Publications

Fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) footbridges were investigated by British Rail in the early 1980's due to the benefits of lightweight construction. FRP bridge applications have continued to be developed for railway infrastructure in the UK, including…

The $761 million stage 2 of Monash Freeway Upgrade project involves the addition of 36 kilometres of new lanes to one of Melbourne's busiest freeways, as well as other upgrades at Beaconsfield interchange and O'Shea Road. As part of the project, the…

The $761 million Monash Freeway Upgrade Stage 2 involves the addition of 36 kilometres of new lanes to one of Melbourneís busiest freeways. As part of the project, eight of the existing bridges required widening. While each of the bridges had its…

The Princes Highway outbound ramp is a 170 m long, five span bridge over the West Gate Freeway in Altona, Melbourne. As part of the West Gate Tunnel Project, at-grade realignment of the interchange configuration required replacement of two of the…

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…

In late 2019, a concerned driver reported significant settlement at the Alice River Bridge on the Landsborough Highway (Blackall ñ Barcaldine) in Queensland, Australia. This ten span 140 m long bridge was constructed circa 1976, with each pier…

The Dynon Road Bridge over Moonee Ponds Creek is a 12-span, 61 metre long cast in-situ concrete flat-slab bridge constructed in 1941. This art-deco style bridge is heavily trafficked and an important link between Melbourneís western suburbs and 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…

Traditional inspection procedure for condition assessment of bridge structures is laborious, dangerous, time-consuming, capital intensive and highly dependent on subjective human judgment. Subsequently, bridge asset owners pay a high price per…

This paper will give a brief history of our concrete technology and concrete durability journey within TMR QLD over the last 20 years together with our present position and issues, and where we see some of our future challenges and development.…