Publications

The Dynon Road Bridge over Moonee Ponds Creek is a 12-span, 61 metre long cast in-situ concrete flat-slab bridge constructed in 1941. This art-deco style bridge is heavily trafficked and an important link between Melbourneís western suburbs and the…

This paper will give a brief history of our concrete technology and concrete durability journey within TMR QLD over the last 20 years together with our present position and issues, and where we see some of our future challenges and development.…

The potential benefits of using structural health monitoring systems in measuring and recording bridge data have been established in many applications around the world, but the efficiency and effectiveness of such systems depends on how they are…

The Peka Peka to Ōtaki (PP2O) Expressway is a 12km section of the new Kapiti Expressway, north of Wellington, New Zealand. The project includes nine road bridges, two underpasses, five pedestrian bridges and several large culverts. Innovative…

Vehicle induced dynamic effects on bridges are one of the most complex phenomena in bridge engineering. Most of the international bridge design standards and codes of practice provide limited guidance or none for design against dynamic effects. It…

Sustainability is now a critical requirement for infrastructure as well as for buildings and the general built environment as we strive to limit Climate Change. Net Zero by 2050 is Australia's Government objective and this is an important focus in…

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of bridges has many short- and long-term benefits including increasing reliability, safety and cost-effective maintenance and operation of road networks. The Technical Services branch of Transport for NSW (TfNSW)…

Limiting carbon footprint by reducing the amount of construction materials is one of the main actions that contributes to sustainable construction practice. This applies to composite bridge superstructure designed to AS5100.6. The revised version of…

Increased worldwide production of Portland cement in recent decades, meet the demands of the construction industry, has led to alarming increases in CO2 emission into the atmosphere. Global interest in the mitigation of global warming has led to…

Pot bearings installed in bridges constructed before 1970 are coming to the end of their nominal 50-year design life. In recent years, a new generation of spherical bearings has become available as an alternative to pot bearings. These bearings…