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Standard Registration Rates close on 20 September. 12th Australian SMALL BRIDGES CONFERENCE + EXHIBITION 22-23 Oct 2024, After 20 Sept, the Late Registration Rate applies. So book in now. SPEAKING PROGRAM - NINETY ABSTRACTS Our 3-Stream, 2-Day, Speaking Program for Small to Medium Span Bridges and Culverts can now be viewed at www.smallbridges.com.au. Choose any sessions from the three parallel speaking streams each day to focus on your needs and to form your own optimised Speaking Program. View our abstracts in full online as well. SINGLE DAY TICKETS - JUST ATTEND THE DAY THAT SUITS YOU BEST If you are too busy to attend both days, or just have particular needs, you can just register for Day 1 or Day 2. For example, most of our Railway related abstracts are located on Day 2 in three consecutive streams. Day 1 has two consecutive sessions on Pedestrian Bridges. Three consecutive sessions on Bridge Asset Management/ Inspection. Design and Road Bridges are covered extensively on both days. There are also a number of Specialised Sessions on either day such as Timber Bridges, Steel Bridges, Geotechnical Aspects etc. WOMEN IN BRIDGES BREAKFAST FORUM - DAY 2 7.30 Breakfast Service Commences & Networking 7.45 Forum Commences 8.25 Forum Concludes This is included free for all of our Day 2 or 2-Day Female Delegates. PANEL MEMBERS: Dr Torill Pape, Deputy Chief Engineer, Structures, Qld. Dept of Transport & Main Roads Diana Zagora, Director Civil Engineering Infrastructure, TfNSW  Aida Bartels, Associate Principal, Arup   Sabina Piras, Principal, WSP, NEW ZEALAND Tiffany Parker, Coordinator Transport Structures, City of Gold Coast DELEGATE REGISTRATION RATES (inc GST) Our Standard Delegate Rates now apply. These rates close on 20 September. Book in now to secure this reduced registration rate.  STANDARD till 20 Sept 2024: $1280 or $1390 with Conference Dinner LATE after 20 Sept 2024: $1340 or $1450 with Conference Dinner OR just register for either Single Day. Day 1 is $790, Day 2 is $560 REGISTER ONLINE AT www.smallbridges.com.au During registration, you can either choose to pay immediately by credit card, or to be sent a Tax Invoice to pay after by Electronic Funds Transfer. Regards Scott Matthews, BEng CHAIR

MAKING THE MOST OF THE BRIDGES THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE is key to achieving more sustainable outcomes. The 12th Australian Small Bridges Conference + Exhibition 22-23 Oct 2024, - including Geotechnical Engineering and Civil Works for Bridges, Road and Rail has 40 presentations on: ·      Reusing existing structures, or converting old bridges to new uses ·      Extending the service lives of existing bridge and culverts ·      Strengthening for increased load capacity ·      Repair, Painting and Refurbishment of bridges ·      Improving Bridge Inspection, Monitoring and Asset Management to enable better decisions ·      Improved Safety, including by retrofitting with modern crash barriers Two of these, which are both International Projects, are: THE INSPECTION AND ASSESSMENT OF SMALL REINFORCED CONCRETE RAILWAY BRIDGES WITH UNKNOWN REINFORCEMENT IN REMOTE SCOTLAND, UK: Conor Flannery, FSC Range There are over 4,700 bridges throughout Scotland’s heritage railway network which dates back over 200 years. The Far North Line is a predominantly single-track route that runs through the remote, picturesque, and mountainous northern Highlands. This presentation will focus on the inspection and assessment of several small reinforced concrete bridges with unknown reinforcement located along this line. The assessment of these structures was undertaken by AECOM in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, as part of the Civil Assessment Framework Agreement, Scotland contract by Network Rail, owner of the railway infrastructure in the UK. CASE STUDY: REPAINTING THE HISTORIC VICTORIA STREET BRIDGE, CAMBRIDGE, NEW ZEALAND, Johann Myburgh and David Slinger, MCU-Coatings® Australasia The historic Victoria Street hinged braced steel arch bridge in Cambridge, New Zealand, was built in 1907. It was at the age where it required refurbishment and corrosion protection in order to extend its service live for at least another 25 years. As the bridge is exposed to harsh environmental conditions, it requires repainting every 20 – 25 years to provide protection against deterioration and corrosion. In mid-2022, Waipa District Council (WDC) engaged Intergroup to provide water wash and corrosion protection services, and structural repairs. WDC required an experienced contractor, minimal disruption over the duration of the project and strong environmental performance. WDC also sought to improve visibility of this landmark bridge with arborist work, while also providing added protection with the use of anti-graffiti coatings in the more graffiti-targeted areas of the bridge. Intergroup with Council and MCU-Coatings® decided on using a moisture-cured urethane paint coating to best achieve the project's requirements. The themes above will also be explored by many of our other 60 abstracts and also by many of our exhibitors at Australia’s largest ever dedicated Bridge/Culvert Exhibition. TO READ ALL THE ABSTRACTS IN FULL, TO REGISTER, OR FOR MORE INFO go to www.smallbridges.com.au

