CIES hosted its annual Symposium on National Road and Rail Infrastructure

Presenters and their topics at the symposium included:

Ian Pedersen - Managing Director, Pedersen Engineers.

In 2010, Ian was on the steering committee for Engineers Australia’s Australian Infrastructure Report Card (IRC) and chaired and launched the NSW IRC.

“ENGINEERS AUSTRALIA (EA)- INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT CARD (IRC)”

Professor Mark A Bradford - Scientia Professor, UNSW Australia

“VULNERABILITY OF RAILWAYS TO HEATWAVE-INDUCED BUCKLING”

A/Prof Alex Remennikov - Associate Professor and Head of School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong

“RAILWAY CONCRETE SLEEPERS: TO RENEW OR NOT TO RENEW?”

Professor Stephen Foster - Professor and Head of School, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW Australia

“UHPC AS A MATERIAL FOR BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION: ARE WE MAKING THE MOST OF OUR OPPORTUNITIES?”

Professor Hong Hao - Professor of Structural Engineering, Curtin University

“BRIDGE HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND DYNAMIC RESPONSE PREDICTION UNDER EXTREME LOADING CONDITIONS”

Adj. Professor Wije Ariyaratne - Principal Engineer Bridges & Structures (PEBS), RTA/RMS

“SUSTAINABLE BRIDGES”

Dr Stephen Hicks - General Manager of Structural Systems, New Zealand Heavy Engineering Research Association (HERA)

“NEW DESIGN PRACTICES FOR STEEL AND STEEL-CONCRETE COMPOSITE BRIDGES IN AUSTRALASIA”

Professor Tommy Chan - Professor in Structural Engineering, School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, QUT

“RECENT ADVANCES IN STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING”

Professor Mark Stewart - Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability, The University of Newcastle

"CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION ENGINEERING FOR RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE”

Mr Richard Hitch - Lead Civil Engineer in Transport, NSW’s Asset Standards Authority

“THE OWNERS PERSPECTIVE”

Mr Peter Runcie - Business Leader for Structural Health Monitoring, NICTA (National ICT Australia Ltd).   

“SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE – AN IT PERSPECTIVE”

The Symposium concluded with a panel session with discussion on some of the key priorities which need to be considered moving forward into the 21st century.