Associate Partner

KBR
Website: www.kbr.com

KBR is a leading, global provider of engineering, construction and related services, with a reputation for reliability and technical excellence. Active in the Asia Pacific since the 1920s, KBR’s strong Australian-based infrastructure business services the region from a network of offices, offering clients the benefit of local knowledge and expertise, backed by global resources.

As engineering designers, we are at the forefront in helping to improve the communities we serve, incorporating sustainability into our planning, design and construction.

Spotlight Partners

VSL Group
Website: www.vsl.com

Your Construction Partner

VSL Australia is part of the VSL Group, established in over 36 countries with 3 technical centres and 3 specialist product manufacturing facilities. As a partner, you will have access to the world’s best practices through services including specialist plant, operators and techniques in a range of applications including post-tensioning, engineering methodology, formwork systems, specialist foundations, bridge construction techniques, heavy lifting, engineered precast and engineering products. We offer solutions adapted to customer requirements with the strength, reliability, experience, and resources of a worldwide network. VSL Australia is committed to delivering an innovative, cost effective, “best for project” approach to your construction needs.

Quality, Safety, Environment

The unique ability to package innovation, buildability, reliability, safety, quality, design, products and services together with specialist operators and plant makes VSL Australia your ideal partner from concept through construction, and for the full lifecycle of your project. To achieve this objective, VSL Australia has put in place a rigorous QSE (Quality, Safety, and Environment) policy at the forefront of industry for complex temporary structures. As a recognized technical leader in the industry, VSL works continuously through its quality assurance program both here in Australia and internationally, to refine, improve, and expand the scope of its systems and services for the betterment of the engineering world.

Coffey International Limited
Website: www.coffey.com

Coffey International Limited (ASX:COF) has been operating for 50 years, and is part of the S&P/ASX 300. We have a range of specialist businesses working in the social and physical infrastructure markets, and collectively, we aim to achieve our vision: to be global specialists solving emerging challenges to improve the lives of communities. Around the world, we are providing services at every stage of the infrastructure lifecycle – starting with planning and financing the project, through development and resolving the technical challenges to the management of resources, timelines and budgets. The cycle continues as we use our specialist knowledge to ensure objectives continue to be met in the long term and infrastructure is appropriately maintained. Our work involves a wide range of built assets – like roads, buildings, gas pipelines, mines, and sporting facilities – just about everything that is required to meet the demands of a growing world population, rapid urbanisation and heightened environmental sustainability awareness. Through our expertise, we are also enabling government and aid agencies to strengthen local communities, increasing quality of life and living standards. We develop mechanisms and manage projects across a range of social infrastructure, including economic development, education and training and health. We have over 4,000 people working on projects in more than 80 countries and permanent offices throughout the Americas, Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.

Exhibitors

ARUP
Website: www.arup.com

ARUP is a global infrastructure leader. We plan and design bridge projects in Australia and across the world. We are at the forefront of bridge technology advances and consistently undertake proactive research, working to deliver appropriate, holistic solutions to difficult challenges in partnership with our clients. Arup offers a complete service for all aspects of bridge delivery and our award winning projects include one of the world’s longest span cable stayed bridge to elegant footbridges.

Hyder Consutling
Website: www.hyderconsulting.com

Hyder is an international advisory and design consultancy providing multi-disciplinary engineering, environmental, planning and project management solutions to clients in the transport, property, water, environment and resources sectors. With over 150 years’ experience and over 4,000 people across Australia, New Zealand, East Asia, UK/Europe and the Middle East, we are able to combine global expertise with local knowledge to create exceptional solutions. We believe that understanding what’s important to our clients and their stakeholders helps us to deliver sustainable and commercial advantage to them and the communities they serve.

Durinox
Websites: www.durinox.com.au
www.outokumpu.com

Durinox is the trade name given to stainless steel reinforcing by Lyndons Pty Ltd. Durinox stainless steel reinforcing provides asset owners with the peace of mind that their investment will reach its intended design life and beyond with little or no maintenance. Durinox will never corrode and lead to spalling like traditional carbon steel reinforcing. Lyndons/Durinox have the only dedicated stainless steel reinforcement processing equipment in Australia and New Zealand to enable us to cut and bend to your specific requirements without the risk of cross contamination from mild steel

Thomas Contracting
Website: www.thomascontracting.com

Thomas Contracting is an Australian owned and operated company and has been established since November 1997. We operate as an abrasive blasting and industrial painting company and have undertaken works for federal and various State Government Departments, Statutory Authorities, Local Councils, Power Stations and private sector clients through out Australia.

