SAVE THE DATE: Australian BRIDGES & Civil Structures Conference + Exhibition

incorporating the 14th Australian Small Bridges Conference

Bridges, Culverts, Jetties, Piers, Wharves, Geotechnical Engineering, Elevated Boardwalks/ Walkways, Viewing Platforms, Gantries, Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Works

for Road, Rail, Pedestrian, Cyclist, Mining, Marine, Agriculture, Utilities, Industrial, Commercial, Residential

Royal International Convention Centre, Brisbane, Australia,Tues 23 - Weds 24 November 2027

13th Australian Small Bridges
Conference and Exhibition

Adelaide Convention Centre, South Australia

Tuesday 28th - Wednesday 29th july 2026

2026 SPEAKING PROGRAM

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OUR NEXT CONFERENCE IN 2027

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Australian BRIDGES & Civil Structures Conference + Exhibition

incorporating the

14^th Australian Small Bridges Conference

Royal International Convention Centre, Brisbane, Australia

Tues 23 – Weds 24 November 2027

www.australianbridges.com.au

Bridges, Culverts, Jetties, Piers, Wharves, Geotechnical Engineering, Elevated Boardwalks/ Walkways, Viewing Platforms

for

Road, Rail, Pedestrian, Cyclist, Mining, Marine, Utilities, Agriculture, Industrial, Commercial, Residential

Since 2005, the long running Australian Small Bridges Conference, and Exhibition, has provided practical knowledge, and alerts bridge, road and rail engineers, asset owners, managers, contractors and suppliers about significant new developments and requirements for Small to Medium Span Bridges, including Culverts and Related Structures as well as associated Civil and Geotechnical Works.

While the spans were mainly Small to Medium, the overall bridge/ viaduct could be of any length including kilometers long.

Our conference since 2005 has regularly expanded its scope and speaking program in a number of ways. For example in 2015 we added in geotechnical engineering and so Piling, Retaining Walls topics for Bridge and Culvert Projects started to be included.

In 2027 we will no longer limit Bridge Projects to Small to Medium Spans and will now allow abstracts to be submitted for all spans. However we syill expect that Small to Medium Span Bridges will remain 90/95% of our Bridge Abstracts.

Marines Structures such as Piers, Jetties and Wharves will also now be accepted. For while the loadings designed for are different, the construction, maintenance, repair and asset management of these like Civil Structures are similar.

So from Small to ALL

All Spans
All Applications
All Owners both Public and Private

OUR 2026 PROCEDINGS

13th Australian Small Bridges Conference Conference Proceedings Adelaide Convention Centre · 28–29 July 2026

This publication is now permanently archived by the National Library of Australia.

It has been deposited under legal deposit through National edeposit (NED) and is catalogued by the National Library of Australia and State Library Victoria.

The National Library copy is the authoritative version and the location from which this publication is hosted.

View and access the proceedings at: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-4252686412/view

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OUR 2026 CONFERENCE

While the spans may be small to medium, the overall bridge/ viaduct can be of any length including kilometers long.

Our Conference Chair leverages decades of industry experience to curate our Speaking Program which may cover:

Bridges and culverts can be for road vehicles, trains, aircraft, mining equipment, pedestrians, cyclists, services, powerlines or even stock and wildlife.

While the conference will be conducted in Australia, projects and topics are from throughout the world. In 2024, we had speakers from ten different countries presenting.

2026 conference outline and accepted abstracts

CONFERENCE PROGRAM OUTLINE

DAY 1- TUESDAY 28 JULY 2026

8.00 am Registration and Exhibition Opens. Tea & Coffee will be available from 8.00 am in the Exhibition Hall.
8.40 am Conference Opens and Speaking Streams commence.
6.00 pm Day 1 Speaking Program Concludes
6.00 – 7.15 pm Networking Drinks (Included for all Tuesday Delegates)
7.15 pm Optional Conference Dinner (is an extra cost)

ENTERTAINMENT

NETWORKING DRINKS & DINNER: Close-up Magicians:

Scott Stunz

Aces Magic ( Simon Skinner )

DINNER: The Incredibles Acoustic Duo – Sam Raciti and Meagan Steffense

DAY 2- WEDNESDAY 29 JULY 2026

8.00 am Registration and Exhibition Opens. Tea & Coffee will be available from 8.00 am
8.20 am Conference Speaking Streams commence.
5.00 pm Speaking Streams conclude and Conference closes.

