Publications

The annual report provides a detailed review of each Austroads Program as well as the projects completed and progressed during the year. At a glance, in 2019-20 Austroads: invested $10.5 million in research managed 110 projects, completing 43 during…

Earlier Austroads investigations seeking to develop Bridge Formulae for inclusion in the Performance Based Standard Network Classification Guidelines concluded that there is little benefit to be gained from attempting to recompose the existing…

This webinar, presented on 30 April, gives an overview of ways to assess the safety of existing bridges beyond the Rating Factor approach of AS5100. The webinar was presented by Dr Colin Caprani, Dr Mayer M Melhem, and Professor Mark G Stewart, and…

This webinar, presented on 29 April 2020, discusses the merits of three options to advance the future of PBS access in Australia as it relates to bridges. The webinar explains the role that PBS bridge formulae play in vehicle design and approval. It…

The May 2018 National Transport Commission review of the Australian Performance-Based Standards (PBS) scheme revealed the need to improve the efficiency of heavy vehicle access via the PBS scheme to access substantial national freight productivity,…

Bridge assessments to AS 5100 express safety as a binary (yes/no) measure. The management of bridges deemed unsafe using this deterministic method is outside the scope of the standard. From international practice, the most holistic approach that…

The annual report provides a detailed review of each Austroads Program as well as the projects completed and progressed during the year. At a glance, in 2018-19 Austroads: invested $10.4 m in our roads related research work program undertook work in…

This document describes the discrepancy between the tiers of bridge assessment documented in the Heavy Vehicle National Law&rsquo

The annual report provides a detailed review of the strategic focus of each Austroads Program as well as the projects completed and progressed during the year. At a glance, in 2017-18 Austroads: invested $10.8m in our roads related research work…

This report documents the options and methodologies available to conduct higher order assessments of existing bridges which are encouraged by but not currently defined by the new AS 5100.7. This was achieved by investigating the current…