Publications

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…

The new Iron Cove Bridge is part of the recently completed Inner West Busway Project along Victoria Rd in Sydney, which was delivered as an alliance contract by the Bridge to Bay Alliance. The alliance team partners are the RTA, Baulderstone, Hyder…

The impressive AUD20 million Werribee Aqueduct project has provided a critical upgrade to Melbourne’s sewerage infrastructure and ensured that Melbourne Water can continue to transfer up to 60 percent of Melbourne’s sewerage to the Western Treatment…

The $175 million Inner West Busway project was awarded to the Bridge to Bay Alliance in October 2007 and involved the implementation of a new city bound bus lane on the 3.5 km section of Victoria Road between Gladesville Bridge and the Crescent in…

The Manukau Memorial Gardens Arch is a new road bridge over a small creek to allow expansion of the cities cemetery. The project required careful attention to detail to provide a solution which considered environmental, cultural and technical issues…

A 350m long bridge has been constructed over the Hunter River near East Maitland as part of Third Hunter River Crossing Project. The bridge consists of 12 spans of Super-T girders with central spans of 30m. The bridge is located in an area that is…

This paper considers how several recent pedestrian-oriented bridges, all on Auckland’s Western Ring Route, provide new connections or re-establish severed connections between communities. As the architect involved in these bridges, I will also…

In June 2007, a severe storm over the Hunter Valley caused extensive damage to private and public infrastructure throughout the Hunter Valley. Moderate flooding caused damage to the abutments of the nominated bridges. The NSW RTA engaged the NSW…

The Seaford Rail Extension Project, currently under construction to the south of Adelaide, South Australia, requires a 1.125km long viaduct to cross the Onkaparinga Valley and River. The solution chosen is an incrementally launched, concrete box…

Highway bridges form major links in the global highway networks. The structural condition, performance and durability of highway bridges are important to the society, environment and economy of this and future generations. The engineering students…