THE DESIGN OF BRIDGES AND CULVERTS 12th Australian Small Bridges Conference, 22-23 Oct 2024 www.smallbridges.com.au The design of bridges and culverts is a complex task with many factors that need to covered with just some including loads, vibration, wind, constructability, cost. At our conference this year design aspects is one of the core areas that our speakers/technical papers will delve into in depth. 26 of our presentations are primarily on design, and many of our other 64 presentations will also cover design to some extent. Just some of these abstracts are: -COST EFFECTIVE STEEL CONCRETE COMPOSITE BRIDGE BEAMS - Wolfram Schwarz, WSP -(NOT SO) SIMPLY SUPPORTED – THE TEMPORARY PROPPING OF LOGAN ROAD BRIDGE - Philip Stockwell, Jacobs, Andrew Reeves, Jacobs -A CRITICAL REVIEW OF CRACK CONTROL PROVISIONS IN AS5100.5-2017 FOR PIER WALLS IN BRIDGES - Sleiman Mikhael, Arcadis, Suthan Mohanakumar, Arcadis -DESIGN OF THE NEW BEAUMONT BRIDGE – CROSSING NEW ZEALAND’S LARGEST RIVER - Jeremy Jennings, WSP NZ VIEW ALL ABSTRACTS at https://lnkd.in/guBtdhQh MORE INFO / REGISTRATION: See https://lnkd.in/gjUYnmhZ

YOU CAN NOW READ IN FULL OUR BRIDGE AND CULVERT ABSTRACTS 12th Australian Small Bridges Conference, 22-23 Oct 2024, Gold Coast Australia. www.smallbridges.com.au - including Geotechnical Engineering and Civil Works for Bridges, Road and Rail We have now accepted over eighty abstracts for presentation. You can view them at https://lnkd.in/gHdpEMCX The program features Small to Medium Span Bridge and Culvert Projects from not just Australia, but worldwide. Why not come and hear the presentations on them from our speakers? Our Speaking Program will have 3 Streams over 2 Days. Delegates can on the day select any of the three theatres to create their own tailored program that best suits their needs. The comprehensive exhibition also adds to the learning experience. EARLYBIRD REGISTRATION IS CLOSING -  BOOK IN NOW TO REGISTER ONLINE go to https://lnkd.in/ebpXVHRq * Now is the time to register to secure our Earlybird Delegate Rate before it closes on 12 July. * You can pay with credit card while registering, or you can request a tax invoice to pay by EFT later. *NOT SURE WHO CAN ATTEND YET? You can book registrations now with a generic name to secure the Earlybird Rate and advise us who later. Make your TEAM Booking today. MORE INFORMATION. Go to www.smallbridges.com.au

BRIDGES BARRIERS – UPGRADES, DESIGNS AND RISK 12th Australian Small Bridges Conference, 22-23 Oct 2024, Gold Coast Australia. www.smallbridges.com.au - including Geotechnical Engineering and Civil Works for Bridges, Road and Rail The appropriate design, construction and maintenance of bridge barrier systems is an important part of any road bridge project. Many older bridges also require upgrades to their bridge barriers to bring them up to modern design standards. What upgrades are required is an important are to be considered. Pedestrian and Cycle bridges over roads, railway lines or watercourses need safety barriers to prevent falls from height, and some require anti-throw screens as well. The use of suicide barriers are also required on many bridges structures. Bridge Barriers are one of the themes of the 12th Australian Small Bridges Conference. Three of our Bridge Barrier Abstracts are featured below. However, many more of our accepted abstracts/presentations will also feature bridge barriers as part of their presentation.  In addition, our comprehensive exhibition will include bridge barrier systems. BRIDGE BARRIER UPGRADES TO VARIOUS REGIONAL BRIDGES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA Howard Jiang, Structural Engineer, Jacobs Larry Yang, Principal Structural Engineer BRIDGE BARRIERS: WHAT CAN ASSET OWNERS DO TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS KEY RISKS ON THEIR NETWORK? Joshua Hniat, Senior Bridge Engineer, pitt&sherry Richard Cassidy, Senior Principal Bridge Engineer, pitt&sherry A NON-CONSERVATIVE DESIGN APPROACH TO DESIGN BRIDGE AND ROAD BARRIERS Huy Binh Pham, Technical Principal, SMEC Basim Matar, Graduate Engineer, SMEC TO REGISTER ONLINE go to https://lnkd.in/ebpXVHRq *Now is the time to register to secure our Earlybird Delegate Rate before it closes on 12 July. *You can pay with credit card while registering, or you can request a tax invoice to pay by EFT later. UPDATE- OVER EIGHTY ACCEPTED ABSTRACTS. The list of our accepted abstracts as of 2 July is at https://lnkd.in/gXdRF6_J Note that some abstracts are awaiting necessary approvals before they can be made public.

