Bridges

The 10th Austroads Bridge Conference was held in Melbourne from 3-6 April 2017.

The Austroads Bridge Conference is the premier bridge conference in Australia and provides a great opportunity for local and international specialists in the field of bridge engineering to share experiences, innovations, achievements and knowledge.

The program can be downloaded above.

Keynote speakers included:

• Adjunct Professor Wije Ariyaratne | Bridges - Connecting Communities
• Professor Eugene OBrien | Site-specific Characteristic Bridge Load Assessment
• Distinguished Professor Sami Rizkalla | Innovative use of FRP for Precast Concrete
• Dr Man-Chung Tang | A Conceptual Study of the Taiwan Strait Crossing

Sessions included:

• Bridge Analysis, Design and Assessment
• Feature Projects
• Lessons Learnt from Bridge Damages and Failures
• Innovative Bridge Constructions + Sustainability and Life Cycle Cost
• Bridge Asset management
• Field Applications and Case Studies
• Bridge Load Assessment
• Codes and Standards
• Bridge Technology + Material Technology.

Austroads is grateful to VicRoads for their support in organising and hosting ABC 2017.