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Webinar: Austroads National Harmonisation of Temporary Traffic Management Practice – Update
In this webinar, Chris Koniditsiotis, Lead Implementation Consultant and Patsy Thomas, National Temporary Traffic Management (TTM) Operations Manager provide an update on the implementation and operational commencement of the Austroads National…
Standardised Signage and Pavement Symbols for Low and Zero Emission Vehicles
This report, published in January 2022, provides a basis for future testing and standardisation of the symbols and road signage for low and zero emission vehicles in Australia and New Zealand, paving the way to adopt consistent symbols in the road…
High Workability Concrete - Verification of Properties and Performance Criteria
Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) QA Specification B80 'Concrete work for Bridge' (TfNSW B80)10 has seen continual improvement over the years. These improvements adopted recent industry trends and new technologies including self-compacting…
Effects of increasing Limestone content of cement on concrete performance
In attempts to reduce the CO2 footprint of the construction industry, technologies have been developed in the past for the replacement of Portland cement by other materials, such as supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), which have had the…
Bridge Strengthening Design and Construction - Dynon Road Bridge over Moonee Ponds Creek, West Melbourne
The Dynon Road Bridge over Moonee Ponds Creek is a 12-span, 61 metre long cast in-situ concrete flat-slab bridge constructed in 1941. This art-deco style bridge is heavily trafficked and an important link between Melbourneís western suburbs and the…
Concrete Technology and Durability in TMR - Past, Present and Future
This paper will give a brief history of our concrete technology and concrete durability journey within TMR QLD over the last 20 years together with our present position and issues, and where we see some of our future challenges and development.…
'Smart' bridge components (expansion joints, bearings, seismic devices) for intelligent infrastructure
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…
Seismic Resilience, Sustainability, Accelerated Bridge Construction and Urban Design for the Peka Peka to Ōtaki Expressway Bridges
The Peka Peka to Ōtaki (PP2O) Expressway is a 12km section of the new Kapiti Expressway, north of Wellington, New Zealand. The project includes nine road bridges, two underpasses, five pedestrian bridges and several large culverts. Innovative…
Vehicle Induced Dynamic Effects on Steel-Concrete Composite Bridges – A Comparative Study in Field Testing and Finite Element Analysis
Vehicle induced dynamic effects on bridges are one of the most complex phenomena in bridge engineering. Most of the international bridge design standards and codes of practice provide limited guidance or none for design against dynamic effects. It…
Sustainable Steel Bridges - by Design
Sustainability is now a critical requirement for infrastructure as well as for buildings and the general built environment as we strive to limit Climate Change. Net Zero by 2050 is Australia's Government objective and this is an important focus in…