Publications

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 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…

The life-cycle performance of concrete bridges exposed to corrosion is investigated based on a set of time-variant probabilistic performance indicators including structural reliability, redundancy, robustness and resilience. The performance…

Infrastructure transportation systems play an important role in the sustained economic growth and social development of most countries. Bridges are key components in such systems. During their service life, bridges are subjected to progressive and/…

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…

AS 5100, the Australian Bridge Design Code, is currently under review. AS 5100.1, Scope and General Principles, sets out the requirements for the design of new bridges, using limit states principles for bridges associated with roads, rail, tramways,…

Reinforced concrete (RC) structures in a marine environment deteriorate with time due to chloride-induced corrosion of reinforcing bars. Corrosion is initiated by chloride contamination if the structures have poor quality concrete and/or inadequate…

A key element of optimised asset management involves determining the type and timing of maintenance and renewals actions to achieve the least whole-of-life cost. This can often be a very complex process in reality because of the many different…

As part of the ongoing upgrade of timber-piled bridges on the North Island Main Trunk, KiwiRail identified three bridges (BR 280, 281, 282) to be replaced in 2012. These bridges all cross streams of 16 m to 42 m in width and provide a ballast deck…