SECOND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS CLOSES 14 JUNE 12th Australian Small Bridges Conference, 22-23 Oct 2024, Gold Coast Australia. To propose an abstract for presentation, you MUST use the ABSTRACT SUBMISSION FORM. Go to www.smallbridges.com.au and scroll down the webpage to read on HOW TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT and to download the form. Projects, topics and speakers, can be located anywhere in the world, and do not have to be Australian. Bridges can be small to medium span bridges, and culverts are also part of our speaking program, as are associated civil and geotechnical works. Please see our topics list in our POSSIBLE ABSTRACTS -TOPICS Tab as a guide as to what abstracts may be suitable, however abstracts on other topics will also be reviewed. You can also look at the abstracts that were accepted for previous conferences as a guide. Submit your abstract for consideration now. EARLYBIRD DELEGATE REGISTRATION closes in the near future. Register online now.

PEDESTRIAN/ CYCLE BRIDGES AND ELEVATED WALKWAYS are one of the themes that will be explored at the 12th Australian Small Bridges Conference, 22-23 Oct 2024. We have already accepted a number of abstracts which will explore the design standards, safety, design, construction of such bridges. They interface with roads, railways, and watercourses and are located in both rural and urban environments. Tourism is also very important for many rural towns and so once again we are exploring bridges on Rail Trails and on Walking Trails. Just one of our accepted Abstracts is: KEY CONSTRAINTS OF THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE SPAN CYCLIST BRIDGE REPLACING A 3-SPAN ROAD BRIDGE OVER A RAIL CORRIDOR Aimee Beheshti, Principal Structural Engineer, Queensland Rail Michael Kozij, Senior Project Engineer, Queensland Rail The design and construction of a pedestrian / cyclist bridge over the rail corridor in a northern suburb of Brisbane is discussed in this paper. The original timber road bridge was closed to traffic due to high level of deterioration with pedestrian and cyclists still allowed to use the bridge. The bridge was ultimately removed due to being considered unsafe with a plan to replace with an active transport bridge to maintain the cross-corridor access for pedestrians and cyclists. The new bridge that was designed and constructed internally by Queensland Rail is a 15m steel through truss replacing a skewed 20m, three span road bridge. The bridge and its approaches had to be DDA compliant. The original bridge was on a steep alignment and hence one end of the new bridge was built up by approximately 1m and introduced DDA approach ramps. The bridge is supported on an existing 70 year-old abutment at the other end. The design attempt was to improve the existing vertical clearance to railway tracks by minimising the deck depth. The bridge was installed in an overnight closure. This paper touches on some of the key issues and constraints and dives into the timeline of the project from removal of the original bridge through to option study, design, fabrication, construction, and installation of the new bridge. MORE INFORMATION AND/OR TO REGISTER: Go to www.smallbridges.com.au The slideshow below includes a number projects from our accepted abstracts.

UPDATE: OVER 40 ABSTRACTS ALREADY ACCEPTED 12th Australian Small Bridges Conference and Exhibition 22-23 Oct 2024, Gold Coast, Australia SECOND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS IS NOW OPEN We have accepted over forty abstracts from our First Call for Abstracts which is one our highest responses ever. While this will be over half of our final speaking program we can still accommodate more abstracts. Bridge Projects can be located anywhere in the world. You can see a list of accepted abstracts https://lnkd.in/gXpSXyVP. Note that some remain private as are awaiting asset owner or other final approval. Since 2005, the long running Australian Small Bridges Conference and Exhibition has provided practical guidance and alerted bridge, road and rail engineers, asset owners, managers, contractors and suppliers about significant new developments and requirements for small to medium span bridges, including culverts and associated civil and geotechnical works. Our 2024 Conference will feature three speaking streams over two days. EARLYBIRD DELEGATE REGISTRATION CLOSES 12th JULY. REGISTER NOW More information: Go to www.smallbridges.com.au To Register, and/or view Delegate Registration Rates:   Go to Registration and Venue Information Please note that you can buy tickets now and advise who will be attending later. To do this, instead of entering a name just enter instead First Person, Second Person etc. Registration Enquiries to Karlene at support@leadinginfrastructure.com or 0409 182 215 WOMEN IN BRIDGES For 2024, we are encouraging more female engineers to submit abstracts, and to speak, at our conference or to attend as delegates. Please join with us in encouraging more female engineers to submit an abstract for our 12th Conference. Following discussions we are also now pleased to announce that we will also conduct a WOMEN IN BRIDGES EVENT at our conference in 2024. More details will follow in the near future. SECOND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Closes on the 14th JUNE, 2024 for the 12th Australian Small Bridges Conference. Please submit your abstract by then. To propose an abstract for presentation, you MUST use the ABSTRACT SUBMISSION FORM. Go to www.smallbridges.com.au and scroll down the webpage to read on HOW TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT and to download the form. Projects, topics and speakers, can be located anywhere in the world, and do not have to be Australian. Please see our topics list in our POSSIBLE ABSTRACTS -TOPICS Tab as a guide as to what abstracts may be suitable, however abstracts on other topics will also be reviewed. You can also look at the abstracts that were accepted for previous conferences as a guide. The Second Call will close on 14th June 2024; however, Abstracts will be reviewed as they arrive and may be accepted prior to then. Early submission is encouraged. We hope to meet you at our twelfth conference.