Publications

These guidelines have been developed to help councils plan and assess road freight access to industrial areas, including ensuring that infrastructure provided by developers is adequate to meet access needs for many years.

Detailed investigation and live-load evaluation was undertaken for several 1930s reinforced concrete bridges followed by strengthening where required.

New Zealand (NZ) has introduced High Productivity Motor Vehicles (HPMV’s) to improve freight efficiency on its road network. The significant increase in vehicle mass limits has required a national bridge load capacity evaluation and strengthening…

A key component to improving freight productivity in Australia is to improve access to the network for heavy vehicle operators. The assessment of bridge capacity is perceived to be critical to this aim. Currently a significant number of bridge…

NSW Roads and Maritime Services manage 26 movable span bridges of which 11 are still operational. These bridges were the subject of a recently completed study undertaken jointly by RMS and GHD Newcastle which focused on the components of each bridge…

With the progressive increase in heavy vehicle loadings associated with improved transport vehicle technology, the current vehicle loading standard for the design of bridges in New Zealand, first introduced in 1972, may not be appropriate for use in…

The Ngauranga Interchange is located at the intersection of two State Highways that provide the only highway access from the surrounding regions to the city of Wellington, New Zealand. Reinforced Earth® walls retain the seaward side of the off-ramp…

The Bailey bridge system was originally invented for military usage during World War II. Since then, it has been used to meet emergency or temporary bridge needs. It has also been widely used as a permanent solution for pedestrian and road bridge…

Sydney’s ANZAC Bridge was recently the subject of a maintenance project which addressed four main areas to improve the future performance of the structure. These areas were: stay cable improvements

The State Highway 16 Causeway Upgrade Project forms one section of the NZ Transport Agency’s Western Ring Route around Auckland, which is due to be completed by early 2017. The project improves, widens and raises approximately 4.8 km of motorway,…