Publications

This report presents road safety engineering practitioners in Australia and New Zealand with updated advice on hazard management, treatment selection and barrier placement in a Safe System context. Roadside hazards pose a major risk to the occupants…

Roadside hazards pose a major risk to the occupants of vehicles which run off the road. This report presents the final stage of an Austroads project which involved investigations into the effectiveness of safety barrier placement, providing more…

Performance modelling is an asset management tool used to quantify or qualify the performance of a bridge within the context of the overall bridge network. Performance modelling techniques include the use of performance indicators and deterioration…

This research project aimed to harmonise the criteria road agencies use to manage roadside advertising devices, and promote improved and consistent good practice by road agencies.

The objective of this project is to improve the safety performance of roadsides. The Stage 3 interim report of this project presents the project findings achieved during the 2010-11 financial year. Stage 3 builds on findings and recommendations of…

This report develops approaches that estimate the marginal cost (MC) of bridge wear for heavy vehicle usage and estimates the availability and reliability of the data needed to use these approaches. Two approaches were examined. The first was an…

The RTA Bridge Engineering Branch and Asset management Section routinely assess proposals by external developers that involve deep excavations for new infrastructure construction located adjacent to its bridge structures. These excavations have the…

All the existing bridges require a maintenance regime to enable the structure to sustain the current traffic loads. The defects in the structure can be identified through regular inspections. There should be a defined inspection procedure not to…

One of the hottest discussed topics in the international engineering community at present is sustainability of infrastructure with respect to global warming and climate change. Global warming and climate change could result in frequent extreme…

Bridge management is a comprehensive process linking bridge inspection and appraisal with community needs and funding sources, to plan, prioritise, fund, and procure the operation, maintenance, rehabilitation, upgrading and replacement of existing…