SPEAKING PROGRAM – 106 PRESENTATIONS & 2 FORUMS IN 3/4 STREAMS over 2 days

Click HERE to view the 2-Day Speaking Program.

ALL ABSTRACTS: Click HERE to view.

19 ABSTRACTS ON PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE PROJECTS: Click HERE to view.

17 of these are in located on Day One in a dedicated Stream on Pedestrian and Cyclist Bridges, Culverts and Elevated Boardwalks.

These are in four consecutive Sessions.

These Sessions be attended alone simply by registering as a Day One Delegate.

Two further presentations are on Day Two.

The Conference Speaking Program has over one hundred Speaking Presentations.

106 Abstracts have been accepted, along with a Forum Session on Women in Bridges.

Each delegate will have the opportunity over the 2 days to hear 16/17 presentations each day from their selection from the parallel streams.

Projects and Speakers are from around the world, and are not just Australia.

Delegates, as well as Exhibitors, also attend from many different countries, though Australians are our largest proportion of attendees.

Road Bridges is our biggest theme.

Some of our abstracts are applicable to all bridge/culvert uses. Some are on Road (Major/Local/Regional/Private), Railway, Mining, Wildlife or Pedestrian/ Cyclist applications.

Each Session is themed so that abstracts in that Session have a link (Use or Topic such as Design, Asset Management etc).

The Conference Speaking Program is streamed to allow each delegate to focus on particular uses/topics to meet their own information needs such as Bridges/Culverts for Road, Railway, Local Government, Pedestrian/Cyclist.

There are 62 presentations at the conference that are particularly relevant to Local Government Attendees.

Attendees over the two days will for most of the program have two Streams to choose from that have relevance to directly relevant Local Government content.

There are 4 parallel Streams on Day 1, and 3 Streams on Day 2 day.

The Speaking Program is ordered so that there are always at least one of these LG relevant Sessions running.

Individual attendees can attend any Stream as they wish to make their own ideal program.

WOMEN IN BRIDGES FORUM – DAY 2 – 8:20 -10.00 AM

Read about the Forum and Our Panelists HERE

Day 2 will commence with a Women in Bridges Forum as one of our three speaking streams.

PANEL MODERATOR:

Susie Pascoe, Group Managing Director, Sterling – Vic

PANEL MEMBERS:

Edna Agoo, Senior Bridge Engineer, Stantec – NSW
Vicki Hart, Senior Engineer – Transport & Civil Infrastructure, Northern Beaches Council – NSW
Josie Huang, Senior Structural Engineer – Bridges, GHD -WA
Susie Pascoe, Group Managing Director, Sterling – Vic
Tatiana Sanchez Castano, Principal Engineer, National Transport Research Organisation – Vic
Chloe Williams, Principal Transport, Aurecon – SA

The Australian bridge community is a small and well-connected one, and it draws on people from every part of the industry: asset owners and councils, contractors, consultants, researchers, suppliers and educators. This forum brings together seven women who have built careers right across that spectrum, in Australia and Internationally, to talk honestly about the paths they took and what the work has taught them.

It is built as a conversation rather than only a run of presentations. Each panellist will offer a short reflection, then the session will open into a real discussion between them. Finally the floor will open to attendees for questions and comments.

The purpose is a practical one: encouraging more women into bridge engineering, and in giving a frank account of both the obstacles and the opportunities along the way.

If you have a stake in who designs, builds and looks after our bridges over the decades ahead, this session is worth your time.

All delegates are welcome.

DRESS CODE

For all Day Sessions (Speaking Streams) and Social Functions (Networking Drinks and the Optional Conference Dinner) – Smart Casual or Business attire. Ties are optional, but are definitely not required!

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2024 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

To download the Proceedings of the 12th Australian Small Bridges Conference from the National Library of Australia click HERE

(WARNING: Note that the Proceeding is 1054 pages and 141 MB in size)

ATTEND EITHER SINGLE DAY OR BOTH DAYS - PARALLEL STREAMS OVER TWO DAYS