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SMALL TO MEDIUM SPAN BRIDGES & CULVERTS
13th Australian Small Bridges
ABOUT OUR CONFERENCE
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 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)
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 – OVER 110 PRESENTATIONS IN 3/4 STREAMS over 2 days
The Conference Speaking Program has over one hundred Speaking Presentations.
109 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.
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WOMEN IN BRIDGES FORUM
Day 2 will commence with a Women in Bridges Forum as one of our three speaking streams.
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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CONFERENCE UPDATE LIST
To be added to our 13th Australian Small Bridges Conference 2026 Update List, email Karlene at karlene@leadinginfrastructure.com
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)
Proudly sponsored by
Platinum Sponsor: DOWN UNDER BRIDGE UNITS
Gold Sponsor: LB AUSTRALIA
Principal Partners: Business Events Adelaide,
Government of South Australia,
and Adelaide Convention Centre
Silver Lanyard Sponsor: Confirma
Silver SponsorS: Tensile, SIKA and AUSTRAL CONSTRUCTION
BRONZE SPONSORS: GRANOR RUBBER & ENGINEERING AND
BLACK GEOTECHNICAL
2024 conference abstracts and projects
The photographs below are from some of the accepted abstracts from the 12th Australian Small Bridges Conference, held during 2024.
EXHIBITION, SPONSORSHIP & ADVERTISING IN 2026 - 80% of the exhibition booths are already sold
This is your opportunity to demonstrate what your organisation has to offer by Sponsoring, Exhibiting and/or Advertising at the 13th Australian Small Bridges Conference and Exhibition.
- 80% of our Exhibition Booths have already been sold.
- Corner Booths are almost sold out.
EXHIBITION PACKAGES-Includes 2 Registrations: 3x2m @$4,700 inc GST 3x3m @$5,900 inc GST 6x3m @ $9,900 inc GST 6x6m @ 18,500 inc GST (Last one!)
Exhibition, Sponsorship and Advertising options are all available.
You can choose what best suits your organisation.
These opportunities are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
If you have another sponsorship, exhibition or an advertising idea, we can tailor a solution for you.
We offer a variety of tools to get your message across including:
- Sponsorship and Brand-building from $6,000 inc GST
- Speaking (as part of sponsorship and MUST be technical presentations)
- Exhibition Booths: 3x2m $4,700 inc GST; 3x3m $5,900 inc GST. 6x3m and 6x6m booths are also available. Space only display of large items, like vehicles/bridges, can be negotiated.
- Advertising in the Conference Handbook from $600 inc GST and/or Proceedings
- Insertion of promotional material into delegate’s bag. Only $990 inc GST
- Please note that all costs are in $AUD
EXHIBITION BOOKINGS ARE OPEN. BOOK NOW TO SECURE YOUR PREFERRED LOCATION – ONLY A FEW CORNER BOOTHS ARE STILL AVAILABLE.
The Conference will feature a comprehensive exhibition which will provide conference attendees the opportunity to view and discuss innovative products and services now available from bridge contractors, designers and suppliers.
This exhibition is Australasia’s only exhibition dedicated to Small to Medium Bridges and Culverts. It will also be Australasia’s largest bridge exhibition.
For Sponsorship, Exhibition Opportunities or Advertising please contact Scott Matthews.
Scott Matthews BEng
Conference Chair and Convenor
Email: scott@leadinginfrastructure.com
Phone: +61448 777 058
2nd call for ABSTRACTS - HAS NOW CLOSED
We have now accepted 112 abstracts. As we had many requests to still submit an abstract, we have with our venue increased our capacity and so can now accommodate some additional abstracts for oral presentation.
Therefore we have now opened a Second Call for Abstracts. SUBMIT ASAP as closing was by COB 4 MARCH 2026, and will be stopped soon.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
We are now also accepting Abstracts that will be presented as Poster Presentations. Their Technical Papers will be published in the Proceedings.
Accepted Poster Author/s must still register as a Speaker and present/ answer questions at their A0 Sized, Portrait-oriented Poster at Afternoon Tea on Tuesday, and Morning Tea on Wednesday.
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To propose an abstract for presentation or poster presentation, you MUST use the . (See HOW TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT) .
If accepted a Technical Paper will be due COB Friday 15th May 2026.
Projects and Speakers may be from anywhere in the world, and not just Australia. Delegates also attend from many different countries, though Australians are our largest most common attendees.
Email all abstracts using the Abstract Submission Form, to:
Scott Matthews BEng
Conference Chair and Convenor
Email: scott@leadinginfrastructure.com
Phone: 0448 777 058
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