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About the Cover With the first Transport Certification Australia (TCA) type-approvals announced in August this year, the move towards On-Board Mass (OBM) systems is rapidly gaining momentum across many sectors of the road transport industry, especially operators with large combination and bulk-haul vehicles.

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EDITOR’S COLUMN

PUTTING THE DATA TO WORK USING THE DATA WE COLLECT TO DELIVER MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY, SAFETY AND VALUE Dear Readers, During the course of my work as Managing Editor of HEA magazine, I am fortunate enough to have the opportunity meet with people from across the roads, infrastructure, engineering and transport sectors to discuss a wide range of topics.

As well as providing me (and hopefully you, our readers) with a valuable insight into the latest developments, technology, methodologies, materials and projects throughout Australia and internationally, it has also highlighted number of significant issues which seem to be affecting many within the road and transport infrastructure industries.

Of these, one extremely common problem - which has cascading effect through the majority of decision-making processes – seems to be that of accessing data that is both accurate and up-to-date.

More specifically, it appears that despite the enormous amount of resources and readily available data being collected (from incident reports, insurance claims, equipment purchases, maintenance works orders, etc.), there is still no readily accessible, easy-to-use, accurate and up-to-date central repository for data related to the cost of repair and/or replacement of damaged infrastructure and assets following road and transport accidents and incidents throughout Australia.

From the cost of new materials and replacement parts; and the cost of removal and disposal of damaged items, through to the cost of engineering; planning; work

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scheduling; site labour; traffic management; and equipment (whether hired in or part of an ‘in-house’ fleet), even the most minor accident can result in a significant cost impost for councils, road authorities and other asset owners.

Notwithstanding the ever-increasing demands being placed on councils and road authorities to ‘do more with less’, having ready access to actual cost of incident / cost of repair data is a critical factor in being able to select and implement the most cost-effective solutions.

After all, if you don’t know where you are, how can you know where you’re going?

When it comes to road infrastructure construction and maintenance, the importance of accurate and current data cannot be overstated. This is particularly true when it comes to the selection and installation of road safety infrastructure such as safety barriers, crash attenuators, frangible sign posts and other impact protection equipment which really MUST be assessed on a ‘whole-of-life’ cost basis. Only by having all of the relative data and costs at hand - from the initial capital purchase and installation cost, through to the cost of repair and/or replacement following an incident – can the ‘true value’ of these items be assessed.

In simple terms, a perceived initial saving, or for that matter a badly researched choice that doesn’t also consider ‘whole of life’ costs, can end up proving to be an enormous drain on infrastructure budgets.

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systems (both fixed and mobile devices such as Truck Mounted Attenuators) are, by their very nature, installed in locations where there is an expectation that they will be impacted either rarely or regularly!

With that in mind, it also follows that there must be an expectation that these devices will require repair and/or replacement at some stage in the foreseeable future. As such, accurate ‘whole-of-life’ costs must be taken into account during the decision-making process - and that requires access to data from out in the field.

This data is available. It is being collected across the country on a daily basis, every time there is an impact or accident anywhere on the road network. What we need is a coordinated approach to developing a centralised data repository that collates this data from the myriad of sources and makes it available easily, cheaply and on a timely basis to all stakeholders.

While I understand that establishing this type of database is not without a cost, I believe that the costs will be far outweighed by both the savings and safety benefits that can result from having accurate and up-todate data readily available for all who need it.

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INDUSTRY NEWS

New Board Members for National Heavy Vehicle Regulator Assistant Minister for Roads and Transport, Scott Buchholz, has welcomed the appointment of two new members to the board of the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR). Duncan Gay and Ken Lay AO APM replaced Bruce Baird AM and Vincent Tremaine during October.

“Both new appointments will bring immense experience in the sector to their roles with the NHVR,” Mr Buchholz said.

“Duncan Gay served in roads and transport portfolios as a strong advocate for reform of heavy vehicle regulation during his long career in the NSW parliament and I congratulate him on his appointment as Chair of the NHVR Board.

“Ken Lay AO APM comes to the role following a 40-year career with Victoria Police, including as the state’s Police Chief Commissioner. In 2017 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to law enforcement,” Mr Buchholz said.

Their positions on the NHVR Board were confirmed by Commonwealth, state and territory ministers during September.

“I look forward to their contribution in their new roles and to continue working with the NHVR to achieve reforms in an industry that is crucial to our country’s economy.”

Mr Buchholz acknowledged the service of Bruce Baird AM and Vincent Tremaine whose contracts expired in October.

As Chair for the last six years, Mr Baird leaves a strong record of achievement, including; • The inaugural Chair of the NHVR • The growth of the PBS scheme which makes up 17 per cent of new vehicles built in 2017 • Reforms to Chain of Responsibility laws which begin on October 1, 2018 • The development and growth in heavy vehicle Safety Management Systems • The NHVR Portal to support operators and road managers through the permit application process • The Safety and Compliance Regulatory Platform to integrate compliance services and data across Australia • The successful transition of permit delegations from ACT, Tasmania and South Australia, and Victoria • The successful transition of all heavy vehicle services from South Australia and Tasmania

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Assistant Minister Buchholz said the recent announcement to harmonise load sizes throughout eastern states to allow the transport of hay to drought-affected farms was a good example of the NHVR, state governments and our Government working together.

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Reveals Full-Scale Passenger Capsule The world's first full-scale passenger Hyperloop capsule, built in Spain by Airtificial, gets ready to head to Toulouse R&D facility for optimization.

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT, HTT) provided a first look of their full-scale passenger Hyperloop capsule today at an unveiling ceremony in Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain. The event was also held to commemorate the five-year anniversary of the founding of HyperloopTT and showcased the company's progress since it was established as the first Hyperloop company in the world.

The capsule, "Quintero One" is constructed almost completely out of HyperloopTT's Vibranium™, a specially made dual-layer smart composite material.

It was built at the Southern Spain aerospace facilities of HyperloopTT's partner Airtificial, a new company formed by the merger of composite expert Carbures and engineering company Inypsa that manufactures for many leading companies including Airbus and Boeing. The design for the capsule was created in collaboration with world

renowned transport design consultancy PriestmanGoode and won the Gold award at the 2017 London Design Awards The capsule will be delivered to HyperloopTT's research and development center in Toulouse, France for additional assembly and integration into the system, before it is used on one of the first commercial tracks.

"Working together with engineers from HyperloopTT, we are proud to be pushing the envelope of smart materials in transportation and manufacturing," said Airtificial CoFounder and Chairman, Rafael Contreras.

"Today we have unveiled a new type of transportation vessel built with an industry high percentage of composite, which makes the Hyperloop capsule perhaps the safest transportation vehicle in the world."

"The creation of this capsule represents over a year long journey of the best expertise in design, engineering, and the development of cutting-edge materials," said Dirk Ahlborn HyperloopTT co-founder and CEO. "In just five years we have solved and improved upon all of the technology needed for Hyperloop with our new levitation system, vacuum pumps, batteries, and smart composites. This capsule will be a part of one of the most efficient transportation systems ever made."

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"In 2019, this capsule will be fully optimized and ready for passengers," said Bibop Gresta, chairman and co-founder of HyperloopTT. "Since we have taken major steps in solving government regulations with our safety certification guidelines and insurance frameworks, we are now closer than ever to bringing Hyperloop to the world."

Recently, HyperloopTT became the world's first company to be able to offer an insured commercial system. In collaboration with Munich Re, the world's largest reinsurance company along with global certification and inspection company TÜV SÜD, governments and partners, HyperloopTT is creating the first regulatory guidelines and creating the necessary legal framework for Hyperloop systems around the world.

About HyperloopTT Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) is an innovative transportation and technology company focused on realizing the Hyperloop, a system that moves people and goods at unprecedented speeds safely, efficiently, and sustainably. Through the use of unique, patented technology and an advanced business model of lean collaboration, open innovation and integrated partnership, HyperloopTT is creating and licensing technologies.

Founded in 2013, HyperloopTT is a global team comprised of more than 800 engineers, creatives and technologists in 52 multidisciplinary teams, with 40 corporate and university partners.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, HyperloopTT has offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, UAE; Bratislava, Slovakia; Toulouse, France; Contagem, Brazil; and Barcelona, Spain.

HyperloopTT has signed agreements in the United States, UAE, Brazil, France, India, China, Korea, Indonesia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

HyperloopTT is led by co-founders Dirk Ahlborn (CEO) and Bibop G. Gresta (Chairman) and a senior management team of experienced entrepreneurs and professionals.

For more information, please visit http://hyperloop.global

About Airtificial Airtificial is a new Spanish technological company specialized in applying artificial intelligence, through collaborative robotics and sensorial structures, and specialized engineering within the civil works, aerospace and automotive industries. With a 4.0 Industry DNA and a great growth potential, the company has a proven know-how and operates globally.

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About PriestmanGoode PriestmanGoode is the world's leading transport design consultancy. Based in London and China, the studio works on a vast range of projects across rail and aviation, developing designs for high speed trains, metros, airlines and commercial spacecraft all over the world.

PriestmanGoode's work is centred around the user and about creating exceptional travel journeys for millions of passengers every year.

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CRRC Unveils their Lightest and Most Advanced Energyefficient Metro Train CRRC (China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation, the company), the world's largest rolling stock manufacturer, debuted their latest, carbon fibre metro train, 'CETROVO', to crowds of industry leaders, railway enthusiasts and media in Berlin today. The new train is 13% lighter than traditional steel or aluminium metro trains, making it the company's lightest and most energy-efficient to-date and the first of its kind in China.

The new vehicle also has the future in mind with a range of intelligent design features including ‘magic windows' and touch-screen enabled mirrors for a digital age of passenger travel.

Sun Yongcai, President of CRRC, said "Rail transit equipment is on the cusp of a revolution. The acceptance and introduction of carbon fibre materials have allowed for lighter, more energy-efficient trains.”

“With that now comes the continual introduction of more intelligent services aimed at improving the maintenance, operations, and passenger experience. Moving forward, CRRC will continue to invest in research and development and the application of new technologies and carbon fibre materials on 600 km/h high-speed Maglev trains, highspeed EMU's and subways,” Sun Yongcai said.

CETROVO aims to provide passengers with a ubiquitous "smart service" and includes a series of advanced technical features. Including, car windows that can be transformed into touch-screen displays.

Passengers can watch the news, browse the web, buy tickets, watch videos and live TV shows all via CETROVO's ‘magic window’.

CETROVO's magic window, which can transform into a touch-screen and allows passengers to perform tasks like watching videos and even paying for tickets, was a big hit with visitors to the recent InnoTrans 2018 EXPO in Berlin.

The train also comes equipped with internet-enabled touch-screen mirrors; selfcleaning seats; advanced vibration and noise reduction technology; an integrated hearingaid system; and an air conditioning and lighting system that can 'react' to changing conditions for a more enjoyable journey.

Ding Sansan, Deputy Chief of Engineering of CRRC Sifang, said of the new generation train, “Lightweight manufacturing is a metro building concept to achieve better energy efficiency. Carbon fibre is the most advanced material available, and CETROVO incorporates this technology beautifully. The car body, the bogie frame, the driver's cab equipment cabinets are all made from carbon fibre composite materials. The result is a lighter train and more space for new features."

Additional features of the train include: • A new energy-efficient traction system to achieve a higher energy efficiency of up to 15% compared to traditional metro trains • Over 1,100 sensory points to monitor the train in real-time to optimise efficiency and reduce maintenance costs • Direct drive technology with permanent magnet synchronous motors • A silicon carbide converter to improve traction efficiency • An active radial system on the bogie that can control the wheelset for improved performance negotiating small-radius curves • An internal battery that can provide traction power for up to 15 kilometres • A flexible 2+N composition suitable for up to 12 cars • Substantially reduced wheel wear

About CRRC With the aim of ‘building a respectable international company’, CRRC has become one of the largest rail transportation equipment companies in the world, with annual sales revenue of USD 31.538 billion in 2017. It has 83 branches in 26 countries and regions around the world, 13 overseas research and development centres, and localised manufacturing bases in the United States, India, Malaysia, South Africa, etc., with products covering 104 countries and regions on six continents.

PICTURED LEFT: Two Lincoln MKZ sedans have been fitted with Cohda Wireless software and V2X on-board and used in trials in the Adelaide CBD.

The two-block trial area in downtown Adelaide

Autonomous car trial on city streets gives technology the edge over human drivers

by Andrew Spence Two Lincoln MKZ sedans have been fitted with Cohda Wireless software and V2X on-board and used in trials in the Adelaide CBD. The trial, conducted in a two-block section in the centre of the Adelaide CBD, revealed how smart connected vehicles can detect and respond to risky situations more effectively than a human in a scenario thought to be commonplace in built-up city areas.

During the trial, two vehicles approached a four-way intersection at right angles to each other. Tall buildings on each corner of the intersection obstructed the view of the other approaching car.

Car 2, driven by a human, fails to adhere to the red-light signal and approaches the intersection at speed, intending to ‘run’ the red light.

Car 1, a connected autonomous vehicle, is approaching the intersection from another direction and intends to proceed through the intersection on the green light.

In a real-life scenario, there would be a risk of collision as human drivers will invariably proceed through an intersection when the light is green, confident that other road users will obey the traffic signals. In an instance where Car 2 disobeys the traffic signal and Car 1 is unable to see the approaching danger, due to visibility being obstructed by buildings or other infrastructure, a collision is likely.

