Publications

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…

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),…

The Standards Management Framework provides a consistent, whole of life cycle approach to the way standards are developed, applied, managed, and governed in Transport for NSW (Transport). This framework aims to deliver the appropriate balance of…

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

Robert Bird Group (RBG) was engaged by the CBGU JV to design a new pedestrian and cycle bridge over the rail corridor providing a connection between Joe Baker Street, adjacent the new Boggo Road Station and Kent Street, adjacent the Princess…

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is increasingly becoming popular for project management, design, construction, maintenance and for operation of infrastructure projects. There are also more demands from Contractors, Asset Managers, and End…