Publications

New Zealand has ideal growing conditions for Pinus radiata (Radiata Pine), a suitable species when treated for creating strong and durable laminated beams. Timber is a store of carbon and utilising it in construction can make a huge contribution to…

The $323.7 million Echuca Moama Bridge Project involves construction of a new link road between Warren Street in Echuca and Boundary Road in Moama at Stage 3 of works. As part of the project, a new 2-lane road bridge and shared use path (SUP) bridge…

The $400 million Tonkin Gap and Associated Works Project is part of an infrastructure package announced in 2019, addressing a major bottleneck on Tonkin Highway between the recent Gateway WA and Northlink WA projects and preparing the existing…

The Northern Corridor Improvements project is an accelerated highway development scheme that is being delivered under an alliance contract for Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (Waka Kotahi) to improve travel time and reliability of inter-regional…

The Eumemmerring Creek Bridge is located on the Cranbourne Line, beyond Dandenong in Melbourne's southeast. The single-track rail bridge was opened to rail traffic on Feb 2022, duplicating the existing track, and forms part of the wider Cranbourne…

Many level crossings have been removed in Victoria since 2016 to improve safety for road users and pedestrians. Typically, they are single span or two span bridges over existing rail tracks and without batter in front of abutment to allow rail…

For the design of rail viaducts in our congested cities and for rail viaducts having complex geometry with grade separation, the adoption of precast segmental construction techniques is becoming the almost universal approach. The transportation and…

The Bruce Highway Upgrade project is a $932m highway improvement scheme between Caloundra Road and Sunshine Motorway (CR2SM) on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. The project involves the widening of the existing highway to 6 lanes over a heavily…

Inspections and load ratings commissioned by WaterNSW discovered that the Bridge over the Nepean River was in poor condition, concluding that the bridge was unusable and needed replacing. With the Avon Dam Main Access Road being a critical route for…

The Regency Road to Pym Street (R2P) project was a $354 million upgrade of a 1.8km section of Adelaideís North-South corridor. The project was delivered by the R2P Alliance consisting of the Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT),…