Publications

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency issued in early 2022 a substantial amendment (amendment 4) to the Bridge manual (3rd edition). A feature of the amendment is a significant upgrade of the design load combinations and load factors. The Bridge manual…

The Eumemmerring Creek Bridge is located on the Cranbourne Line, beyond Dandenong in Melbourne's southeast. The single-track rail bridge was opened to rail traffic on Feb 2022, duplicating the existing track, and forms part of the wider Cranbourne…

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…

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…

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…

The Rail Integration and Systems (RIS) Alliance (comprising the Cross River Rail Delivery Authority, Queensland Rail, CPB contractors, UGL, Aecom and Jacobs) is part of Brisbaneís wider Cross River Rail (CRR) project to provide the rail systems…

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…

This study relates to ongoing Austroads Project ABT6152, which seeks to verify compliance of a bridge barrier design against relevant Australian Standards that have been recently updated, and the American Association of Highway and Transportation…

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…