Publications

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…

In 2008, the Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) of New South Wales(NSW) advised all contractors to improve workmanship quality across all RTA construction projects. This followed the discovery that many structures, including bridges, were not being…

The RTA has a large and growing construction budget each year for new works. All major works are carried out under Quality Assurance (QA) contracts. QA has been used to deliver construction contracts within the RTA since the early 1990’s. Within the…

Whether you believe sea levels will rise in the future due to global warming or not, can bridges be easily designed to accommodate changing sea levels? This paper describes how a bridge on New Zealand’s state highway network has been designed with…

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…