Cohda Wireless’s Chief Technical Officer Professor Paul Alexander said vehicles connected using Cohda’s V2X (Vehicle-To-Everything) technology detect the other car’s movement and avoid the potential collision well in advance of it actually happening.

“We demonstrated that when vehicles are connected to each other using our smart V2X technology, Car 1, the connected autonomous vehicle, would detect that Car 2 is approaching the red light at speed and is probably not going to stop,” he said.

“This allows the connected autonomous vehicle to pre-emptively identify and respond to the threat by slowing down and stopping.

“Cohda’s V2X technology allows vehicles to speak to each other to extend their perception horizon.

“The technology provides the vehicle with an awareness of its environment and risk factors associated with it, consistently and accurately up to 10 times per second, enabling it to make decisions that a human being would not be capable of making as the driver of the vehicle.”

Cohda Wireless, a global leader in driverless car technology, is headquartered in Adelaide and has offices in Europe, the United States and China.

In June this year, the company took ownership of two specially modified vehicles from the United States, which it is using in advanced trials of its world-leading V2X (Vehicle-To-Everything) technology.

The two Lincoln MKZ sedans have been fitted with Cohda Wireless software and V2X on-board units and an array of gadgets and devices to enable them to drive autonomously. The vehicles also have the ability to communicate with each other and transport infrastructure such as traffic lights.

“Our with the Adelaide trial today was not only to demonstrate the efficacy of our technology in enabling vehicles to communicate with each other, but also to do so in a city environment where so-called urban canyons significantly affect the ability of systems reliant on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) to achieve accurate positioning,” said Prof Alexander.

“Flinders Street in Adelaide is one such urban canyon where positioning through GNSS can be off by up to 40 metres, but with our V2X-Locate technology, positioning accuracy is improved to within a metre.”

Cohda Wireless demonstrated its V2X-Locate system in a 2017 trial in New York City where it repeatedly achieved sub-metre accuracy while driving along Sixth Avenue, which has the tallest buildings in the Big Apple. Comparably tested GPS-based systems were as much as tens of metres off-course, at times showing cars driving through buildings.

Cohda’s V2X technology underpins and complements other technology used by autonomous vehicles such as cameras, sensors, radars and lidars by enabling cooperative perception.

“The role of technology in making our roads safer is probably not generally understood but we hope that this demonstration has helped to prove that with the appropriate technology and infrastructure, connected self-driving vehicles deployed on our streets are at less risk than vehicles controlled by human beings,” Prof Alexander said.

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FLEET MAINTENANCE

QUALITY, PERFORMANCE AND VALUE Titan proves that you don’t have to sacrifice quality or safety to get better value from your tyre and wheel budget.

From private vehicle owners and owner/ operators with a single truck, van or piece of equipment, through to large commercial equipment and vehicle fleet operators, hire companies, councils and other authorities regardless of the size of the fleet or type of equipment involved - one thing they all have in common, is that they’re all trying to get the most out of their vehicle and equipment maintenance budgets.

In these days of tight budgetary constraints - both business and personal and ‘having to do more with less’, vehicle maintenance, particularly things such as replacing tyres, can often be ‘put on the back-burner’. Unfortunately, this can also result in a serious reduction in both safety and performance, as owners either choose sub-standard tyres simply based on price or, worse still, choose not to replace tyres which are often illegal and/or dangerous until they are quite literally unable to go any further.

Over the past decade in particular, easy access to global markets and internet commerce, and the accompanying boom in

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small-scale supply businesses, has seen an array of products flow into the Australian market, including tyres. As well as resulting in a seemingly endless array of brands and products, this new market expansion has also seen a significant reduction in traditional ‘brand loyalty’ as companies and individuals alike search for savings.

Unfortunately, as is the case with many business segments, some sections of the tyre market in Australia have now become little more than a ‘race to the bottom’ - not only in terms of price and service, but also, in some instances, quality and safety.

Be that as it may, leading tyre, wheel and undercarriage specialists Titan Australia, have set out to prove that when it comes to tyres and wheels, you don’t have to sacrifice quality or safety to get better value. Adam Oakenful, Chief Operating Officer with Titan Australia, explained: “While in the past there has been a tendency to associate cheaper-priced tyres with inferior quality or performance – a view which is perhaps not surprising considering some of the products that have managed to sneak under the radar over the years that’s certainly not the case with any of our products.”

“From the company’s earliest beginnings in the USA in 1890, Titan has built its

reputation on delivering high quality products which deliver outstanding safety and performance, whilst also offering excellent value for money,” he added.

As a global leader and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of specialist tyres, wheels and tracks, Titan manufacturers all of its own products at facilities across the globe.

This massive global manufacturing capability not only provides significant economies of scale, it also means that Titan is able to maintain strict quality control over the entire production and supply chain - from start to finish, including fitting.

“The shear scale of Titan’s global operations means that we’re able to provide outstanding quality products often at a fraction of the price of other brands,” Adam Oakenful said.

“Perhaps most importantly, rather than simply selling tyres based on the size, we work with our customers to select the most appropriate tyres for their specific equipment and applications.”

“After all, it doesn’t matter if it’s a passenger vehicle, 4WD, small truck, prime mover, construction machinery or even a forklift, it’s no good selecting a tyre simply based on the fact that it’s the cheapest available. You need to be sure that it’s fit for purpose, safe and will deliver the long-term performance you need,” he added. “Anything else is a false economy that will likely end up costing more in the long run – and when it comes to safety, that’s a price you don’t want to pay.”

For further information on Titan’s full range of products and services, please call: 1300 791 672 or visit: www.titanaustralia.com

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ON-BOARD MASS

OBM - RESHAPING THE FUTURE OF ROAD TRANSPORT With the first Transport Certification Australia (TCA) type-approvals announced in August this year, the move towards On-Board Mass (OBM) systems is rapidly gaining momentum across many sectors of the road transport industry, especially operators with large combination and bulk-haul vehicles.

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hile on-board weighing systems have been widely available for a number of decades, the move by TCA to introduce type-approval for OBM systems is being seen as major ‘watershed’ moment for the technology – particularly in terms of providing accurate, reliable and tamper-evident mass data that can be used by operators to better operate their fleets, manage compliance and maximise payload capacity, as well as providing a valuable tool for infrastructure owners and operators.

The Chief Executive Officer of TCA, Chris Koniditsiotis, explained: “As well as enabling operators to better manage commercial

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obligations and conformance with mass loading regulations, OBM Systems also offer an opportunity to change the way road assets are utilised, which can enable changes to access arrangements, and ultimately, lead to significant productivity and safety reforms.”

“By collecting reliable and accurate vehicle mass and configuration data from OBM systems, asset owners will be able to ascertain the ‘actual’ usage and loadings across the road network. This data can be used to inform stakeholders as to the design and operation of roads, bridges and other assets across the road network,” he said.

“Importantly, OBM systems are already demonstrating how they can unlock improved

productivity and operational outcomes for operators,” Koniditsiotis added. “More specifically, we’re seeing how the use of OBM Systems has the potential to support higher productivity heavy vehicle access arrangements, which would not otherwise be possible.”

To highlight this development, the Australian Standard for bridge assessment (AS 5100.7:2017) was updated during 2017 (in conjunction with Austroads) to incorporate reduced traffic load factors for vehicles monitored with OBM systems. AS 5100.7:2017 is the national standard for assessing bridge infrastructure, and forms part of the national Bridge Design series.

Mr Koniditsiotis said “AS 5100.7:2017 highlights how the availability of reliable and accurate vehicle location, mass and configuration information can enable improved productivity outcomes.

Fundamentally, AS 5100.7:2017 provides the ability to ‘re-engineer’ the use of bridges, by relying on trusted sources of telematics information.”

COVER STORY What is an On-Board Mass (OBM) System?

An OBM system is a device installed on a heavy vehicle that measures the mass of individual axle groups and in doing so the vehicle’s gross vehicle mass. An OBM System can also determine the vehicle configuration based on the number of axle groups. The collected information is as a minimum, made available to the driver in the form of a display or the loader in or around the vehicle.

OBM Systems also have the capacity to store information which can subsequently be sent to other parties including operators.

TCA identifies three categories of OBM systems, namely: Category A: OBM Systems in this category electronically

display mass information to drivers and/or loaders.

Category B: OBM Systems in this category also collect and

transmit mass information.

Category C: OBM Systems in this category collect and

transmit mass information in a standardised way

to telematics devices (in accordance with TCA's

Interconnectivity Specification) permitting the

ability to ‘plug and play’.

There are other ways of determining the mass of a heavy vehicle including static and dynamic means. Static means include weighbridges and portable scales, while dynamic means include high-speed weigh-in-motion systems installed in or on a pavement. Ultimately, all these systems measure to varying degrees of accuracy, the mass of a vehicle, with the different technologies linked to the different uses that mass information provides.

Unlike other methods of mass measurement, which represent ‘point-based’ measurements, OBM systems have the ability to provide ongoing mass monitoring. This presents new opportunities across multiple stakeholders.

Why is mass important?

For Industry

The mass of a heavy vehicle is important for a number of reasons and to a number of stakeholders. In the broad sense, measuring and having knowledge of mass has commercial, contractual, and regulatory purposes and associated outcomes.

Type-approved OBM systems have been independently assessed to ensure they deliver the reliability, accuracy, integrity and security capabilities required by government and industry, thus providing assurance in their use in meeting public and private policy and operational needs.

From the transport and freight industries to waste management, agriculture, mining and construction, shipping and environmental management, the ability to know, with accuracy and integrity, the mass of a vehicle provides a range of benefits and opportunities.

OBM systems enable a technology-based approach to manage commercial obligations, mass compliance and chain-of-responsibility requirements – in some cases, all three. Given this potential of OBM systems and the breadth of their application, having assurance in their use is critical for all stakeholders.

Ultimately, an operator and driver of a heavy vehicle needs to know the mass it’s carrying for a number of reasons, not the least of which is ensuring that ultimately, they are paid for the mass that it is carting – the payload. If any component of the payload is over or under mass, it may have direct consequences on the revenue generated.

An operator also needs to be conscious of the ability of the vehicle to operate within its designated mass - and it’s not only about complying with maximum load limits. In heavy vehicles, the distribution of loading can significantly impact the way the vehicle operates, both in terms of manoeuvrability and wear and tear. This has significant safety consequences.

Finally, operators need to be aware of the statutory obligations with respect the to the loading of a vehicle. In one sense, this could be ensuring its mass is within the regulatory obligations of road managers and transport regulators. However, it’s also worth noting that subject to the purpose and payload, there are other regulators that use mass as part of their regulatory regime.

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For Road Managers and Regulators There are numerous regulating agency uses of mass information relating to heavy vehicle transport. The managers and regulators of a road network are interested in knowing the mass of a vehicle to ensure that it meets statutory obligations with respect to its operation within the road network.

Vehicle loads have both axle and gross vehicle mass tolerances. There are existing schemes which allow vehicles to operate on the road network where obligations are placed on operators to be aware and manage the loading. OBM systems can provide this data to the operators.

Importantly, this data can also be used by jurisdictions to permit enhanced access to the road network. This is already underway, with data from OBM systems being used to inform an interim OBM solution in Queensland and NSW, where vehicles are permitted on parts of the road network (including bridges) due to the enhanced knowledge of the axle and gross vehicle mass of a vehicle.

There are other regulators who also run schemes where mass is important. For example, local governments across Australia are increasingly monitoring weekly and/or daily waste collection services for mass - not only to ensure that the particular waste collection vehicle is within tolerances, but also as a method of calculating the mass of the collected material. Environmental regulators are also becoming increasingly aware of the importance of mass with respect to the movement of both solid and liquid waste and its disposal at designated facilities.

Most importantly, OBM systems are increasingly being considered as a means of smarter regulation in which red tape is being removed, and in doing so, OBM is providing an increased level of confidence for both regulators and industry.

FIRST TWO TYPE-APPROVED OBM SYSTEMS Loadmass Pty Ltd (trading as Loadman Australia) and Tramanco Pty Ltd are the first suppliers of OBM Systems to obtain type-approval

by TCA. With other type-approval submissions currently being progressed by TCA, consumers will benefit from having competition and choice in the availability of type-approved OBM systems.

Type-approval involves an assessment of the performance-based requirements contained in the OBM System Functional and Technical Specification, comprising the accuracy, reliability and robustness – as well as tamper evidence and security relevant to the type-approval category – of OBM Systems.

TCA type-approval also extends to a business and probity assessment of OBM System suppliers. This is a key indicator of the capacity of suppliers to meet the expectations of consumers and end-users.

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With OBM Systems serving many end user needs, type-approval caters for a range of uses without being hardwired to one policy need.

Type-approved OBM Systems are identifiable by the TCA Type-Approved logo:

TCA’s website provides a current list of available type-approved systems. If unsure about the legitimacy of type-approved offerings in the market, TCA can be contact directly on (03) 8601 4600.

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OBM CASE STUDY #1: ROCKY’S OWN TRANSPORT COMPANY (Rockhampton, QLD.) Headquartered in Rockhampton and with depots in Wacol, Helidon, Yarwun in Queensland; Dubbo and Newcastle in NSW; and Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, Rocky’s Own Transport Company provides general, specialist and express freight services. With a fleet of over 177 trucks and more than 220 trailers, and a staff of over 230, Rocky’s Own Transport prides itself on being a large company with a small, customer-focussed business culture and a strong focus on Health, Safety and Environment.

Rocky’s Own Transport has a total of 9 prime movers and 7 sets of A-Double trailers currently operating with OBM systems.

