Publications

The Regional Rail Link is a $4.8 billion, joint Commonwealth and Victorian Government funded infrastructure project designed to remove major bottlenecks in Victoria’s rail network by separating regional and metropolitan trains as they travel from…

The Regional Rail Link (RRL) project is Victoria’s largest rail infrastructure project providing 47.5 km of new dual railway tracks for dedicated V/Line regional rail services between Southern Cross Station and West Werribee Junction via Sunshine…

In February 2011, the Queensland Government announced that the TrackStar Alliance would construct the $475 million Stage 2 Richlands to Springfield project as part of the broader Darra to Springfield Transport Corridor. The alliance consisted of…

The replacement of the aging railway bridges in the existing railway network will always result in disruption to rail operation and inconvenience to the commuting public. The construction time has also been a major constraint to the design, and so…

The Westgate footbridge provides a new pedestrian and cyclist connection across four carriageways of State Highway 16 near the Westgate Shopping Centre in Auckland, NZ. The bridge is 3 m wide and consists of three separate structures

The M80 Ring Road Upgrade is a road project by VicRoads to improve the 38 km freeway extending from Laverton North to Greensborough. The contractor is Fulton Hogan and KBR is the lead designer for the detailed design of a section between Edgars Road…

The Gerringong upgrade is the first of the three sections of the Princes Highway upgrade between Gerringong and Bomaderry on the South Coast of New South Wales. Roads and Maritime Services contracted Fulton Hogan to design and construct the…

As part of the Footscray to Deer Park section of the Regional Rail Link project in Melbourne, major road bridge replacements were constructed at Nicholson Street and Albert Street. Both bridges span over the widened rail corridor.The available…

AS 5100, the Australian Bridge Design Code, is currently under review. AS 5100.2, Design Loads, sets out the minimum design loads, forces and load effect for road, railway, pedestrian and bicycle bridges and other associated structures.The review of…

The south-west of Melbourne has experienced huge residential development, and a corresponding increase in rail patronage. The Regional Rail Project effected the separation of Regional and Metropolitan lines between Southern Cross Station, and…