Mooven’s software and hardware offerings are helping to increase the accuracy and effectiveness of infrastructure monitoring and reporting. Images: Mooven. Mooven has placed itself as an influencer in the compliance and monitoring space, guiding both infrastructure projects and general road agency duties towards success. Here’s how.  Why do construction projects often exceed cost and time targets? Financial pressures, skilled personnel and materials shortages and other factors all play their part. But so does a desire to reduce community disruption when paired with a lack of actionab ..read more

Image courtesy of AustStab. AustStab, the Australian Pavement Recycling and Stabilisation Association has announced the appointment of Tanja Conners as its new CEO. Commencing July 15, Conners has plenty of experience to bring to the role, including her former role as the COO at the Australian Flexible Pavement Association, where she served for eight years. New AustStab CEO Tanja Conners. Image: AustStab. AustStab says the appointment signifies a new direction for the organisation, as it continues to deliver educational, advocacy, engagement and standards services for the sector.   Relate ..read more

Image: stock.adobe.com/ bilanol. The recording and assessing of road data is essential in maintaining a high performing road network. Many factors make this difficult, so Roads & Infrastructure Magazine looked at what technologies can assist. Australia’s network of roads and highways have a length of 873,573 kilometres, making it one of the world’s most vast road networks (Worlddata.info). Tracking, managing and evaluating the vastness of this road network can be trying, especially in rural areas, where the road network can often be difficult, or too large to track. Essential res ..read more

Image courtesy of the Victorian Government. Keon Parade has opened following two weeks of around the clock works to remove the boom gate in Reservoir, Melbourne. Trains are now travelling along the new 750 metre rail bridge over the road, which was built to replace the Keon Parade level crossing. This will help to improve the safety and reduce congestion for 18,000 vehicles that travel through this section daily. Trains have also returned to the Mernda Line and are now running, with construction still powering ahead on the new Keon Park Station, which is set to open on June 21. Works are now c ..read more

Image courtesy of the Victorian Government. Major construction works are now complete at Parkville Station, the second of five new state-of-the-art stations to be finished as part of the Metro Tunnel. When the Metro Tunnel opens in 2025 the Sunbury, Cranbourne and Pakenham lines will run through new tunnels under Melbourne’s CBD. The five new stations at Parkville, Arden, State Library, Town Hall and Anzac. The Parkville Station includes entrances directly outside the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and The University of Melbourne. It also has a 44m-long pedestrian unde ..read more

Paul King, Director of Product Solution Engineering – Bentley Systems. Image: Bentley Systems. Bentley Systems’ Paul King, Director of Product Solution Engineering, sheds light on what is in store for the technological development of infrastructure applications. For Bentley Systems, the future looks exciting. With innovative applications already available, such as its iTwin Platform or open design and modelling applications, the organisation is looking to push the limits of infrastructure engineering software. Paul King, Bentley’s Director of Product Solution Engineering, explains that th ..read more

Image: stock.adobe.com/FiledIMAGE The Federal Government has handed down its 2024/25 budget, which specifically outlines investment spend towards Australia’s $120 billion, ten-year infrastructure pipeline. Here’s the full rundown. Better transport for cities, regions and suburbs is a big focus of the Federal Government’s 2024/25 budget, with $9.5 billion announced over the forward estimates, and $16.5 billion over 10 years, for projects that improve productivity, liveability, and sustainability. $4.1 billion has been allocated to 65 new priority infrastructure projects across Australia. Queens ..read more

A new production facility will enable Tyrecycle to process over 40,000 tonnes worth of end-of-life tyres. Image: ResourceCo. Tyrecycle’s line of crumb rubber products are helping to provide high-quality, sustainable options to the infrastructure sector. The opening of a new production facility is set to create further momentum. Rubberised road products have come a long way since in Australia they were first introduced in the 1970’s.  Produced using recycled rubber from end of life tyres, crumb rubber can be used as a substitute to virgin materials for road surfacing and spray sealing, as ..read more

Premier Cranes & Rigging’s works on bridge 73, as well as the West Gate Tunnel Project portals exemplify the company’s capabilities for major infrastructure works. Images: Premier Cranes & Rigging. Premier Cranes & Rigging’s 350-tonne Liebherr crawler crane is being used as part of works on the West Gate Tunnel Project. Roads & Infrastructure learns what it takes to deliver on such a large project. How do you set yourself apart, in such a heavily congested sector? This question, while asked by many, is often only answered by the few that truly understand what it means to provid ..read more

Image courtesy of the Western Australian Government. Roads & Infrastructure Magazine outlines what the Western Australian Government’s 2024/25 State Budget means for the region, which highlights $13.8 billion for port, road, rail and transport infrastructure. Premier Rita Saffitoti has handed down her first State Budget, which looks set to provide a significant boost to the state’s infrastructure pipeline over the coming years. By a long margin, the most significant funding package was allocated to METRONET, a project that when complete will deliver 21 kilometres of new rail with five new ..read more