The systems have been fitted in accordance with the Performance Based Standards (PBS) requirements and also enable the trucks to operate under the IAP (Intelligent Access Program) on dedicated routes.

“Together with the obvious compliance aspect – both in terms of safety and route access - for us, the main initial drivers behind our move to PBS and IAP were efficiency and productivity,” said Rod Carige, National Fleet and Operations Manager with Rocky’s Own Transport.

“By enabling us to operate A-Doubles in place of B-Doubles, using vehicles fitted with OBM allows us to carry up to 81.5 tonnes per load, rather than the standard B-Double maximum payload of 64.5 tonnes.”

“What that means, in very real terms, is that having access to A-Doubles with type-approved OBM systems has effectively provided us with payload productivity boost of almost 27%,” he said. “What’s more, on some of the approved IAP routes, that maximum payload increases even further – up to 85.5 tonnes.”

“Importantly, it’s not just about the payload – it’s also about the access,” Rod added. “Having a TCA type-approved OBM system provides clear evidence that our loads are fully compliant and that, in turn, helps to maximise our access across the road network.”

“It’s a real win-win in terms of improving productivity, maximising payload capacity and, thanks to the fact that we can move more tonnes with fewer trucks and trips, reducing the environmental impact of our operations,” Rod Carige concluded.

OBM CASE STUDY #2 BAKER’S TRANSPORT (Penrith, NSW)

Based in Penrith in Sydney’s outer-west, Baker’s Transport operates a fleet of 30 trucks across its three key business areas of transport, excavation and landscape supplies.

The company currently has TCA typeapproved OBM systems installed in two Quad Dog units and, thanks to the success of these units, is looking to install OBM systems on additional trucks in its fleet.

“The primary catalyst behind our move to OBM was one of access,” Baker’s Transport, Director, Ted Baker, explained.

“Installing the TCA type-approved

OBM systems not only ensures that our Quad Dog units comply with the PBS requirements, it also enables us to take advantage of the NSW Safety, Productivity & Environment Construction Transport Scheme (SPECTS).”

SPECTS is a voluntary scheme designed to enable the efficient movement of construction materials to support growth of the greater Newcastle-SydneyWollongong area by allowing enrolled trucks carrying more materials greater road access in return for meeting higher environmental, safety and compliance

standards. Enrolled vehicles are required to have a Performance Based Standards (PBS) Vehicle Approval, have, at least, a Euro 5 engine, be fitted with a range of safety features, be enrolled in the Intelligent Access Program (IAP) and equipped with On-Board Mass (OBM) monitoring systems linked to the IAP, to provide compliance assurance in return for improved access.

“OBM is a real game-changer in terms of both productivity, efficiency and profitability,” Ted Baker said. “By enabling us to increase the payload for each load, while also gaining access to additional, more direct routes, OBM allows us to move more, with fewer trips, fewer total kilometres, fewer driving hours and fewer emissions – and that’s good for business.”

“What’s more, it’s not only good for us,” he continued. “With fewer trips and more direct routes, there are fewer total truck movements, which can deliver additional benefits in terms of reducing overall congestion on the roads,” he added.

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OBM CASE STUDY #3: ARKWOOD ORGANIC RECYCLING (Gatton, QLD.) Gatton-based Arkwood Organic Recycling have TCA type-approved OBM systems fitted to one of their Tri-Bogey-Tri A-Double units as well as a Prime Mover with Quad Single trailer, and will also be installing an OBM system on their new Triple Bogey A-Double unit which is due to be delivered from their preferred supplier Sloanebuilt Trailers in the near future. The units are used for transporting dewatered Biosolids from Waste Water Treatment Plants across Queensland, ready for reuse, predominantly by users in the agricultural sector.

While the majority of Arkwood’s work is centred around the area stretching from Noosa to Tweed in South East Queensland, their trucks travel as far north as Cairns, as well as into central and western Queensland.

Not surprisingly – considering the size of the vehicles they’re operating – for Arkwood Organic Recycling, having TCA type-approved OBM systems is a critical factor in their compliance requirements, and therefore, a critical part of their overall business operations. Brinsley Hammond, Manager with Arkwood Organic Recycling, explained: “Basically, if we didn’t have OBM systems fitted, we wouldn’t be able to use trucks of this size on a large percentage of the road

network.”

“Importantly, even though we have to have OBM systems to use our trucks on the majority of the road network, they do provide us with a range of significant benefits, including, most notably, an increase in payload of around 7 tonnes per load on the Quad Semi over a standard Tri-Axle Semi and an increase of around 14 tonnes payload on the Tri-Bogey-Tri A-Double over our PBS Truck and Quad Dog combinations,” he added. “And as anyone in transport would know, every tonne we can carry is income - and an extra minimum of

7 tonnes in every load, adds up to a significant amount of additional revenue over the course of a year.”

“With the TCA type-approved OBM systems we can maximise our payloads, prove our compliance and get access to faster, more efficient routes – it’s a big win for us on a number of levels,” he said. “Basically, the only alternative would be to use smaller trucks, which would result in more trucks on the road, more kilometres travelled, higher operating costs, reduced productivity and higher emissions,” he concluded.

INTELLIGENT MASS CONSULTATION On 1 November TCA released a document on the new Intelligent Mass application for consultation with stakeholders.

Intelligent Mass is being implemented as a new application of the National Telematics Framework that enables vehicle mass and configuration to be linked with other telematics data (such as location, time and speed) for a range of policy and decisionmaking purposes.

The Chief Executive Officer of TCA, Chris Koniditsiotis, said “The document we released in early November is the draft Intelligent Mass Functional and Technical Specification, which contains the performance requirements that need to be met by technology providers – or consumers with their own systems – to deliver the application.”

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“The Specification also describes the key participants and their interactions in using the Intelligent Mass application.”

The Intelligent Mass application builds upon the capabilities offered by typeapproved On-Board Mass (OBM) Systems, which provide high levels of accuracy, reliability and robustness in the measurement of vehicle mass. The possible use of other mass monitoring devices are also accommodated within the application.

As an application of the National Telematics Framework, the Intelligent Mass application references common components of the platform including the Telematics Data Dictionary, the Telematics Data Exchange and associated Business Rules.

“Referencing these common components allows the Intelligent Mass application to

co-exist with other telematics applications on the same government-endorsed digital business platform,” said Mr Koniditsiotis.

“The implementation of the Intelligent Mass application responds to a diverse range of stakeholder needs across different industry sectors and regulatory environments. One immediate use of the application is the ability to better operate the road network with knowledge of the actual mass of a vehicle – instead of making assumptions about vehicle loading – to better 'sweat-the-asset'."

TCA invites feedback on the draft Specification to ensure that the document meets the needs of all stakeholders by Friday 7 December.

A copy of the draft Specification can be requested by contacting TCA at tca@tca.gov.au or on (03) 8601 4600.

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LEADING THE ‘WEIGH’ SINCE 1975 From its relatively humble beginnings in Brisbane in the mid-1970s, TRAMANCO has not only grown to become on one of Australia’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of specialist on-board vehicle weighing equipment, it is also become a global leader in the field of ‘evidentiarystandard’ On-Board Mass (OBM) data collection and reporting systems. Indeed, TRAMANCO is one of only two companies currently granted Type Approval under Transport Certification Australia’s (TCA’s) world-leading OBM Functional and Technical Specification.

After making its start in specialist truck and trailer engineering, TRAMANCO first became involved with on-board weighing systems in 1978, working with operators in the road transport, mining and waste management sectors. Not surprisingly, with the technology still relatively new, the challenges of those initial installations are what provided TRAMANCO’s Founder and Managing Director, Roger Sack, with the impetus to develop the company’s own ‘CHEK-WAY®’ OBM solutions.

“While on the surface, on board weighing may seem to be a fairly straight-forward proposition, it is a significantly more complex challenge than it appears – especially if you want accuracy,” Roger said.

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going to keep working, for many years, and in some instances, for literally millions of kilometres, in some of the roughest, dirtiest and hottest operating environments to be found anywhere on the planet – a major challenge to say the least,” he said.

“When we first started out with on-board weighing systems, it was a sector which was very much still in its infancy, and much of our time was spent trying to identify and overcome unforeseen challenges of accuracy and reliability,” Roger added. “Indeed, the idea for the CHEK-WAY Eliminator came from seeing the problems and short-comings of the equipment we were working with at the time, and trying to come at the problem from a different direction.”

First released in the 1980s, TRAMANCO’s Australian-made CHEK-WAY® Eliminator Electronic Weighing System was the first digital, multiplexed, multi-channel weighing system available in Australia – possibly the world - and it rapidly gained an enviable reputation for both accuracy, performance and reliability.

“The CHEK-WAY® Eliminator was an immediate success,” Roger said. “By focussing on the development of a software-based system using high quality, purpose-designed hardware, our in-house engineering team was able to create a system capable of eliminating or resolving all 69 of the then-known shortcomings of the other systems that were available at the time.”

Another critical factor in the success of the CHEK-WAY® Eliminator is the system’s scalability and upgradability. From basic systems measuring gross weights with two channels, through to multi-function systems featuring up to 16 channels on the one system, CHEK-WAY® Eliminator provides the flexibility to be expanded and/or upgraded to meet the needs of any application.

What’s more, being software-based rather than hardware-based, the system provides TRAMANCO’s engineers with the ability to re-programme it to suit any potential configuration changes. This not only provides a high-level of ‘future-proofing’ for users, it also allows the system to be easily upgraded to incorporate new Performance-Based Standards (PBS) such as vehicle dimensions.

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NT's Indigenous Child Safety Program Takes Out Top Road Safety Prize A Northern Territory indigenous program changing the attitudes and behaviours towards the use of proper child car restraints has taken out Australasia’s premier road safety award, the 3M-ACRS Diamond Road Safety Award, recognising exemplary innovation and effectiveness to save lives and injuries on roads. The Northern Territory Motor Accidents (Compensation) Commission (MACC) project, led by Team Leader Christine Thiel, has been developed to reduce the incidence of death and serious injury of children aged 7 and under through the increased use of properly fitted child restraints.

Indigenous children are dying or seriously injured on Northern Territory roads because they are not properly restrained. In regional and remote areas it is “normal” for babies and toddlers to be carried on laps, standing on seats or even riding in the back of a Ute. Of the 48 Indigenous children killed or seriously injured in a car crash over the past 10 years only 6 were restrained in a baby capsule or child car seat. The personal impact of road trauma to the child, their extended family and community is immense with many children and infants becoming permanently disabled and requiring lifetime care.

Recognising the enormity of the challenge MACC’s approach is to make the change one community at a time with a simple program model that is scale-able and easily replicated.

The program commenced July 2017 with 630 child restraints distributed/fitted across 9 communities in the first year and is and on track to install a total of 1800 child restraints across 24 communities by 30 June 2019. The program is on-going.

The award was presented during October by the Hon Michael McCormack MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, Mr Lauchlan McIntosh AM, President of the Australasian College of Road Safety, and Mr Dan Chen, Vice President & General Manager, 3M’s Transportation Safety Division.

The award ceremony was attended by over 600 of Australasia’s foremost road safety professionals and advocates attending the ARSC2018 Conference Gala Dinner and Awards ceremony in Sydney.

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Mr McCormack congratulated all of this year’s award winners for their contribution to improving road safety throughout Australia.

“These awards showcase the breadth and diversity of the great work that’s being done to reduce road trauma and increase road safety in our community,” he said.

“I'd like to congratulate all of the winners for their invaluable contributions which have helped to enhance road safety standards in so many different ways.

“The Federal Government takes road safety seriously and understands the importance of awards such as this to help develop and encourage industry leadership and to deliver better outcomes,” he added.

“I’d especially like to congratulate Christine Thiel and the team from the Northern Territory MACC project for winning the major road safety award which has contributed to a reduction in the number of deaths and serious injuries of indigenous children in regional Australia, through the installation of properly fitted child restraints.”

ACRS President, Mr Lauchlan McIntosh AM, said “Our 2018 winner, the MACC project, led by Christine Thiel, demonstrates a program aimed at bringing about zero road deaths and injuries in the critical under 7 age group."

"These Awards have proven to be very successful in helping to transfer the ideas from successful projects to other areas and also to encourage the winners to continue and expand their projects. Reducing the risks for young vulnerable children travelling in cars is essential."

Ms Thiel said, “these awards create the opportunity to shine a spotlight on new and innovative road safety initiatives that we might not otherwise hear about. The awards also provide recognition of those that enable and support these programs, in our case the NT Motor Accidents (Compensation) Commission (MACC) and of the passionate people who help bring these programs to life such as our delivery partner Kidsafe NT.” Judges considered the specific features of the many projects submitted, particularly in terms of innovation in thinking and technology, problem-solving as well as the real benefits in reducing trauma. Costeffectiveness and transferability to other areas were other key criteria.

Finalists for this hotly-contested award came from many areas. These included new ideas and actions from local and state government groups, collaborative programs led by local and regional police groups, individuals passionately pursuing specific projects to reduce risk, industry associations and transport companies implementing

programs with targets to ensure safe operations, news programs, and specific education for specialist groups. These are just a few examples of the successful projects awarded as Finalists (15 in total) and Highly Commended (3) winners this year.

