Publications

In addition to providing the southern hemisphere's largest-diameter tunnel as an alternative major Yarra River crossing to ease congestion on the 50-year-old West Gate Bridge, the West Gate Tunnel Project is also one of Australia's largest bridge…

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 Captain Cook Bridge (CCB) is an iconic bridge crossing the Brisbane River and is a vital piece of infrastructure connecting the Brisbane CBD to the City's south. The CCB is a post-tensioned precast concrete box girder bridge 550 m in length. The…

The LH Ford Bridge, built in the 1960's, comprises 28 spans, is 800m long and crosses the Macquarie River at Dubbo, NSW. The main bridge spans comprise three spans with a 63m centre span (25m drop-in section) supported by halving joints from the…

State Highway 2 Wairoa River Bridge near Tauranga, constructed in 1966, is a 177m long post-tensioned concrete structure with mono pier columns supported on pile foundations. Adding a lightweight downstream cycleway extension in September 2020 has…

Asset management is defined by ISO 55000 as 'the coordinated activity of an organisation to realise value from assets', where the definition and measure of value can vary significantly depending on the service required. To assist asset owners and…

The utlisation of glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) materials in civil/structural applications have exponentially increased in the last few years. The increased use of GFRP was in both forms as in new structures, and repairing/retrofitting…

Since 2018, the Victorian Department of Transport (DoT) has been on a journey to improve the asset management practices of Structures under their control by developing the Structures Service Framework (SSF). The SSF defines governance, roles and…

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…

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…