Publications

Guide to Bridge Technology Part 8 provides a guideline for issues related to the waterway design of bridges. It covers various topics such as design flood standards and estimation methods, general considerations in waterway design and design…

Collecting, processing, and administering data from bridge inspections underpins bridge lifecycle management. Although, the inspection process and identification of material defects is well defined and documented, little guidance is given on systems…

On the night of 5th September 2014 a road-train transporting 52 tonnes of ammonium nitrate crashed next to the Angellala Creek Bridge. The bridge is approximately 30km south of Charleville, on the Mitchell Highway in outback Queensland. The incident…

Roads and Maritime Services New South Wales (NSW) is currently undertaking an $84 million project to upgrade the Pacific Highway and Wyong Road Intersection at Tuggerah on the NSW Central Coast. The project involves conversion of an existing…

Scour has been identified as one of the main causes of bridge failures in Australia and worldwide. Accurate estimation of scour around bridge piers is challenging as it requires a comprehensive analysis of the interactions between fluid, soil and…

Arup drew upon its local and global engineering skills and design excellence to develop and deliver a key focal point of Perth’s prestigious new waterfront development, Elizabeth Quay, to our client, MRA’s, delight and widespread acclaim. A key…

We are living in a world which has an ever-increasing amount of digitisation: people sip their cappuccinos while reading the Saturday paper on a tablet, university students stream lectures to their laptops without ever setting foot on campus,…

Digital Engineering (DE) / Building Information Modelling (BIM) has been identified as an important emerging technology, with the potential to streamline processes throughout the design, construction, and operation and maintenance life cycle. The…

Case studies of bridges located in the Lockyer Valley in Queensland and the Solomon Islands are presented in the paper. Historically these locations have experienced extreme flooding. Flood damage at bridges can isolate communities and result in…

The New Zealand Transport Agency recently carried out a nation-wide screening of state highway bridges for scour and other bridge waterway risks. This paper outlines lessons learned from the implementation of the screening programme and reviews the…