Highly Commended winners for 2018 include: • Trailer Safety Control - Bosch Australia Philipp Frueh • Crash Investigation Alliance - Fatals & Vulnerable Users(CIA-FV) - Queensland Police Service (QPS) - Chris Smith • Buckle-Up Safely - The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW Sydney - Kate Hunter “3M is very proud to partner with the ACRS on this prestigious award which continues to enable great programs to be shared, celebrated and replicated to reach their potential on road safety”, said Dan Chen, Vice President & General Manager, 3M’s Transportation Safety Division.

“3M is about applying science to life to get every family home safely. Nowhere is the focus more important than saving lives of young children on our roads.”

As the winning team leader, Christine Thiel will travel to the USA to attend the 49th ATSSA Annual Convention & Traffic Expo in 2019, and will also visit 3M Global Headquarters in Minnesota.

About the Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS) The Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS) is the region’s peak membership association for road safety professionals, advocates, and members of the public who are focused on saving lives and serious injuries on our roads. The College provides an inclusive, collaborative environment promoting communication, networking, professionalism & advocacy across all spheres of road safety – including policy, advocacy, research, innovation, technologies, and management… to name just a few.

ACRS membership includes experts from all areas of road safety: policy makers, academics, community organisations, researchers, federal, state and local government agencies, private companies and members of the public.

Sharing Roads Safely Vulnerable road user awareness training for heavy vehicle drivers: a new benchmark in road safety training in Victoria.

The Amy Gillett Foundation recently started piloting a new truck driver training program on how to share the roads safely with vulnerable road users: Sharing Roads Safely, for the first time.

The training program, designed to increase truck driver awareness of vulnerable road users, has been developed by national cycling safety charity, the Amy Gillett Foundation, for Rail Projects Victoria in consultation with the heavy vehicle industry, road safety experts and vulnerable road user groups.

Once finalised the training program will be delivered to heavy vehicle drivers involved in major rail and road infrastructure projects in Victoria, including the Melbourne Metropolitan Rail Project and the Cross Tunnel Project.

“Major infrastructure projects will help to keep Melbourne moving. But we need to make sure that we keep everyone safe in the process”, said Phoebe Dunn, CEO of the Amy Gillett Foundation. “Sharing Roads Safely combines international experience with local content to deliver a best practice program specific to Australian roads”.

The program combines online content with classroom activities and a practical onroad component including truck drivers riding bicycles, including e-bikes.

Key components The training program involves three components: • An on-line module, introducing the key concepts and issues • A classroom-based program, where these concepts and issues are explored in more depth, including common scenarios presented by vulnerable road users • An experiential component where truck drivers spend time on bikes and in common pedestrian scenarios to experience the road environment from different perspectives The training package has been informed by overseas and interstate experience, and developed in consultation with industry, road safety and education experts and vulnerable road user groups. The package represents Australian best practice.

Trials begin at SA regional junctions to improve safety South Australia’s Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) is trialling a Rural Junction Active Warning System (RJAWS) which will improve safety on the State’s rural road network.

This system, originally developed in Sweden, has been trialled in New Zealand as part of a wider program to address safety at high risk rural junctions.

The RJAWS is being trialled at four junctions: • Cudlee Creek Road / Fox Creek Road junction • McLaren Flat Road / Baker Gully Road junction • Bull Creek Road / Paris Creek Road junction • Horrocks Highway / Stradbrooke Road junction.

The system involves installing variable speed limit signs at junction approaches which are radar triggered by the presence of side road traffic. Motorists crossing a major road or turning right onto a major rural road can underestimate the required gap to do so safely, so the activation of a reduced speed limit for a short section of road approaching the junction will increase this gap time.

Lower vehicle speeds also translate to lower impact speeds in the event of a collision, which reduces the severity of sustained injuries.

The RJAWS is also useful for rural junctions where the line of sight may cause motorists to underestimate the required gap to enter or cross a major rural road, or the cost to rectify the line of sight is prohibitive.

The $500,000 project is funded by DPTI’s Annual Program.

Variable speed limit signs will be installed at junction approaches, which are radar triggered by traffic approaching from a side road. Image Courtesy SA DPTI

NTC and NHVR mark commencement date of new Chain of Responsibility laws NTC and NHVR acknowledge a road safety milestone during October as amendments to chain of responsibility duties in the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) took effect.

NTC Acting Chief Executive Dr Geoff Allan says these reforms, developed by NTC over several years of close consultation with industry and government, respond to calls to improve the safety and productivity of road transport operations.

“The priority was to create greater clarity and consistency of CoR laws while reinforcing that all parties who influence heavy vehicle safety must act responsibly. Operators, consignors, consignees and loading managers all have a role to help ensure road users can get home safely at the end of each day.”

“The reforms remove prescriptive obligations, providing greater flexibility for industry in how they achieve safety outcomes. They also encourage parties in the chain to be proactive in managing risks. This performance-based approach to regulation will underpin our upcoming review of the HVNL,” Dr Allan said.

NHVR Chief Executive Officer Sal Petroccitto says the NHVR has been working with many of the 165,000 businesses across the heavy vehicle supply chain to prepare for these important changes.

“These reforms recognise that every party in the heavy vehicle transport supply chain has a duty to ensure safety.”

“The best way to do this is to have safety management systems and controls in place, such as business practices, training and procedures,” Mr Petroccitto said.

Included in HVNL changes that took effect on October 1 are the loading performance standards, which have been transferred from the Load Restraint Guide for heavy vehicles into the HVNL. The Load Restraint Guide will continue to provide guidance on appropriate methods for restraining loads.

The NTC completed the review and update of the latest Load Restraint Guide in 2017 and will hand over future maintenance of the guide to the NHVR.

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Shining a Light on Road Hazards Cohda Wireless has demonstrated a smart street light concept that has been designed to alert motorists to the presence of broken-down vehicles.

The streetlight system proposed by Cohda Wireless will see the luminosity of the street light increase from 20% to 100% intensity to alert motorists that a car has broken down in the immediate vicinity of the light.

Cohda Wireless CEO Dr Paul Gray explained that the concept could utilise connected smart city infrastructure to make roads safer by highlighting a significant road hazard, encouraging motorists to slow down and be more alert, thereby reducing the risk of an accident.

“Broken-down vehicles present a significant risk to all road-users, more especially on freeways and motorways when its dark or where there are blind rises or bends,” explained Dr Gray.

“Our concept proposes that an on-board application in the vehicle sends a notification via DSRC to the nearest streetlight to the car that has broken down."

"The streetlight, which has been fitted with hardware that receives and interprets the message, sends a message to the controller of the smart street light, typically in the Cloud, which in turn responds by increasing the luminosity of the street light until the vehicle leaves the scene under its own power or is towed away.”

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on connecting street light infrastructure and enhancing control functionality."

"This is about Vehicle-To-Infrastructure technology plugging into these networks to enhance road safety.”

“It’s a relatively simple concept, but it could save lives,” added Dr Gray.

Reverse Camera Set To Be Standard On Every Hino A leader in safety, Hino Australia has announced that, by the middle of 2019, reverse cameras will be standard equipment on its entire range of light, medium and heavy-duty trucks. Hino is the first truck

manufacturer in Australia to announce it will offer this safety equipment as standard across its complete range.

First introduced as standard equipment on the Hino 300 Series models in 2016 and then on the 500 Series Wide Cab the following year, the reverse camera will be yet another feature of the comprehensive safety package on the all-new 500 Series Standard Cab models, due for release during November.

“This will be rolled out to the 700 Series within the first half of 2019,” said Daniel Petrovski, Hino Australia’s Manager of Product Strategy.

The reverse camera includes both night vision capability plus a microphone to further assist drivers when manoeuvring the vehicles.

“Drivers will benefit from almost 360-degree vision for improved safety when manoeuvring so they can see and hear what is happening behind them when reversing, loading and unloading.

“This is in addition to the already exceptional vision provided by the combination of generously sized windscreens, large electronically adjustable heated mirrors and convex spotter mirrors which are standard on every Hino truck.

“The all-new street smart 500 Series Standard Cab will feature the most comprehensive active safety package offered by a Japanese manufacturer in the current Australian medium duty category market including Vehicle Stability Control and reverse camera,” he continued.

Australian pricing and full specifications including further information about additional safety features of the all-new 500 Series Standard Cab FC, FD and FE models will be available in late November 2018 at dealerships nationwide and online at: www.hino.com.au

Hino Australia has announced that, by the middle of 2019, reverse cameras will be standard equipment on its entire range of light, medium and heavy-duty trucks.

TMAA NEWS

FOCUS ON TRAFFIC CONTROLLER SAFETY Traffic Management Association of Australia (TMAA) President, Stephen O’Dwyer, has placed safety at the head of the table for traffic controllers across Australia.

Speaking at the inaugural Traffic Controller Forum held in Queensland during October, Mr O’Dwyer noted that bringing about safety through education and advertising would reduce the dangers faced each day by traffic controllers.

“It is time for the Association to tackle the safety of our traffic controllers and roadworkers by learning about the types of incidents that occur each day and working on strategies to remove risk,” he said.

The TMAA is engaging directly with our traffic controllers to seek their feedback on all projects currently underway to secure safety, training and professionalism for the industry.

“But this is not enough. We need to educate the public to slow down and be vigilant in their awareness of what is going on at roadworks and on the roads in general,” he said.

“To drive this message, TMAA has partnered with Safer Australian Roads and Highways (SARAH) Group, and is working closely with SARAH Group President Peter Frazer, to align and protect vulnerable road users,” he said.

Mr O’Dwyer said the TMAA intended to roadshow the Traffic Controllers Forum in other states to engage with traffic controllers, understand their frustrations and concerns and better provide for their safety.

He noted there was much change occurring within the industry and within the Civil Construction industry as a result of the harmonisation of these industries across the country.

“There will finally be an opportunity for consistency in our industry across borders, which will help in the education of the public around the meaning of roadwork signs and the need for them to slow down,” he said.

Mr O’Dwyer said an added part of this safety push, will be the release of two further roadworker safety advertisements across the next 12 months nationally.

“We have had much success in the Northern Territory, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory with the ‘Traffic Management. Our Job. Your Safety.’ and ‘Your Speed is our Safety’ campaigns,” he said.

Mr O’Dywer noted there had been considerable improvement in driver behaviour as a result of these advertisements, particularly in Tasmania, where the campaign had run for two years.

Speaking at the inaugural Traffic Controller Forum held in Queensland during October, TMAA President, Stephen O’Dwyer, placed safety at the head of the table for traffic controllers across Australia.

“I thank the state and territory governments for the work they are doing in this space, and for their support in providing funding to continue the next two instalments of this safety campaign advertisement for television, radio, print and social media,” he said.

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Australian super funds announce $15 billion Melbourne Airport ‘Super Train’ A consortium backed by the superannuation of more than seven million Australians recently announced a detailed plan for Melbourne’s long-awaited airport rail link, promising the fastest travel times, a premium around-the-clock service and enhanced access for regional Victorians.

AirRail Melbourne, comprising IFM Investors, Melbourne Airport, Metro Trains Australia and Southern Cross Station, unveiled its blueprint for the development of the rail link with the Victorian and Australian Governments.

Under the $15 billion plan, AirRail Melbourne is proposing to match the $5 billion funding announced by both the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments to build a worldclass link that unlocks additional rail capacity and creates thousands of new jobs.

‘Super Train’ key features: • 20-minute travel time to the city, using a redeveloped Sunshine Station super-hub to provide greater access for regional passengers; • Construction-ready in late 2020, two years earlier than currently planned; • 24/7 trains, departing every 10 minutes during peak periods, with passengers fast-tracked at Southern Cross Station and Melbourne Airport to cut interchange times;

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• One-way tickets at less than $20 in today’s prices; • Reduction of 10 minutes from travel times for regional services into the city via new dedicated tracks; • Supporting 12,000 jobs each year during construction and stimulating 13,000 jobs in Melbourne’s west and Victoria’s regions; and • 27 kilometres of new track and twin rail tunnels to deliver a premium airport rail service and open up additional capacity for rail services to Melbourne’s booming west.

The ‘Super Train’ proposal would connect the entire Victorian rail network with the airport, cut road congestion in Melbourne’s west and north and complement the Metro Tunnel and proposed Suburban Rail Loop projects.

AirRail Melbourne represents a logical combination of globally recognised transport operators and investors. With the operators of both Melbourne Airport and Southern Cross Station in the consortium, and experience in international airport rail links, AirRail Melbourne is uniquely placed to accelerate the delivery of this city-shaping project for the benefit of all Victorians and visitors to the state.

IFM Investors chief executive Brett Himbury said “Our ‘Super Train’ investment proposal represents a significant opportunity for seven million Australians to invest in a nation-building project through their superannuation funds.

A partnership between the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments demonstrates the universal support for this essential project which has transformed talk of a Melbourne Airport Rail Link into a viable project that drives productivity for the nation. This ‘Super

Train’ will help grow the superannuation accounts of millions of Australians through a dependable long-term crucial infrastructure investment.”

Melbourne Airport chief executive officer Lyell Strambisaid “As Melbourne marches toward becoming Australia’s largest city our infrastructure needs to keep pace. Key to this is the development of the airport and all its elements to cope with a near doubling of passengers over the next 20 years.”

“As we expand our runways and terminal facilities we also need world-class linkages between the airport, city and regional Victoria.

Our vision is for a seamless passenger experience at the airport, properly integrated between the train carriage and the terminal.”

Metro Trains Australia managing director (acting) Leah Waymark said “We are committed to delivering a world-class service with the frequency, comfort, safety and reliability people expect of a high-performing airport rail line. Victorians and visitors alike will benefit from being able to plan their journey with precision. The Melbourne Airport Rail Link is an essential part of an interconnected public transport service for our growing international city.”