Our key flexibility in the company is our mobility to quickly establish and maintain our equipment and site office at remote locations where ever projects are occurring.

We offer a range of services that include:

• Access & Containment Systems
• Rigging
• Hazardous Paint Removal (including Lead Based Paints) PCCP Level 5A & B
• Abrasive Blasting & Cleaning
• Protective Coatings
• Concrete Repairs
• Corrosion Control

We are able to provide the above professional services through our Integrated Quality Management System that incorporates accreditation with the Painting Contractors Certification Program (PCCP) full level 1-5 for the safe removal of hazardous (ie lead based) paints.

ENVIRONMENT
Thomas Contracting is committed to the protection and preservation of the Environment. We have implemented a comprehensive system for the management of Environmental Planning through the Integrated Management System and PCCP accreditation. This has resulted in an ongoing close business relationship with the EPA and we take pride, in that with these controls there has not been any environmental issues or problems with all of our previous completed project work.

All enquires welcome:
Contact details:
Phone 61-8-8268 5538
Fax 61-8-8268 3550
e-mail admin@thomascontracting.com.au
Or Barry Eldridge National Business Development Manager
mobile 0421 150 332
e-mail barry@thomascontracting.com.au

Granor
Website: www.granor.com.au

Granor Rubber and Engineering Pty Ltd is a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of Expansion Joint and Structural Bearing Systems which, typically, by the incorporation of ‘elastomers’ as the central flexible medium accommodate load bearing outcomes and expansions / contractions experienced in large structures such as bridges, multi level car parks and other steel and mass concrete structures.

HISTORY
Established in Melbourne Australia in 1972, Granor has wide experience in the design and application of specialized product for load bearing applications such as Bridge Bearings, and in the design, manufacture and installation of a variety of movement control systems. Product applications although traditionally viewed as typically for bridge type applications, have extensive uses in other areas of civil and mechanical engineering together with other heavy construction activities.

COMPLIANCE
Granor’s Bearing and Expansion Joint systems are predominately designed for compliance to the applicable Australian Standard AS5100 document, specifically per section 4 of AS5100. Such AS5100.4 compliance also provides for achievement of product conforming to the requirements of all the Australian State Road Authorities, such as RTA of NSW, VicRoads, Main Roads Queensland etc.

Granor can also offer products compliant with other International codes, BS5400 and AASHTO etc.

Granor’s Structural Bearing range covers all the typically used variants, from elastomeric bearings through to mechanical slide bearing systems.

ELASTOMERIC BEARINGS
Elastomeric Bearing systems offered by Granor commence with plain elastomeric bearing strips and pads and progress through to multi-layered Laminated Elastomeric Bearings and also proprietary designed slide bearing strips incorporating the use of Teflon coating of the support bearing pad combined with stainless steel slide plates.

Granor offers specific design service for such ‘elastomeric’ bearings including designs for such bearings used as base isolation and vibration control systems.

STRUCTURAL BEARINGS
Structural Mechanical Slide bearings offered by Granor include POT type (Granor Potglide®, Potfloat® and Potstay®) and DISK type Teflon slide bearings and Granor’s proprietary Graflon® slide bearings. Again as with the elastomeric systems Granor offers and can advise obligation free design services for modified structural bearings that can provide for aspects such as uplift restraint, high temperature environments or to provide movements or loads larger than those achieved by standard catalogue bearings.

Granor’s range of Expansion Joint systems is totally comprehensive. These Expansion Joints are predominately incorporated in roadway Bridge Structures but with several of the systems also being suitable for other structures such as elevated car park decks, concrete tanks, conveyor galleries, dams and other mass Civil Structures.

