Development of design guidelines for flood reconstruction works

From January 2010 to April 2011, Queensland experienced numerous disaster events in the form of tropical cyclones and major flooding. The magnitude of these events is unprecedented in Queensland’s recorded history with all of the state being declared a natural disaster zone. 8211 km (25 percent) of the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads’ (TMR) road network was damaged: a damage bill of five billion Australian dollars. The Transport Network Reconstruction Program (TNRP) was initiated by TMR to manage the recovery and reconstruction of the transport network damaged by these disaster events. One aspect of the program was to develop a set of design guidelines for the reconstruction of the road network (the TNRP Design Guidelines). Whilst these Guidelines make reference to existing TMR and Austroads guides, manuals and codes as much as possible, there was a need to develop additional design criteria to cover issues such as the provision of more resilient treatments to address specific damage experienced, funding eligibility, achieving cost effective solutions and other issues. This paper discusses the development of specific design criteria in the TNRP Design Guidelines, especially in regard to the provision of infrastructure resilience.

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• Authors:
  • Arndt, O
  • Ramanujam, J
  • Sivakumar, S
  • Reeves, I
• Conference:
  • ARRB Conference, 25th, 2012, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• Publication Date: 2012-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 20p
• Monograph Title: The Australian Low Carbon Transport Forum: identifying the greenhouse gas abatement potential of the Australian transport sector

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asset management; Floods; Highway design; Highway maintenance; Highways; Maintenance; Repairing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road design and asset management
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ATRI Terms: Asset management; Damage; Flooding; Road design; Road maintenance
• ITRD Terms: 9011: Design (overall design)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01454734
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 27 2012 3:52PM