Publications

Bonded anchors are also known as bonded fasteners or chemical anchors are often used to connect structural elements and non-structural elements to structural components. The embedded metal part may be a threaded rod, deformed reinforcing bar,…

The 11th Austroads Bridge Conference brought together more than 400 delegates from Australia and New Zealand. A diverse audience comprising 

In recent years, there has been a significant growth in the new and extension of railway lines in Victoria. This has resulted in an increase need for rail viaducts due to narrow rail corridors in heavily built up suburban areas. Traditional railway…

Bridge assessment is one of the vital tasks carried out by Main Roads WA for approving heavy vehicle movements over bridges on public roads. The adoption of modified compression field theory by AS 5100.5 Bridge design - Concrete code has made the…

Robert Bird Group (RBG) was engaged by the CBGU JV to design a new pedestrian and cycle bridge over the rail corridor providing a connection between Joe Baker Street, adjacent the new Boggo Road Station and Kent Street, adjacent the Princess…

Vehicle crashes have been identified as the most critical bridge risk in New Zealand, contributing to more bridge related deaths per annum than floods, earthquakes, vehicle overload and deterioration combined. In recent years the Australian and New…

In Australia and New Zealand, bituminous binders used in road construction are tested prior to use to ensure they will perform satisfactorily during road construction/maintenance. Some of the Australian Standards that are used for these tests have…

This test method describes the procedure for determining the cone penetration of a joint sealant at 25 

This test method describes the procedure for determining the resistance of hot poured joint sealants to flow at a temperature of 70 °

This test method sets out the procedure to be used to prepare joint sealant samples for testing.