Southern Cross Station CEO Colin Chanter said "With more than a million people passing through our station each week, Southern Cross is uniquely positioned to connect local and international travellers with Melbourne Airport, the CBD, metropolitan Melbourne and the rest of Victoria. Our design enhances the capacity of Melbourne’s broader rail network from day one, allowing more trains to run more often and supercharges future upgrades to metro and regional rail lines.”

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Salini Impregilo wins Project of The Year Award for work on Sydney Metro Northwest Salini Impregilo has won two prestigious awards for the skytrain bridge and other civil works done for Sydney Metro NORTHWEST in Australia, making it the only company to win both the 2018 Project of the Year and the 2018 Global Best Project for the railway sector from Engineering News-Record (ENR), the influential U.S. industry magazine that described the works as elegant, innovative and sustainable.

The skytrain bridge, a curved, cable-stayed structure, is the crowning achievement of the four-kilometre viaduct built by Salini Impregilo for Sydney Metro Northwest, the first phase of Sydney Metro, Australia’s biggest public transport project

that will connect the city centre with the outlying areas.

Running 36 kilometres at a total cost of AU$8.3 billion, Sydney Metro Northwest will be the first fully-automated metro rail system in the country. It is a project built in a densely populated urban area. Salini Impregilo’s work kept major roads open while building the deck 35 meters above passing cars. It is set to open in 2019.

With the billions of Australian dollars that the country is investing in infrastructure, Australia has become an important market for Salini Impregilo.

In Perth, the Group and a joint-venture partner are working on an 8.5-kilometre rail link that will connect the eastern suburbs

with the city centre, helping reduce traffic congestion and air pollution.

In addition, the Anacostia River Tunnel project in Washington, D.C., won the Award of Merit in the water/wastewater category in which the Group has been recognized leader since 2013. The Anacostia River Tunnel, part of the Clean Rivers project of DC Water, involved the construction of a 3.8 km hydraulic tunnel, mostly under the Anacostia River, a tributary of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. The tunnel will transport combined wastewater and rainwater to prevent pollution of the river during periods of heavy rainfall.

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Eyiste Viaduct – a record-breaking project that connects Formwork expertise from Doka is much in demand in Turkey right now for construction of the country’s highest viaduct. With piers up to 155 metres tall, the Eyiste Viaduct will be the connecting link between Central Anatolia and Turkey’s Mediterranean region, shortening travel time between the cities of Konya and Alanya. Cantilever forming travellers and Automatic climbing formwork Xclimb 60 from Doka are in use on this major bridge project 1372 metres in length and carried by two abutments and 8 piers, the viaduct will span the Göksu River near Bağbaşı District. The superstructure of the balanced cantilever bridge has 9 spans, the longest of which is 170 metres. The piers vary in height from 31 to 155 metres. Work started in March 2017 and the structure is scheduled to be opened for traffic in June 2020. The bridge’s superstructure is being constructed by the balanced cantilever method, which is ideal for long spans and has established itself as the method of choice for bridge-building projects in Turkey. A total of 130,000m3 of concrete and 28,000 metric tons of steel (excluding prestressing cables) will be used in construction of this viaduct.

3D model tried and tested under extreme conditions Differing pier heights and the long deck cause differences in the way external influences affect the structure. The CSiBridge software was used to model the viaduct in 3D so that the bridge’s ability to handle vertical and lateral forces could be assessed and the results incorporated into planning.

The simulations indicated that the shortest pier (31 metres) would be most affected by seismic forces. The long bridge deck and the tallest pier (155 metres), by contrast, would

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be more susceptible to creep, shrinkage and temperature effects (CST) and to wind loads.

Based on these results, only the four tallest piers are being cast monolithically with the deck sections. The deck remains supported on longitudinally sliding bearings, providing flexibility and reducing seismic effects.

High-performing cantilever forming travellers The balanced cantilevering superstructure sections of the new Eyiste Viaduct are constructed toward each other from pier head to pier head. The four cantilever forming travellers (CFTs) work in pairs, so that the horizontal forces acting on the bridge piers are always in equilibrium. The travellers can handle varying section lengths from 3,00 to 5,00 metres and concrete weights up to 250 metric tons. The forming carriages speed up progress on the build and allow for variations in segment geometry. Slide bearings secure the CFTs against unwanted travelling on longitudinal gradients. Fully enclosed working platforms on all levels and hydraulic test

The 155-metre pier will be the tallest structure of its kind in Turkey. ©Doka

1372 metres in length, the Eyiste Viaduct will be a connecting link between Central Anatolia and Turkey’s Mediterranean region. ©Doka

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About Doka Doka is a world leader in developing, manufacturing and distributing formwork technology for use in all fields of the construction sector. With more than 160 sales and logistics facilities in over 70 countries, the Doka has a high-performing distribution network which ensures that equipment and technical support are provided swiftly and professionally. An enterprise forming part of the Umdasch Group, the Doka employs a worldwide workforce of 6,700.

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Automatic climbing formwork Xclimb 60 from Doka is in use on this build. ©Doka

Two abutments and 8 piers carry the structure. The shortest pier is 31 metres in height, the tallest is 155 metres. ©Doka

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CCF believes $500m Adelaide Airport-to-City Light Rail is a ‘must do’ project There is a renewed push to win support for a proposed $500 million light rail or tram line connecting Adelaide Airport to the CBD. The project has been described recently as a “must do” and “do now” project by the influential industry lobby group, the Civil Contractors Federation – South Australia.

It has called for an immediate high level re-assessment of the proposal first mooted in December last year with a follow-up call for Expressions of Interest.

The CCF cites immediate but much needed economic, tourism and construction benefits from such a project.

The lobby group says it particularly backs the line’s mooted “no poles or wires” infrastructure. This would see the introduction to Adelaide in a landmark Australian transport breakthrough, of battery powered trams already in use in such leading modern cities like Dubai.

The proposed line was raised last year as a private sector undertaking by the renowned Downer engineering and construction group, which is already working on Adelaide’s current tram network expansion.

“We believe that it is time for government to revisit the proposal for a light rail-tram between Adelaide Airport and the Adelaide CBD,” CCF (SA)’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Phil Sutherland.

“The closeness of our airport to the city –

six kilometres – is unique in Australia and as a flat ground level footprint, makes a battery powered light rail facility logical and valueadding,” Mr Sutherland said.

“It is a no brainer that presents business people, tourists and local residents with an easily accessible, world-class, environmentally friendly, short commute to the State’s premier political, business, retail, tourist, accommodation and dining precinct – and its intra-light rail connectivity around our famed CBD square mile.”

Mr Sutherland said whether the Downer Group still wanted involvement or not in such a project, the Government needed to “fire up” private sector interest.

“This should particularly be among Australia’s major super funds which understand the value of backing long-term (30 years), commercially viable infrastructure operations and investments in projects such as light rail, toll-based highways and airport ownership.

“This is an iconic project, uses tried and proven conventional light rail construction techniques, but allows Adelaide to be seen as progressive and innovative in its transport offerings and solutions,” Mr Sutherland said.

“It also brings Adelaide into line with Australia’s much larger domestic airports which offer ‘front-door’ rail access to their respective inner-city confines.”

Mr Sutherland said the CCF had been encouraged by the new Government taking a fresh approach to public transport and looking at unique and innovative ideas.

“Any private sector proposal then for the construction, funding and operating of such a logical piece of transport infrastructure, should be prioritised for consideration.

“With the completion of the new hotel at the airport and plans for the major expansion

of the airport precinct, the time is now right for a modern battery powered tram link to the city. These battery powered trams are available now, and recharge while at stations and through excess energy on their grid – negating any need for the poles and wires of our existing tram network.

“We understand there is provision in the airport expansion plan for a tram station outside the new airport hotel and that Adelaide Airport’s management is supportive of this proposal.

“A route can be established with a spur line out of the airport and along Sir Donald Bradman Drive with about three stops to then connect with the existing tram line in Victoria Square.”

Mr Sutherland said that from a public transport perspective, the Downer proposal has ‘a great deal of merit’.

“People arriving into Adelaide Airport could have the option of a modern, quiet, pollution-free and relatively fast tram to get them to the CBD – a good ‘first impression’ of Adelaide and SA.”

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Unfortunately, this has also led to confusion amongst some equipment owners as to what equipment is compliant and, perhaps more importantly, what the

FACT 1

status of their equipment will be after Australia moves to MASH as the testing standard – a situation which is no doubt being inflamed by the inaccurate information and spurious claims that have surfaced over the past 12 months.

With that in mind, the following fact sheet has been developed to provide key information as to the current status of the ‘Transition to MASH Guidelines’ and, more importantly, to provide you with the information you need to ensure that your TMA complies with all of the relevant regulations.

FACT 3

Austroads Safety Barrier Assessment Panel (ASBAP) Transition to MASH Guidelines.

There is NO CUT-OFF DATE for compliant vs. noncompliant TMAs

On April 23 2018 the Austroads Safety Barrier Assessment Panel (ASBAP) announced that ‘…effective immediately, all submissions received by the Panel must be in accordance with AASHTO's MASH guidelines or an equivalence rating to MASH in accordance with AS/NZS3845 Parts 1 and 2’ rather than the previous NCHRP350 guidelines.

While there is a formal agreement on the transition to MASH testing from NCHRP350 testing, there have been NO FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS as to the future suitability and compliance of equipment tested and certified to NCHRP350.

The move towards MASH testing and certification is a complex process that will take some time to implement.

The Panel is transitioning the current suite of accepted road safety barrier systems and devices within the Australasian market to MASH guidelines over an extended timeframe, with Part 2 Products (which includes TMA’s) to be completed by 31 December 2020.

FACT 2

This DOES NOT by any definition mean that non-MASH tested equipment is suddenly obsolete or can no longer be used.

While the Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 3845.2:2017 ‘Road safety barrier systems and devices – Part 2: Road safety devices’ stipulates MASH as the basis of testing procedures for TMAs, it DOES NOT render devices that have been previously approved as tested under NCHRP350 guidelines obsolete or unusable – to suggest otherwise is simply NOT TRUE. The move towards MASH testing and certification is a complex process that will take some time to implement.

“In the past, devices tested to NCHRP TL3 have been considered acceptable for use on Australian and New Zealand roads. This can still be the case, although in the future MASH tested devices are likely to be preferred.”

Extract from AS/NZS 3845.2:2017 – Appendix D - 3.4 Testing to other standards

There is certainly NO CUT-OFF DATE for equipment that has been certified under the NCHRP350 testing while it is operational.

IMPORTANTLY, the updated Standard AS/NZS 3845.2:2017 specifically refers to and DOES NOT preclude TMAs that are tested and certified to NCHRP350 TL3 requirements.

TMAs that are tested and certified to NCHRP350 and/ or MASH specifications are listed with Barrier Terminals and Crash Cushions on the U.S. Department of Transport Federal Highway Administration website at: https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/roadway_dept/countermeasures/ reduce_crash_severity/listing.cfm?code=cushions

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TMAs must still be approved for use by State jurisdictions.

Even if a TMA is recommended for acceptance at an Austroads level by ASBAP, it must still be approved for use by the relevant State jurisdiction.

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The approval process is on-going and the lists are growing

The transition to MASH guidelines is a lengthy and on-going process. Lists of ‘Austroads Approved Products’ are currently a Work in Progress, and will continue to grow as the process progresses.

The fact that a product does not currently appear on a jurisdiction’s list, or if it is not currently listed as MASH approved, DOES NOT MEAN that it has not been successfully tested and certified to MASH guidelines, or that it is not acceptable for use in that jurisdiction. It may simply have not yet been assessed by ASBAP. Important Notes: 1. ASBAP have stated that after 31 December 2020, AS/NZS 3845.2:2017 type products should be assessed under MASH protocols.

2. Prior to 31 December 2020, crashworthiness may be demonstrated via crash testing to other protocols (for example, NCHRP350).

3. Operators are advised that over time, the list below will be populated as more products are submitted to ASBAP and assessed by ASBAP. Operators are recommended to be cognisant that the ASBAP assessment process may take considerable time, and they should continue with ‘business as usual’ arrangements.

4. Products not listed below may still be operationally acceptable to TMR under existing or future arrangements.

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ARRB OPENS NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART RESEARCH FACILITY It is a new state-of-the-art research facility which will help shape the future of transport in this country.

The multi-million dollar National Transport Research Centre was opened in Port Melbourne, Victoria, during September by Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack.

It will be the home of ARRB – the National Transport Research Organisation – providing a one-stop shop for Australia’s road and transport research. ARRB (Australian Road Research Board) is Australia’s key provider of road and transport research to governments, road agencies and academia on issues like driverless vehicle research, road safety and smart city design.

Based in the Fishermans Bend precinct, Australia’s largest urban renewal project, the National Transport Research Centre features world-class research labs and more than 100 staff working on everything from driverless vehicles and road safety to new smart pavements and what smart cities of the future should look like.

The state-of-the-art workspace at 80A Turner St, Port Melbourne, was created by workplace consulting specialists Amicus, who concentrated particularly on successfully integrating technology into the workplace.

The new facility contains 18 meeting rooms, including a large auditorium, and a purpose-built webinar, radio and video studio to help ARRB be at the centre of knowledge transfer within the road and transport industry. The bigger rooms and studio will be available for hire for all within the road and transport industry for workshops, webinars and conferences.