EXPANSION JOINT SYSTEMS
The Granor range of expansion joint systems offers joint seals for Bridge and other structures for smaller movements, such as specialized silicone sealant systems, small rubber compression seals through to aluminium Stripseal systems for medium movements. Granor’s range progresses right through to large movement systems such as steel and cast aluminium “Finger” type expansion joints (Granor ETIC®) which can take movements of up to 300mm total capacity. Finally Granor also provide for multi-seal / element “Modular” joints for bridge structures that can take movements of up to 2000mm.

Of significance in the Granor Expansion Joint range is joint systems that are specific to joint replacement and rehabilitation outcomes, typified by the Granor SSI XJS® system. These systems are quick to install and thus very cost affective.

SPECIALISED PRODUCTS
Granor also has a range of other ancillary and specialized “Engineered’ products typified by our affiliation with Taylor Devices USA enabling us to offer a range of force attenuation and control systems for bridge and building structures. Such devices can be designed into these structures to accommodate, reduce or redirect seismic, vibration or breaking load forces providing for efficiencies in design of structural members, or structure protection.

Any structural load bearing or movement joint requirement that you may have, be it with respect to design matters or commercial procurement of such products can be facilitated in a timely manner by contact with Granor Rubber & Engineering Pty Ltd.

Contact details :
Oscar Velo
Managing Director
Granor Rubber & Engineering Pty Limited
8 Reid Street, Bayswater, Vic 3153
Email : oscar@granor.com.au
Telephone : +61 3 9762 9699

Trelleborg Engineered Systems Australia (TESA)
Website: www.trelleborg.com.au

Trelleborg Engineered Systems Australia (TESA) is part of the worldwide Trelleborg Group. The Trelleborg Group purchased Queensland Rubber Company Pty Ltd and its associated companies in 2001 and these were then combined into the Trelleborg Engineered System Division which has a very extensive range of engineered applications focused on offshore resources, transportation Infrastructure, construction, mining and marine Industries.

TESA’s presence at Bridges Australia 2010 is to particularly emphasize their range of load bearing, vibration isolation and seismic structural protection systems for bridges and other related structures.

Event Partners

Cardno
Website: www.cardno.com.au

Cardno is an integrated professional services provider, delivering specialist advice to create or improve physical and social infrastructure that underpins communities around the globe. Our team is comprised of leading advisors who plan, design, manage and deliver sustainable projects and programs.

We are leading Australia and the world in the design of bridges. Our bridging expertise is unparalleled, with international experience gained over 40 years. Our comprehensive experience and knowledge inspires confidence. Our aim is to work collaboratively to find the best solution and build capacity over the long term. We understand the challenges of building robust transport networks.

Heggies
Website: www.heggies.com.au

Heggies is a progressive firm of consulting engineers and scientists providing innovative solutions for improving and sustaining our environment. We provide specialist environmental services across a wide range of industry sectors. Our involvement with bridges is often concerned with the noise and vibration levels generated by these structures. We have a structural dynamic group that investigates bridges in terms of fatigue life extension, dynamic response and fatigue failure investigations. We pride ourselves on the innovative solutions that we have been able to provide our clients.

Networking Partner

PIT&SHERY
Website: www.pittsh.com.au

PIT&SHERY are progressive engineering consultants in land transport infrastructure. We design new road and rail bridges as well as providing bridge refurbishment and management services. pitt&sherry provide practical and innovative solutions for our infrastructure clients in design only contracts or for contractors in design and construction contracts. Our bridge engineering capability is supported by a range of professionals specialising in related fields of transport, traffic, road design, planning and environmental science.

Lanyard Sponsor

Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation(SMEC)
Website: www.smec.com

SMEC – Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation – is one of the world’s leading engineering and development consultancies.

We are an Australian based company with an international network of more than 20 subsidiary and associated companies and offices in 25 countries.

With 40 years' experience and more than 3,800 permanent and contract staff, SMEC delivers specialist consultancy services across a wide range of disciplines and plans, designs and manages projects to the highest professional standards.

SMEC was born from Australia's single biggest engineering project, the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric scheme, and over the years has grown into a multi-disciplinary engineering and development consultancy that consistently ranks in the world's top 100 international design firms.

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