Publications

Durability of post-tensioning tendons is an important backbone for the achievement of the desired service life of prestressed post-tensioned structures. Experience by others, including failures and rehabilitation of major pre-stressed concrete…

Poor performance of structural details known as halving joints has been the cause of some international bridge collapses in the past 20 years. While the Queensland Department of Transport &

Two existing bridges located along the M80 Ring Road were upgraded as part of the M80 Upgrade between Sydney Road and Edgars Road. An additional lane was added to each carriageway without widening either bridge. Both bridges were constructed with…

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…

Bridge asset management is an important task to maintain the safety of our transportation network. The key activities of management of bridge assets include bridge inspection, analysis, assessment, bridge rehabilitation, and structural monitoring.…

Bridge management is how to care for a bridge asset from design to demolition. A system that comprises tools for managing bridge assets is called a 'bridge management system (BMS)'. BMS aims to assure safe ongoing serviceability by optimising the…

Monash Freeway spans across Jacksons Road and Police Road, originally as twin, three-span, highly skewed continuous I-beam bridges. These twin bridges were constructed in the 1970s with a wide gap in the median. Since then, they have been…

Constructed in 1968, the Hay Street Bridge complied with bridge height clearance standards at that time. However, data indicated that the bridge was hit 20 times by over-sized vehicles, nine of those during the past five years to 2020. BG&

As part of the demands of High Productivity Freight Vehicles to meet industryís pursuit of efficiency gains the Victorian and Commonwealth government shared a funding commitment to enhance the load capacity of twin bridges on the South Gippsland…

Internal combustion engine vehicles are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions in Australia and New Zealand. Encouraging the public to utilise low and zero emission vehicles (LZEVs), such as battery electric vehicles will contribute to creating…