Mr McCormack paid tribute to ARRB’s work, which will be furthered by the unique facility.

“The George Jetson philosophy and visions of the future are happening right before us, and you at ARRB are front and centre of that,” Mr McCormack said.

“This facility is going to be front and centre of everything our nation is relying on (in roads and transport) with your world-class facilities.”

ARRB Chief Executive Officer Michael Caltabiano said the National Transport Research Centre would allow ARRB and Australia to further its research into future transport challenges facing the nation.

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“Our aim is to build towards a connected mobility future for all Australians, and this new facility will allow us to provide enhanced, cutting-edge research to governments, road agencies and academia on all aspects of roads and transport,” Mr Caltabiano said.

The move comes after ARRB had been based in Vermont South in Melbourne’s east for more than 40 years. The Vermont South property was sold to developers 18 months ago.

Mr Caltabiano has suggested with ARRB’s new home based there, the Fishermans Bend precinct would be an ideal venue for urban testbeds for driverless vehicles.

“We need more urban test-beds for driverless vehicles in Australia, and Fishermans Bend is an ideal location,” Mr Caltabiano said.

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Waterproofing bridges requires solutions that not only meet strict construction and technical government regulations but also deliver high performance and durability that extend bridges' lifespans.

“One of the most important factors of waterproofing bridges is the bond of the waterproofing membrane to the deck, whether it’s a steel or concrete deck, as well as its compatibility with asphaltic surfacing layers,” said John Volpicelli, Export Director for GCP Applied Technologies (UK) Ltd., who presented the paper during the Symposium.

Effective waterproofing should provide three key elements: 1. Enable a reliable transport surface for long-term use 2. Extend the lifespan of the bridge structure 3. Minimize disruption and reduce future maintenance costs

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ITS SPECIAL FEATURE

Intelligent Transport Systems News and Feature Articles

ITS SPECIAL FEATURE

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE US STATE OF MICHIGAN SIGN COOPERATIVE MOU ITS Australia participated in the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Australian Government and the US State of Michigan, signed by The Hon. Andrew Broad, Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister, and Kirk Steudle, Director Michigan Department of Transport.

The Australian Government is positioning the nation for safer roads through collaboration on high-tech vehicle and road systems, made possible by signing the MOU. The signing took place at the University of Melbourne which has played a central role in advancing the transport technology agreement between the governments of Australia and Michigan, primarily through AIMES (Australian Integrated Multimodal EcoSystem), of which ITS Australia is an active supporter.

Activities in Michigan and Australia are leading the development of intelligent transport technology and the MOU supports links between AIMES, home to a live test bed on Melbourne city streets, and Michigan’s Mcity and American Center for Mobility off-road facilities that will be highly beneficial in progressing advancement in this field.

ITS Australia and Austroads, along with University of Melbourne, are included in the MOU as key to supporting the bilateral cooperation on connected, automated and autonomous vehicle

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technologies occurring across the Australian, and Michigan ITS communities.

At the signing of the MOU, ITS Australia President Dean Zabrieszach said that he was grateful for the opportunity this MOU presents to the Australian ITS industry, “In particular the chance to for us to create and shape global best practice for the future of intelligent transport, connected and automated vehicles.”

• Mcity is a 32-acre mock city and proving ground built for the testing of wirelessly connected and driver-less cars located on the University of Michigan North Campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (https://mcity.umich.edu/) • The American Center for Mobility is a non-profit testing and product development facility for future mobility, designed to enable safe validation of connected and automated vehicle technology, and accelerate the development of voluntary standards. (http:// www.acmwillowrun.org/) • AIMES (Australian Integrated Multimodal EcoSystem) is a world-first living laboratory based in the streets of Melbourne. AIMES is being established to test highly integrated transport technology and its ability to deliver safer, cleaner and more sustainable urban transport outcomes. (https://industry.eng. unimelb.edu.au/aimes)

PICTURED ABOVE: Celebrating the recent signing of the MOU between the Australian Government and the US State of Michigan (seated L-R) Kirk Steudle, Director – Michigan Department of Transportation and The Hon. Andrew Broad, Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister, Government of Australia are joined by (standing L-R) Daniel Hoyne, VicRoads and AIMES Program Manager; Susan Harris, CEO ITS Australia; Dean Zabrieszach, President ITS Australia; Gary Liddle, Peter Sweatman and Majid Sarvi from University of Melbourne; Roland Pittar, Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities; and Kevin Kerrigan, Automotive Advisor, US State of Michigan.

ABOUT ITS AUSTRALIA Intelligent Transport Systems Australia (ITS Australia) promotes the development and deployment of advanced technologies to deliver safer, more efficient and environmentally sustainable transport across all public and private modes – air, sea, road and rail.

Established in 1992, ITS Australia advocates the application of communication, data processing and electronic technologies for in-vehicle, vehicle-tovehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure and mode-to-mode systems to increase transport safety and sustainability, reduce congestion, and improve the performance and competitiveness of Australia’s networks.

ITS Australia is an independent not-for-profit incorporated membership organisation representing ITS suppliers, government authorities, academia and transport businesses and users. Affiliated with peak ITS organisations around the world, ITS Australia is a major international contributor to the development of the industry and host of the 2001 and 2016 ITS World Congress.

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AUSTRALIAN ITS SUMMIT 2018 BREAKS ATTENDANCE RECORDS

Connected and Automated Vehicles, cyber security, Ride-Share, Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and AI (artificial intelligence) were among the transport technology hot-topics being discussed at this year’s Australian Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Summit.

ITS leaders from Asia Pacific, Europe, and USA joined the Australian smart transport community to explore current and future technologies at the Australian ITS Summit, 28-29 August 2018, at the International Convention Centre, Sydney.

Dean Zabrieszach, President ITS Australia said the Summit theme, Shaping Future Transport reflects the rapidly changing transport landscape of today while introducing future mobility technologies.

“The ITS industry continues to expand and reach into new industry segments, and increasingly plays a vital role in the safety, efficiency and sustainability of freight and people movement.

“Technology is changing so fast it not only presents opportunities to enhance the liveability

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of our cities and communities, it creates new and future business opportunities. Australia has the capability to capitalise on all of these.”

The ITS Summit included more than 100 Australian and international speakers, with Keynote presentations from government, international and local industry leaders all supported by a strong exhibition, technical tours and business opportunities.

Tom Walker, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, APAC at Cubic Transportation Systems said that he firmly believes that events like this week’s Summit play a critical role in driving Australia’s transport agenda forward through promoting discussion and debate about emerging ITS trends.

“In addition to having six Cubic speakers selected to present, the event offered an excellent opportunity to hear from a range of industry leaders on an array of topics including MaaS, CAVs, data and infrastructure connectivity.

“During the event New South Wales Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Andrew Constance, announced the deployment of the world’s most advanced transport management program here in Sydney. The Intelligent Congestion Management Program will see the NSW government and Cubic collaborate to build an advanced multimodal transport platform enabling the Transport Management Centre to predict the congestion impact if incidents 30 minutes into the future, and act in 5 minutes, reducing congestion and making journeys safer, faster and more reliable for travellers.”

An announcement about the Connected and Highly Automated Driving (CHAD) safety study, part of the larger Cooperative and Automated Vehicle Initiative (CAVI) being delivered by the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads, was also made during the conference.

The CAVI project will include Australia’s largest trial of Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems technologies, as well as an investigation into options for using emerging technologies to benefit pedestrians, cyclists and motorcycle riders.

The CAVI project is co-funded by the Motor Accident Insurance Commission, and will be delivered with the support of a number of organisations including Ipswich City Council.

Visiting from the UK, Daniel Ruiz, Chief Executive, Meridian Mobility said he was delighted to attend and present at, the ITS Summit 2018 and that the UK and Australia are amongst the emerging world leaders in the social revolution being powered by transport.

“I am pleased to be in Australia representing the UK’s government and industry investors in connected and autonomous transport; sharing what we are doing in the UK and discovering how we can work together to deliver the safety

and economic benefits offered by new mobility systems and services.”

“I was very impressed by the large number of attendees at this year’s Australian ITS Summit – the first for me and Meridian Mobility – and I see this event as a key opportunity for international organisations to share business ideas and opportunities.”

ITS Australia Chief Executive Susan Harris said that the strength of the industry was reflected in the attendance at the event, and the opportunities the event provided to progress the implementation of smart transport in Australia.

“We have heard some fresh ideas and concepts this year at the ITS Summit. There have been some presentations delivering controversial angles generating interesting debate and on occasion challenging the status-quo. This is refreshing for the industry that likes to have its thinking challenged ensuring we are heading in the right direction.”

“I was very impressed by the large number of attendees at this year’s Australian ITS Summit – the first for me and Meridian Mobility – and I see this event as a key opportunity for international organisations to share business ideas and opportunities.”

“ITS Australia has been leading the charge in shaping future transport for over 25 years, and we look forward to promoting and facilitating the collaboration and partnering amongst industry, government and academia in researching developing and deploying ITS technologies over the next 25 years.”

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BRIAN NEGUS TO BE RECOGNISED FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE AUSTRALIAN TRANSPORT AND INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS INDUSTRY

ITS AUSTRALIA PRESIDENT DEAN ZABRIESZACH HAS ANNOUNCED BRIAN NEGUS, AMBASSADOR TO ITS AUSTRALIA AS THE 2018 RECIPIENT OF THE MAX LAY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. The Max Lay Lifetime Achievement Award is an industry nominated award, named after Dr Max Lay AM, a globally recognised pioneer and leader in Transport and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). Recipients must personify achievement of the ultimate standard for a leader in the ITS field.

Brian Negus’ transport career has spanned over 50 years with extensive experience in the public sector, transferring that experience to support public policy on transport initiatives through his leadership in the private sector.

Brian remains engaged in several high profile and influential roles, including Ambassador to ITS Australia, where he continues to lead, guide and mentor organisation’s and individuals on a broad range of transport issues, especially smart technology solutions to improve transport, despite retiring from full time employment.

Brian Negus also holds a number of Board positions including ITS World Congress Board of Directors; Chairman of Collaborative ITS Consulting Australia (CICA) and Director of Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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Brian said it is an absolute honour to be recognised by peers and the ITS community.

“It has been a privilege to work with so many talented and innovative people over my career.

I have been thrilled to be a member of the ITS Australia and ITS World Congress Boards and be part of creating ITS Australia as a formative player both in Australia and internationally”, he said.

During his 6-year tenure as President of ITS Australia, Brian led the 23rd ITS World Congress and was Chair of the global ITS World Congress Board. This was the second ITS World Congress to be held in Australia and was hosted in Melbourne 2016. The event attracted more than 11,000 Australian and international delegates from 73 countries, was said to be one of the most successful World Congress events, and has received numerous accolades and awards in the years following.

Brian Negus began his career in road construction, then transport planning and traffic engineering. He followed a path from there

through the Road Traffic Authority, Department of Transport, Melbourne Port Corporation, Public Transport Victoria, VicRoads and finally holding the position of General Manager of Public Policy for the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria where he was instrumental in the initiative that resulted in the Victorian Government’s decision to remove 50 rail level crossings across the Melbourne road and rail networks.

During the 1980s, Brian held two senior positions in the Victorian Road Traffic Authority, Traffic Management Division. He was Group Manager, Traffic Signals where he projectmanaged the implementation of the SCATS traffic signal system in Melbourne, the first city to adopt SCATS from NSW, and then General Manager Traffic Management.

Away from work Brian Negus dedicates his voluntary time to Rotary Templestowe where he has been a Director and President initially from 1989 – 1995, and again since 2016 as Director of Membership and Marketing.

Dean Zabrieszach, President ITS Australia said “Brian is a trusted adviser in the entire transport field and he is widely valued because of his dedication and assiduity in supporting others and helping them to succeed.

“For most of his career Brian has been driving organisations, and the community, for progress in the transportation sector, especially smart technology solutions to improve transport safety, mobility and sustainability. It is because of this that the industry has chosen Brian to be the recipient of the Max Lay Lifetime Achievement Award.”

“I congratulate Brian on behalf of ITS Australia, and we look forward to officially presenting the award to him at the end of November,” he added.

The ITS Australia National Awards Presentation Night will be held in Brisbane at the Sofitel on 22 November 2018. The Director-General of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland, Neil Scales is the keynote speaker, and in addition to the Max Lay Lifetime Achievement Award, presentations will be made to winners of the Industry, Government, Automated Vehicle (sponsored by ADVI), Research and Young Professional categories.

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ITS AUSTRALIA NATIONAL AWARDS 2018 SHORTLISTED NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

“The industry has again impressed us not only by submitting a record number of nominations, but also with the extremely high quality of the nominations for this year’s awards, and after much consideration, we’re pleased to be able to announce the shortlisted finalists.”

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The intelligent transport industry in Australia continues to demonstrate its innovation and strengths through the nominations submitted to ITS Australia for the prestigious ITS Australia National Awards 2018.

Hosted by ITS Australia, the annual National ITS Awards recognise high-level individual and team achievement and are an opportunity to celebrate innovation and reward excellence.

In their 9th year, the Awards will be hosted by ITS Australia at Sofitel Brisbane on 22 November 2018, where the winners will be announced.

Neil Scales, Director-General, Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland who will be the Keynote Speaker for the event said “The ITS Australia National Awards are a valued part of the annual calendar for transport and technology alike.

“Integrated transport networks are an important responsibility to the community and I know there is so much work going on in Queensland alone. I am looking forward to hearing about the best projects and programs Australia has on offer that contribute to ensuring all Australians have appropriate transport choices and fair access to the transport system.”

The Judging Panel, comprising ITS leaders, took time to deliberate over the submissions received across all categories. Gino Dompietro, Chair of the Awards Committee said “The industry has again impressed us not only by submitting a record number of nominations, but also with the extremely high quality of the nominations for this year’s awards, and after much consideration, we’re pleased to be able to announce the shortlisted finalists.”

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INDUSTRY AWARD

EastLink – for the Freeway Tunnel Ventilation On-Demand System Project Description: Traditional tunnel ventilation systems are inefficient. Fans operate at fixed speed in manual mode or with individual fans programmed to switch on and off at pre-set times to ensure zero portal emissions with all emissions dispersed via ventilation stacks. EastLink’s new ventilation on demand (VoD) system matches variable speed fan drives with more efficient impellers which are dynamically controlled based on real-time data from tunnel gas/airflow sensors.

GOFAR – for GOFAR telematics solution Project Description: GOFAR is an affordable telematics solution that drivers like. It cuts the economic and social costs of driving both for individuals and society. Drivers say they like GOFAR because it empowers them by providing information to better deal with mechanics, better information to cut fuel costs and automatically maintains a logbook, saving drivers hours of tedium.

Transurban – for LinktGO – Mobile Tolling Solution Project Description: LinktGO is a digital payments platform that provides customers with mobilefirst access to transport services. It is a digital payments platform that provides customers with mobile-first access to transport services.

Launched as a toll payment solution, LinktGO has shifted the tolling paradigm from a TAG-based to mobile-based solution. Using patented locationbased technology and cloud-native architecture, LinktGO provides a highly efficient demanddriven tolling system.

GOVERNMENT AWARD

Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads – for iMaps – State-Wide Operations Map Project Description: The State-Wide Operations Interactive Map provides improved situational awareness to Queensland’s Transport Management Centres, through integration and visualisation of various real-time and static operational datasets. The solution enhances existing GIS platform capabilities, datasets and relationships to produce a new operational system to support improved situational awareness, network monitoring and incident response within TMR’s Traffic Management Centres.

Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads – for Successfully Integrating and Leveraging Off Multiple ITS Technologies to Perform Real-Time Performance Metrics and Analytics for the Commonwealth Games Project Description: This project was an example of how to successfully take several

ITS data sources, synthesize this and then successfully perform analytics to provide real time answers to congestion issues. The innovative aspect was how the real time information was drawn and leveraged from multiple ITS technologies to undertake real-time performance metrics and analytics for the Commonwealth Games.

Transport for NSW – for the On-Demand Transport Pilot Program Project Description: The NSW On Demand Transport program was launched in November 2016 to identify and pilot creative new ways to deliver transport services – on demand.

Innovative ideas were sought from the market through a robust, outcome focussed procurement strategy that challenged conventional thinking.

Bureaucracy was reduced without cutting integrity and enabled innovation – a procurement approach which is now being adopted and applied across Transport for NSW and other government departments.

AUTOMATED VEHICLE AWARD (SPONSORED BY THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND DRIVERLESS VEHICLE INITIATIVE – ADVI)

Centre for Technology Infusion, La Trobe University – for The Autonobus Pilot Project Project Description: With the aim of bringing autonomous shuttles a step closer to reality in Victoria, VicRoads supported the Autonobus Pilot Project Level 4 Automated Shuttle Trial.

An automated shuttle was tested in the real life and busy campus environment of La Trobe University as an actual use case of first and last mile connectivity. The project demonstrated that standards of safety, technical, operational and community acceptance can be met for successful and future deployment in similar environments.

National Transport Commission – for Changing Driving Laws to Support Automated Vehicles Project Project Description: This project is pivotal to accelerating the safe and successful introduction of driverless vehicles and answers questions about how current driving laws apply to automated vehicles and who is legally responsible for their operation. NTC’s public consultation processes provide critical feedback on the required regulatory framework in Australia and will provide nationally consistent and certain regulation – vital to establishing Australia as an attractive deployment location to automated vehicle manufacturers.

Transport for NSW – for the Connected and Automated Vehicle Program Project Description: Transport for NSW has

accelerated the safe and successful introduction of driverless vehicles to Australian roads through a comprehensive program of works to prepare NSW for a driverless future. Transport for NSW is making a record investment in transport infrastructure, services and technology to enable the future and respond to emerging technologies.

Transport for NSW has set a strong vision for the future, introduced enabling legislation for CAVS and Point to Point transport and actively encourages open collaboration with industry and academia.

RESEARCH AWARD

Advanced Data Analytics in Transport, Data61 CSIRO – for an Artificial Intelligence Engine for Traffic Congestion Management Project Description: Data61 and Transport for NSW jointly developed a prototype AI engine for congestion management. The AI engine trains machine-learning models that complement traffic simulation for network prediction. The development is the first of its kind in Australia to make use of the power of deep-learning and big-data analytics to provide at real-time the foresight of transport network situations and the insight on the impact of major disruptions to multi-modal, end-to-end journeys in NSW. Infrastructure Victoria – for Automated and Zero Emissions Vehicles Infrastructure – Evidence Base Project Description: While driverless cars may seem like fantasy, they are quickly becoming reality. Cities overseas are planning to roll out driverless taxi fleets before the end of 2018, and they may be on the streets of Victoria sooner than we think. To figure out what we need to do to prepare for the uptake of driverless and zero emissions vehicles, Infrastructure Victoria undertook a raft of technical research and modelling in ICT infrastructure, transport modelling, energy, and land use, along with a comprehensive literature review and consultation with leading jurisdictions to find out what lessons could be learned for Victoria.

YOUNG PROFESSIONAL AWARD

Jonathan Coulson, VITRONIC Australia Jonathan is employed by VITRONIC Australia as a Solutions Engineer involved in developing tolling and traffic safety solutions throughout Australia and New Zealand. As a formal point of contact for tolling and vehicle enforcement customers, Jonathan is responsible for the design and localisation of tolling systems and implementing new technologies to improve road safety. Jonathan holds a Master of Engineering degree and focused his thesis around incentivising transit choices within public transport.

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Michael Cybulski, Retina Visions After graduating from Queensland University of Technology with a degree in civil/construction engineering, Michael founded Retina Visions in 2016 and incorporated it in October 2017.

Retina Visions provides governments, councils and road authorities with the ability to build digital models of the road network in real time, identifying individual road assets such as signage and electrical assets, while also providing maintenance crews with defect information for items such as potholes, broken signs or faded line marking. Retina Visions uses machine learning, artificial intelligence and computer vision, to automatically identify objects on the road network.

Andrew Hooley, Transport for NSW Andrew is a Senior Project Officer in the Smart Innovation Centre at Transport for NSW where he is responsible for the development, enablement and delivery of the multi-milliondollar program of Regional Automated Vehicle Trials. This includes overall project responsibility from concept development,

procurement, project establishment and enablement (safety assurance and exemptions), delivery and contract management. Andrew also established Transport for NSW’s participation in the iMove CRC and continues to manage this relationship.

Mikaela Stewart, Cubic Transportation Systems Mikaela is a Systems Engineer at Cubic focusing on the Intelligent Congestion Management Program that is being worked on in partnership with Transport for NSW. A major component of this is Cubic's Transport Management Platform that provides a multimodal view of the entire transport network, enhancing situational awareness for operators. Mikaela is also working on implementing variations for the Opal ticketing system, including the recent roll-out of contactless payments in Sydney.

ITS Australia Chief Executive Susan Harris said again that the increased number of submissions for the Young Professional Award, in particular, demonstrates the continued interest in development of the ITS Industry.

“Our industry is fast paced and dynamic and provided many exciting career paths.

The increased competition for the Young Professional Award continues to signal industry investment in young people and that young professionals are making the most of their opportunities.

“ITS Australia sponsors the winner of the Young Professional Award to attend the next ITS World Congress which will be held in Singapore October 2019, and we will look forward to the participation of 2018 Young Professional Award winner” Susan Harris concluded by offering her congratulations to all the shortlisted finalists, “We look forward to celebrating our industry and its progress over the last 12 months, and celebrating its champions at the Presentation Night Dinner”.

The 2018 ITS Australia National Awards winners will be announced on Thursday 22 November 2018.

For Presentation Night Dinner information and table bookings, please visit: www.its-australia.com.au

“We look forward to celebrating our industry and its progress over the last 12 months, and celebrating its champions at the Presentation Night Dinner”

NEIL SCALES: KEYNOTE PRESENTER ITS AUSTRALIA NATIONAL AWARDS 2018 If you mention the name Neil Scales around the transport industry most people will know who you're asking about, which is why we are delighted that Neil will be the Keynote Presenter at the ITS Australia National Awards 2018 in Brisbane.

As Director-General, Neil leads the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR), with an operating budget of $5.886 billion, a capital budget of $3.185 billion and managed assets worth $70.690 billion.

Neil has an extensive background in the transport industry, joining the Queensland Public Service in March 2012 as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of TransLink where he was responsible for the public transport network across Queensland.

He was appointed Director-General of TMR in March 2013.

Outside of the ITS industry Neil is involved in community activities: In September 2014,

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Neil became Government Champion for the Woorabinda Indigenous community. In 2017, Neil won Australia’s CEO Challenge - The CEO Race, a fundraising initiative that raises money and awareness for domestic and family violence prevention.

Because of his extensive experience across the transport industry, we look forward to welcoming you and your teams to hear Neil's insights about the opportunities and benefits intelligent transport systems can bring to communities far and wide.

Hosted by ITS Australia, the Awards Presentation Night is a great opportunity for you and your top business development managers attend and strengthen relationships with other ITS organisations, as well as celebrating another fantastic year in the intelligent transport systems industry.

ITS AUSTRALIA RESPONDS TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW OFFICE OF FUTURE TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES ITS Australia has welcomed the establishment of a new Office for Future Transport Technologies, announced by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, Michael McCormack. In the announcement, Mr McCormack said the new Office would enhance the Federal Government’s strategic leadership role, to coordinate more cohesively with other governments and agencies to implement future transport technologies in Australia more successfully and responsibly.

He said the development and uptake of automated vehicle technologies and associated applications would also be managed with a continued focus on improving transport and road safety outcomes. This includes automated and connected vehicle technologies which will make our roads safer.

The initiative will also help Australian businesses to take advantage of new opportunities and create a supportive

environment for innovation in the rapidly expanding transport and mobility industry.

Susan Harris, CEO ITS Australia said, “Australia stands to benefit from the introduction of new transport technologies in many ways.

The ITS industry is continually working to deliver safer transport systems, reduce congestion and increase transport options.”

“By engaging with the Office for Future Transport Technologies, ITS Australia and the Australian ITS Industry can continue to shape future transport in Australia by working with the Government to identify projects and products that will improve safety, productivity, accessibility and liveability for Australians in both urban and regional areas – the very aspects the Government wishes to address,” she added.

With the Australian future transport and mobility industry expected generate more than $16 billion in revenue by 2025, there is plenty of opportunity for the Australian ITS industry to lead

to the development of automated vehicles and other new technologies that have been described as road safety “game-changers”.

Dean Zabrieszach, President ITS Australia said that “the Australian ITS Industry welcomes the Government decision to establish this Office.”

“The industry has been working within guidelines for autonomous and connected vehicles, but the development of nationally consistent regulations that fit with emerging United Nations regulatory developments, including those relating to privacy and data use, will help guide the industry to standards and outcomes that benefit everyone.”

“This new Office also provides an ideal structure to support international collaboration on future vehicle technology such as the recent MOU between the Australian Government and the US State of Michigan, in collaboration with ITS Australia that will facilitate future opportunities,” he said.

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ONE-WAY TICKET TO PRODUCTIVE RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT: TORRENS RAIL JUNCTION PRECASTER: PERMACAST CLIENT: DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING, TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION: LAING O’ROURKE, AECOM, AND KBR The Torrens Junction Project in South Australia was implemented to increase productivity on the Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth rail line, reduce delays at level crossings within the metropolitan road network, and improve urban environment through the provision of upgraded cycling and pedestrian linkages. It is the second project in the separation of freight and passenger rail lines in metropolitan Adelaide, with the first being the Goodwood Rail Junction project.

The project has been delivered by ConneXion Alliance, comprising the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (SA), Laing O’Rourke, AECOM, and Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR).

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The Torrens Rail Junction is located where South Australia’s interstate freight railway crosses the Outer Harbor passenger railway in the northwestern rim of the Adelaide Park Lands. Works to increase the flow of Adelaide-Melbourne rail freight line commenced in 2016 with an upgrade of the junction.

The project has removed major pinch points in the freight and rail network by lowering the Outer Harbor rail line below the interstate rail line.

It has also removed three level crossings and constructed three road/rail and three pedestrian/cycling bridges along the 1.5 kilometres of lowered railway.

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National Precast member, PERMAcast, manufactured and delivered several precast concrete elements for the construction of two parts of the project— the new lowered Bowden Railway Station and the Torrens Junction Bridge.

All units were cast in specialty-built moulds and comprised both precast and prestressed elements. The components included: • 46 precast bridge barriers, • 30 bridge approach slabs, • 58 platform retaining walls, • 58 platform panels, • 18 ramp retaining walls, • 142 pad and strip footings, • four platform end walls, and • four 18-metre prestressed prop beams.

PERMAcast’s Managing Director, Alberto Ferraro, says the precast package included a mix of architectural and structural elements.

