Publications

The South Road Superway is a building block in the South Australian Government’s 78 km long Adelaide North South corridor which will eventually deliver a high-speed transport network to speed up already congested freight movements through Adelaide’s…

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 AS 5100 Standard provides requirements for multiple-performance-level barriers. Historical barriers constructed before 1970 generally do not meet modern requirements for safety. This paper builds on ongoing previous research projects within…

Between 2008 and 2012, the Newmarket Viaduct replacement project was New Zealand’s premier bridge project. The existing Newmarket Viaduct was well known for its structural deficiencies, notably its inadequate capacity to resist heavy live loads,…

The Australian Bridge Code AS 5100 provides a minimum collision load for bridge piers. The commentary to AS 5100 notes that if the bridge pier is adjacent to a high speed (greater than 60 km/h) roadway then higher collision loads should be…

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…

The Goodwood Junction rail grade separation has removed a major bottleneck on the Adelaide rail network. The design and construct project completed by the Thiess-York Joint Venture for the SA Government Department of Planning, Transport and…

The increasing demand for safer bridges and buildings under seismic conditions in Europe has resulted in the development of the first European specifications to regulate this area. The norm EN 15129, published in 2009, covers the design,…

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…

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…