Publications

Austroads member agencies are actively addressing greenhouse gas emissions and other key environmental issues. This table summarises environmental and sustainability initiatives in place across Australia and New Zealand in 2023. Lighter shaded cells…

This webinar is beneficial to consultants who may be interested in tendering for Austroads projects. The session covers new Austroads projects lined up for the 2023-24 financial year, Austroads process around research data collection and what is…

The webinar showcases the projects recognised with the Austroads Bridge Awards. The Austroads Bridge Awards acknowledge individuals and organisations that have delivered outstanding bridge structures and design across Australia and New Zealand. The…

Austroads and the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) presented a joint seminar on 8 February 2023 showcasing Queensland's transport infrastructure resilience and response to weather events. The event provided a platform for all…

A load rating was undertaken as part of the asset owners regular periodic load rating on a 139 m total length, 12-span bridge carrying a single ballasted rail track on curved horizontal and vertical alignment originally constructed in 1996. The…

In addition to providing the southern hemisphere's largest-diameter tunnel as an alternative major Yarra River crossing to ease congestion on the 50-year-old West Gate Bridge, the West Gate Tunnel Project is also one of Australia's largest bridge…

In late 2019, a concerned driver reported significant settlement at the Alice River Bridge on the Landsborough Highway (Blackall ñ Barcaldine) in Queensland, Australia. This ten span 140 m long bridge was constructed circa 1976, with each pier…

Traditional inspection procedure for condition assessment of bridge structures is laborious, dangerous, time-consuming, capital intensive and highly dependent on subjective human judgment. Subsequently, bridge asset owners pay a high price per…

The potential benefits of using structural health monitoring systems in measuring and recording bridge data have been established in many applications around the world, but the efficiency and effectiveness of such systems depends on how they are…

Asset owners are interested in the use of durable concrete to maximize design life of their structures and minimize Whole of Life Cost (WOLC) throughout. Similarly, most assets owners nowadays also require their assets to be sustainable and…