“We manufactured two-tone coloured platform slabs as well as retaining walls with patterns and coloured concrete,” Mr Ferraro details.

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“A full precast design meant that there was minimal interference with live train rails.”

Installation of the bridge deck demanded a team of almost 400 workers each day for 16 days, working to install a 90-metre-wide bridge, which included 950m3 of concrete, 68 planks of 12 tonnes each, the excavation of 22,500m3 of soil, and the laying of the rail track.

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All precast elements were manufactured in the precaster’s Cardup factory in Western Australia—2,723 kilometres away from the project’s South Australian location.

Offering extensive logistics solutions for clients and providing purpose-build transport stillages, PERMAcast ensured that all elements arrived on site within tolerance specifications and without damage.

“Transport of the precast had to be delivered on more than 200 semi-trailers, which was extremely challenging, as some products weighed 33 tonnes,” Mr Ferraro reveals.

With a highly-skilled team and a 250,000m2 storage yard, the precaster has the capacity to manufacture and manage large-scale projects, like the Torrens Rail Junction.

“Our in-house fleet of prime movers and trailers gives us additional flexibility in coordinating with and meeting our clients’ required delivery schedules,” Mr Ferraro says.

The Goodwood Rail Junction project was the first project in the separation of freight and passenger rail lines in metropolitan Adelaide.

Completed in 2014, it included an upgrade of rail infrastructure along with new pedestrian facilities for the community.

Now also completed, the Torrens Rail Junction enables 1,800-metrelong freight trains to operate between Adelaide and Melbourne - an increase in the maximum length of trains by approximately 20 per cent.

It will also remove the need for freight and passenger trains to interact on the Outer Harbor line and will free up traffic for tens of thousands of vehicles at critical intersections.

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Precast was specified as the main construction method because of its speedy construction times and offsite manufacture.

“We needed to build a large number of moulds and set up the project within weeks,” Mr Ferraro explains.

The Park Lands and surrounding inner-city suburbs are already a hive of activity, and the Torrens Rail Junction Project is set to bring this pocket of Adelaide to another level with improved safety and convenience.

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Combining traditional tunnelling technology with modern day rehabilitation techniques enabled Downer Pipetech to submit and subsequently provide a solution to RMS [Roads & Maritime Services] to extend the life of an existing set of culverts that crossed the M1/Princes Highway outside The University of Wollongong.

The prime objective of the work was to provide structural integrity and equalise the bores of a triple cell culvert that passed beneath one of the busiest arterial routes in Australia and to achieve a design life of 100 years.

The secondary consideration was to devise a methodology and a sequence of works that caused the least disruption to the motorway that carries over 18,000 vehicle movements a day just 2 metres above the top of the culverts The University culverts carry the Dallas Street branch of Fairy creek and this crosses under the Motorway via a three-cell precast concrete pipe. Over the years as the Princes Motorway had been upgraded and widened, the original 1350mm triple culvert set had been extended to take additional traffic lanes however the Northern extension was sized at 1200mm which at times of heavy rainfall, was restricting the flow of water into the culverts causing flooding to the upstream creek valley and threatening local property and the University campus.

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The project had identified the probability of one or more of the culverts becoming blocked under a one in 100 year storm event therefore the feasibility review had recommended that the pipes at the upper ends of the culvert set be enlarged to a common profile similar to the remainder of the culvert and that an inclusion of a debris barriers with vehicle access also be installed to the culvert entrance for access to undertake maintenance and routine debris clearance under the project scope.

Downer Pipetechâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s submission was to develop a methodology to tunnel around the existing inlet pipes to standardise the three cells into a common profile to meet the hydraulic demands and reduce the potential for blockages and water retention in the upstream valley. Once this had been engineered, the void profile of the existing culverts had to be created and structurally lined together with the existing pipe to complete the structural rehabilitation process.

The proposal also took into consideration any potential damage to the riparian zone and the effects that this would have in regards to damage to local flora and fauna as well as designing an access down from the motorway level to the culvert level with an associated structural retaining wall.

It had been identified that any blockage of the culvert would result in significant flooding to the surrounding area during periods of high intensity rainfall with the possibility of an eventual collapse of the culvert that would risk the security of the motorway above causing possible closure and widespread traffic chaos.

This section of motorway is a fundamental link between the Port Kembla industrial area and the Hume Highway, with an AADT of approximately 18,000 vehicles per day of which 16% is heavy goods. Closure of this stretch of motorway would have had serious ramifications on the local economy, as well as resulting in negative exposure for the Client.

The proposal was to remove the restrictions in the head pipe, create a structural element to create a 1350mm void and then to reline this with a fully structural element to provide the required diameter and negate the need for extra works to maintain capacity and avoid road closures.

The proposal to remove the initial 6.5m of 1200mm id concrete pipework to each of the three cells and replace with a cast insitu reinforced structural pipe bore. Matching the existing diameter, it could be structurally relined with a UV cured Berolina GRP liner to provide the Client with an uninterrupted free flowing three cell underpass to meet hydraulic requirements.

The initial 6.5m of each culvert progressed from a headwall intake under the breakdown lane and inside carriageway of the North bound lanes of the Princes Highway, one of the busiest traffic highways in Australia.

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As the heading advanced the existing concrete pipe could be broken up and removed from the workings leaving a space large enough to facilitate casting a structurally reinforced surround to form a bore at a diameter similar to the existing downstream pipework.

Prior to the above, Downer PipeTech had to construct an access to the site: a reinforced concrete drive way with spray concrete retaining wall was built to allow plant movements to the tunnelling site The cover to the Motorway above was less than 1600mm above the existing pipe, with allowance for working room to build the tunnel reducing it to 1200mm. Downer PipeTechâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s designs needed to accommodate SM1600 and 45 ton axle loadings.

Downer PipeTech opted for the use of our Tunneline cast insitu structural lining system to construct the three bores that were set at 1350mm id to match the internal main cell diameters. Each bore was cast in a single operation using a 40Mpa structural concrete The final stage in the operation was to install a 1350mm high strength UV cured fibreglass Berolina lining through the culverts to provide the Client with a smooth bore structural lining with a design life of 75 years The adoption of old techniques and new technologies used in an innovative way enabled Downer PipeTech to undertake and complete the works efficiently, effectively and to the Clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s specification. Downer PipeTech was able to deliver the project with Zero accidents, Zero incidents, Zero lost time events, within program, with numerous benefits and at a significant all-round saving to the Client and the community.

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DARLINGTON UPGRADE PROJECT – A CORROSION LOVE STORY The Darlington Upgrade Project is another important stage in the delivery of Adelaide's North-South Corridor and will deliver an upgrade of approximately 3.3 kilometres of the existing Main South Road, including; • A non-stop motorway between the Southern Expressway and Tonsley Boulevard • A lowered, non-stop motorway passing underneath Flinders Drive, Sturt Road, Sutton Road/Mimosa Terrace and Tonsley Boulevard • Grade separation of the Main South Road/Ayliffes Road/Shepherds Hill Road intersection • Main South Road (at grade) surface roads along both sides of the lowered motorway to provide connections to Flinders Drive, Sturt Road and most local roads • Full free flow interchange at the Southern Expressway/Main South Road with dedicated ramps providing direct access to the new motorway and Main South Road The $620 million project is jointly funded by Australian and State governments ($496 million federally funded and $124 million state funded) and is due to be completed in 2019.

This landmark Australian owned and built project is focussing on using Australian approved and manufactured components.

Roads and bridges are threatened by corrosion and degradation as they are continuously exposed to climatic elements and vibration from vehicle movements. The cost of corrosion mitigation to national economies around the world is estimated to be billions of dollars every year. The impact can be both economic through the cost of repairs and maintenance as well as a physical threat to workers, the public and even other nearby structures.

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One of the two main ways to protect an asset from corrosion is to physically isolate a structure from the environment by applying a protective coating.

Protection of the various structural elements was integral to the design of the Darlington Upgrade Project. Three of the eight bridges constructed for the project consisted of a steel box-girder design with reinforced concrete decks. Half of the girder sections for these three structures were constructed by Haywards Engineering in Tasmania, with McElligott’s then responsible for applying a protective corrosion resistant coating to the girders. The other half of the girders were constructed and coated by Bowhill Engineering in South Australia.

The 22 bridge girder sections coated by McElligott’s weighed more than 1,300 tonnes in total. According to Ivan Berry, General Manager at McElligott's, each girder was manufactured and delivered to the company's workshop.

“Our facility is a continuous covered line where structures to be coated are profiled, primed and coated,” Berry said.

Each girder section was abrasive blasted to Class Sa2.5. Profiling a substrate produces an even textured surface that increases the adhesion of a coating. Once profiled, the girders moved down the line where they were primed and then had two layers of top coat applied.

Jeremy Hawkes, Managing Director of Bowhill Engineering, concurred that moving the 48 metre by 4-metre high units of open top box girder within their facility was a challenge. Abrasive blasting and painting in the same facility produced its own difficulties.

“For that size structure, we used a lot of abrasive garnet to profile the steel. The used garnet had to be collected and cleaned for reuse,” Hawkes said.

“We began using shovels and brooms to collect the material but a short while into the project we managed to acquire a surplus 3 stage vacuum system that automatically separates the material and prepares it for reuse.”

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Hawkes stated that the weather was also a challenge. “There was often only a small window of opportunity when the temperature was the correct level above the dew point allowing us to work within the manufacturer's specifications,” he said.

Bowhill upgraded its workshops to install ducted gas fired heating which allowed them to get the girder sections to an overall even surface temperature.

“It was important to heat the girder sections so that the coating materials adhered to the substrate and cured effectively,” Hawkes added, “but the size made it difficult to evenly heat the girders.”

The duration of the project meant that some of the coating work took place during the Tasmanian winter requiring McElligott's to adjust its work schedule.

“To meet overall deadlines, abrasive profiling was conducted overnight and painting took place during the day in order to reduce the amount of extra heating required,” Berry added.

The coating system was a Zinc Rich Epoxy, followed by an Aluminium Pigmented Epoxy and the final coat was Hardtop AS, manufactured by Jotun. The total surface area coated by each coating company was approximately six and a half thousand square metres of exterior surface and nine thousand square metres of internal surfaces.

Rob Butcher, State Manager – Protective Coatings (SA and Victoria) at Jotun said his company's challenge was to specify a material that could be used by two separate companies located in quite different climatic environments.

“One company is two hundred kilometres inland in South Australia where it can get very hot and dry, whereas the other is on the northern coast of Tasmania where there can be days when the temperature is close to zero,” he said. “The specification of the coating material had to accommodate its application in both places.”

It was essential that the finished coatings from both applicators matched as much as practical.

“We were able to use the Australian Standard 2312.1. This standard has been tried and tested in our industry for many years and is well accepted,” Butcher stated.

The Australian Corrosion Association has been a part of the research into the performance of coatings in Australia for many decades. It was involved in the report that led to removal of lead paints from Australia in the 1990s and continued this by contributing to international standards relating to coatings safety.

“When applying the coating, the big sections made it challenging to maintain a 'wet edge',” Berry said. “We had to continually adjust the hardeners and thinners in order to extend the drying time of each coating layer.”

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A 'wet edge' refers to the process of avoiding obvious join lines between sections of coating. They also applied a 'stripe coat' over welds and other joints.

Berry stated that the massive girders - the heaviest weighed 86 tonnes - were the largest components that his company has been involved with. Scissor-lift platforms were required to allow the applicators to safely reach the highest areas on the outside and scaffolding for those on the inside.

“These girder sections were huge and comprised 20 individual sections each,” said Hawkes. “The Ayliffes Road bridge will be a total length of 390 metres long, which is a pretty decent bridge in anyone's terms - especially when you have to move it.”

The three steel box girder structures for the project were constructed using an innovative method whereby the structures were built off-site, transported and precisely manoeuvred into place using Self Propelled Modular Transports (SPMTs). This method of bridge construction is common place throughout Europe and the Americas. However, this was the first time SPMT’s have been used in Australian by the Infrastructure sector to install a fully completed structure, an amazing achievement.

When a coating is properly applied, inspected and qualified it should easily provide 25 years or more of protection, although many projects today are even specifying 50 and 100-year life expectancy.

New capital investment in some areas may be slowing down, but governments around the country have recently announced plans for large-scale road and rail projects which will provide many opportunities for corrosion control and prevention companies. The ACA works with industry and academia to research all aspects of corrosion in order to provide an extensive knowledge base that supports best practice in corrosion management, thereby ensuring all impacts of corrosion are responsibly managed, the environment is protected, public safety enhanced and economies improved.

ABOUT THE AUSTRALASIAN CORROSION ASSOCIATION The Australasian Corrosion Association Incorporated (ACA) is a not-for-profit, membership association, that disseminates information on corrosion and its prevention through the provision of training courses, seminars, conferences, publications and other activities.

The vision of the ACA is that corrosion is managed sustainably and cost effectively to ensure the health and safety of the community and protection of the environment.

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with an exhibition that will showcase products and services of the corrosion mitigation industry. More than 400 delegates are expected to attend from industries including protective coatings, water, defence, building and construction, mining, oil & gas, cathodic protection, power and more.

Industry experts will deliver five plenary addresses - including the P F Thompson Lecture - and 80 papers across technical streams focusing on; concrete, steel corrosion, water infrastructure, oil & gas, asset management and high temperature corrosion/non-ferrous metal corrosion.

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Plenary topics include corrosion management, microbiologically influenced corrosion, the circular economy from

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