Publications

This webinar, presented on 15 October 2019, provides an overview of an Austroads project that investigated whether cements with elevated limestone content would perform satisfactorily in ambient-cured and precast concretes subjected to aggressive…

This report presents the results of a research project commissioned by Austroads to investigate whether the currently used Australian general-purpose (GP) cement which complies with AS 3972, and which may contain up to 7.5% limestone as a mineral…

Easy access to all eight parts of the Guide to Bridge Technology.

Guide to Bridge Technology Part 8 provides a guideline for issues related to the waterway design of bridges. It covers various topics such as design flood standards and estimation methods, general considerations in waterway design and design…

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

These guidelines provide essential information regarding Buried corrugated metal structures (BCMS) from the design process, installation, in-service monitoring, through to maintenance and repair procedures. BCMS have been used in Australia as an…

Welding procedures have been developed for the repair and maintenance of wrought iron bridges. New qualification requirements are proposed that take into account the limited ductility of wrought iron yet allow an appropriate assessment of the…

Cable-stayed bridges are currently the most attractive bridge type in the world. Their main spans cover a range from about 100m with one tower up to more than 1000m. Their intermediate construction stages are stable, because the flow of forces is

The Ross River Bridge will be located at the mouth of the Ross River in Townsville. This paper discusses the options which were examined during the Preliminary Design phase and the Detailed Design of the Bridge. Challenges which had to be overcome…

Between 1871 and 1893, 27 wrought iron lattice truss road bridges were built in NSW. Of these, 17 were built under the guidance of the noted bridge designer John A. McDonald and the 16 remaining are managed by the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority…