Publications

The $400 million Tonkin Gap and Associated Works Project is part of an infrastructure package announced in 2019, addressing a major bottleneck on Tonkin Highway between the recent Gateway WA and Northlink WA projects and preparing the existing…

The previous New Zealand Bridge manual evaluation live loadings for normal traffic were based on multiples of the HN (normal) loading established in 1972, with 0.85HN intended to represent the unfactored effects of general access vehicles.…

Bridge Engineers, Design Managers, Constructors and Clients. We are all part of a privileged bridge community who deliver important infrastructure that stands for 100 years or more. Yet, we commonly understate and underestimate the importance of our…

As part of the West Gate Tunnel Project, the existing exit ramp from Footscray Rd westbound lanes to the elevated CityLink northbound lanes is to be upgraded and extended to form a new ramp (Ramp F3) that improves connection from Footscray Rd to…

The paper presents a whole life cycle analysis of bridges and civil structures with due consideration of environment and economic aspects. The study is presented considering variables of constituent materials components so as to reduce the…

Assessment of heavy vehicle access is a key challenge for local government in Australia which is only becoming more critical as structure assets age and the demands associated with the freight task increase. Bridge assessment in Australia has been…

The concept of steel-concrete composite beams requiring shear studs welded to an upper steel flange to provide a shear connection to a concrete slab is no longer required. Instead, composite dowels are formed by cutting an intended shape (steel-…

The assessment of the reliable, safe, live load structural capacity of a bridge is fundamentally different to design because design is a lower bound process due to uncertainties about loads, materials, geometry, analysis and the small marginal costs…

Castlereagh Road is a key transport corridor in Western Sydney which was constrained by the existing rail overbridge at Penrith on the Sydney Trains Main Western Line adjacent to the Great Western Highway. A new bridge spanning 40m across the…

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,…