Publications

Collecting, processing, and administering data from bridge inspections underpins bridge lifecycle management. Although, the inspection process and identification of material defects is well defined and documented, little guidance is given on systems…

On the night of 5th September 2014 a road-train transporting 52 tonnes of ammonium nitrate crashed next to the Angellala Creek Bridge. The bridge is approximately 30km south of Charleville, on the Mitchell Highway in outback Queensland. The incident…

Roads and Maritime Services New South Wales (NSW) is currently undertaking an $84 million project to upgrade the Pacific Highway and Wyong Road Intersection at Tuggerah on the NSW Central Coast. The project involves conversion of an existing…

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…

Arup drew upon its local and global engineering skills and design excellence to develop and deliver a key focal point of Perth’s prestigious new waterfront development, Elizabeth Quay, to our client, MRA’s, delight and widespread acclaim. A key…

Local councils face the growing challenge, as road authorities, of maintaining and eventually replacing ageing bridges on regional and local roads.

Strategic facilitation of rural mobility and connectivity in Kenya has been a major focus of the government of Republic of Kenya since 2005. For the last 10 years the government has adopted design, implementation and maintenance of foot bridges as…

We are living in a world which has an ever-increasing amount of digitisation: people sip their cappuccinos while reading the Saturday paper on a tablet, university students stream lectures to their laptops without ever setting foot on campus,…

Digital Engineering (DE) / Building Information Modelling (BIM) has been identified as an important emerging technology, with the potential to streamline processes throughout the design, construction, and operation and maintenance life cycle. The…

Economic analysis can inform investment decisions around proposed bridge projects. This paper outlines the evaluative techniques and methodologies used in appraising a proposed bridge replacement and approach realignment project located in rural…