Publications

The Bridge over Cooks River at Tempe was built in 1960 and designed to carry HS-20 loading. The bridge is on the Princes Highway, a major heavy vehicle route in Sydney. The bridge is currently carrying six marked traffic lanes and with high traffic…

As a part of an ongoing overall strategic plan to improve High Productivity Freight Vehicles and tram access to the Victorian road network, the Victorian Government committed funding for the strengthening of four tram-road bridges in Melbourne to…

The most easily recognisable landmark in the northern NSW town of Grafton is the Grafton Bridge. Spanning the mighty Clarence River, it links the CBD with the southern suburbs. However, this 90-year-old icon needed to be duplicated to meet the…

The West Gate Tunnel Project involves the construction of twin tunnels under Yarraville to provide an alternative route to the West Gate Bridge. A major bridge over the Maribyrnong River connects the tunnels to a new elevated viaduct structure over…

In attempts to reduce the CO2 footprint of the construction industry, technologies have been developed in the past for the replacement of Portland cement by other materials, such as supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), which have had the…

Australia is home to many greatly loved and historic bridges. The lift bridge over the Murray River at Swan Hill (1896) and the Whipple truss bridge over the Shoalhaven River at Nowra (1881) are two such bridges. Preservation of these bridges should…

The West Gate Tunnel Project is one of Australia's largest infrastructure projects currently under construction and will give Melbourne an alternative to the West Gate Bridge. The scope includes: Two three-lane road tunnels, Widening of the West…

Fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) footbridges were investigated by British Rail in the early 1980's due to the benefits of lightweight construction. FRP bridge applications have continued to be developed for railway infrastructure in the UK, including…

The $761 million Monash Freeway Upgrade Stage 2 involves the addition of 36 kilometres of new lanes to one of Melbourneís busiest freeways. As part of the project, eight of the existing bridges required widening. While each of the bridges had its…

The Princes Highway outbound ramp is a 170 m long, five span bridge over the West Gate Freeway in Altona, Melbourne. As part of the West Gate Tunnel Project, at-grade realignment of the interchange configuration required replacement of two of the…