Publications

Many level crossings have been removed in Victoria since 2016 to improve safety for road users and pedestrians. Typically, they are single span or two span bridges over existing rail tracks and without batter in front of abutment to allow rail…

For the design of rail viaducts in our congested cities and for rail viaducts having complex geometry with grade separation, the adoption of precast segmental construction techniques is becoming the almost universal approach. The transportation and…

The Bruce Highway Upgrade project is a $932m highway improvement scheme between Caloundra Road and Sunshine Motorway (CR2SM) on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. The project involves the widening of the existing highway to 6 lanes over a heavily…

Inspections and load ratings commissioned by WaterNSW discovered that the Bridge over the Nepean River was in poor condition, concluding that the bridge was unusable and needed replacing. With the Avon Dam Main Access Road being a critical route for…

The Regency Road to Pym Street (R2P) project was a $354 million upgrade of a 1.8km section of Adelaideís North-South corridor. The project was delivered by the R2P Alliance consisting of the Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT),…

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…

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

In June 2022 the population of our planet earth reached 8 billion people. Collectively we are adding around one billion persons every 12 years with a rate not expected to materially slow down for at least another 40 years. In 1970 there were roughly…

The Sydney Gateway Project comprised numerous bridge structures and various other civil assets including retaining walls, drainage, and major signage structures. The Project alignment traversed various exposure environments, each having unique…

This paper will present a detailed assessment undertaken of an existing three spans simply supported reinforced concrete bridge constructed in 1979, located in the Colac Otway Shire over the Great Ocean Road, Victoria. The structural assessment and…