Publications

The movement of freight via heavy vehicles plays a critical role in providing essential services for many countries around the world. The advancement of technology in the freight industry has enabled heavy vehicles to become larger and heavier. For…

Bridge asset management is an important task to maintain the safety of our transportation network. The key activities of management of bridge assets include bridge inspection, analysis, assessment, bridge rehabilitation, and structural monitoring.…

In early 2000, PTA has identified 31 dangerous level crossings within the urban electrified network with 20 of these crossings located along the Armadale Line. In 2014 the PTA undertook an assessment of the crossings and produced a report entitled,…

Bridge management is how to care for a bridge asset from design to demolition. A system that comprises tools for managing bridge assets is called a 'bridge management system (BMS)'. BMS aims to assure safe ongoing serviceability by optimising the…

Adelaide Hills Council, like many Local Governments (LGs), is confronted with the task of managing a large network of road structures which continue to age and deteriorate, while at the same time the requirements of users continue to grow with…

Although many of the existing railway bridges are structurally adequate to carry the increased rail loading, they still be expected to suffer from fatigue related to the cyclical application of modern freight axle loads. Rail authorities are paying…

This webinar provides an overview of Austroads&rsquo

The Engineering Guideline to Bridge Asset Management was developed to provide specific asset management guidance for road bridges. The guideline promotes an engineering approach (engineering principles, knowledge, experience and modelling tools) as…

Asset management is defined by ISO 55000 (2014) as &lsquo

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…