 December 2025).

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https://www.worksafe.act.gov.au/laws-and-compliance/enforcement-and-prosecutions/prosecutions/list-of-prosecutions

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