Publications

This report identifies road design improvements to better cater for the safe passage of heavy vehicles through railway level crossings.

Steel in bridge construction in Australia has declined significantly over the last 40 years from around 25% of bridges to as low as 5% of bridges in recent years. The main reasons for this have been the proliferation of precast prestressed concrete…

Australia still has thousands of timber bridges in service which were designed and constructed long ago to carry lighter loads than they now carry. The Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads manages in excess of 300 timber bridges, of…

Roads and Maritime Services currently manages about 5600 bridges and bridge size culverts in New South Wales (NSW). These bridges were built during the last 150 years for various design loadings, structural forms and materials. Some of these bridges…

This report proposes a new rule for inclusion in the Performance Based Standards scheme, adding a requirement for applicant vehicles to meet a minimum level of auxiliary braking performance. The purpose of the new rule is to ensure that PBS vehicles…