Publications

The new Dudley Street Bridge is a 74m long structure supporting the Up and Down Regional Rail Link tracks to provide access to Platforms 1 to 8 at Southern Cross Station. The bridge is part of the $3.65 billion Regional Rail Link project in Victoria,…

Replacement of bearings is typically done by jacking to raise all beams at a headstock sufficiently to free the bearings for replacement or resetting. To avoid damage to the structure and to restore the initial bearing reactions, it is necessary to…

The North Island Main Trunk Line is the main railway line in the North Island between Auckland and Wellington, in New Zealand. This line, owned and operated by Kiwirail, provides key freight and passenger services along the length of the North…

The Northern Marmara Motorway consists in a 115 km long ring road around Istanbul. It includes the iconic 3rd Bosphorus Bridge designed to be the symbol of modern Turkey, but also not less than 37 bridges spread over European and Asian sides.

Bridge engineers must develop design solutions that can be safely constructed and maintained. With technical skill, vision and collaboration we produce solutions that surprise and delight, accommodate complex ground conditions and geometries,…

Modern bridge design and construction places ever greater demands on engineers, materials and components. One of the most demanding parts of a bridge is the expansion joint. The selection of an appropriate expansion joint is crucial to minimising…

Kimberley Rail Bridge, which spans the Mersey River in Tasmania, is one of the critical pieces of rail infrastructures on TasRail’s freight network. The heritage listed bridge was severely damaged during what has been considered as one of Tasmania’s…

Safety in design provisions to prevent high loss of life and bridge collapse resulting from train derailments for both rail underbridges and overpasses have been subject to much debate in the recent past. Whilst these events are rare they can happen…

The Level Crossing Removal Project: Caulfield to Dandenong involves the removal of nine of Melbourne’s most congested level crossings along the Caulfield to Dandenong rail corridor. Grade separation of the four level crossings between Caulfield and…

Rail Structure Interaction (RSI) is a complex phenomenon in rail bridges which involves a detailed study and effects of the forces transmitted between rail and deck and subsequently to substructure due to train loadings, temperature and time-…