Overview
The Causeway Pedestrian and Cyclist Bridges Project in Australia delivers a landmark active transport connection across the Swan River in Perth, Western Australia.
The Causeway Link Alliance, consisting of CIVMEC, Seymour Whyte, and WSP, won the competitive tender to deliver this project under an Alliance Agreement with Main Roads Western Australia. The project is jointly funded by the Australian and Western Australian Governments as part of the Perth City Deals. Consisting of two cable-stayed bridges, the constructed option limits the number of river piers to just three, acknowledging the spiritual and cultural importance of the Swan River (Derbal Yerrigan) to Perth’s First Nations peoples.
The presentation discusses the structural design and construction challenges of two landmark cable-stayed bridges constructed with high-strength weathering steel spanning over the Swan River in Perth.
Learning outcomes
In this presentation, you will learn:
- the complexities of designing and constructing bridges in areas of spiritual and cultural significance to First Nations peoples
- the structural design challenges involved in using high-strength weathering steel in bridge construction
- insights into the innovative engineering solutions that minimise the environmental impact on the Swan River.
Program
Online:
- 9.00 pm AEDT: Event starts
- 10.00 pm AEDT: Q&A
- 10.15 pm AEDT: Event closes
In-person:
- 5.30 pm AWST: Registrations open and networking
- 6.00 pm AWST: Event starts
- 7.00 pm AWST: Q&A
- 7.15 pm AWST: Event closes
About the speakers
Wolfram is a Technical Director at WSP in the Australian Bridges Team with over 25 years of experience in designing and maintaining building and civil structures across Germany, Switzerland, Australia, and New Zealand. He specializes in innovative, sustainable, and cost-effective design solutions, focusing on steel and steel-concrete composite bridges.
His expertise includes the refurbishment of existing structures and new designs for road, pedestrian, and rail bridges. Recently, he has led design teams for the viaducts on the Armadale Line Upgrade Alliance and the cable-stayed bridges on the Causeway Link Alliance.
Mathieu is a Senior Project Engineer with 18 years of global bridge construction experience. He began with Freyssinet on cable-stayed and footbridges in Vietnam, Hungary, the USA, and France.
After joining Freyssinet Australia in 2013, he worked on projects such as the Urban Superway in Adelaide, Majura Parkway in Canberra, and Yandhai Nepean Crossing in NSW. In 2018, he joined Seymour Whyte Construction and contributed to the Causeway Bridge project, focusing on construction staging, methodologies, and stay cable interface.
Pricing
Technical Society Member: $30.00
Student Member: Free
Non-Member: $30.00
Guest non-member: $30.00
Guest Member: Free
Technical Society Member: $30.00
Student Member: Free
Non Member: $30.00