AusRAIL PLUS 2023 Poster Presentations
Inland Rail Skills Academy poster
The Inland Rail Skills Academy (the Academy) partners with education and training providers to deliver programs that upskill local people and businesses.
Predictive maintenance forecast using mechanistic formation design poster
Forecasting maintenance intervention is an important aspect of the overall network operation for new and existing rail networks. Maintenance forecasts can offer an alternative to ‘run to failure’ strategies and assist significantly with renewal programs. Predicting maintenance can be challenging due to the complexity of rail sleeper, ballast and formation / subgrade behaviour with time. Mechanistic formation design using forecast rail traffic, axle loading and speed can be used to help asset maintenance strategies and better forecast whole-of-life costs.
AusRAIL 2022 Poster Presentations
Circular Economy at Inland Rail poster
Inland Rail prioritises circular economy principles as a tool to embed sustainability across the project by- reducing the introduction of virgin materials throughout construction of the alignment; salvaging, repurposing and reusing materials from the existing rail corridor on the new alignment; and mitigating waste through new design processes.
Decarbonising Inland Rail poster
This document provides information on how the Inland Rail project will aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15%.
Formation design and investigation poster
Constructing greenfield rail requires communication of complex ideas and concepts, inevitably with some loss of information along the way. Some of the most common sources of geotechnical information for greenfield rail projects include the results of geotechnical boreholes and test pits. One of the advantages of test pits is that they provide a much greater lateral extent ‘window’ into the conditions at a test location, exposing conditions with horizontal spread, not just vertical depth. It would be immensely useful for the project team to walk through the site while the test pits are open, particularly for earthworks in challenging soil types.
Sustainable Contracts poster
Inland Rail recognises the importance of promoting and supporting strong sustainability practices throughout our supply chain, contractors, and the greater communities in which the alignment traverses.
The Inland Rail Skills Academy poster
The Inland Rail Skills Academy (the Academy) partners with education and training providers to deliver programs that upskill local people and businesses.
Visualising Inland Rail
The Inland Rail project uses visualisations of current design phase models to support construction in multiple ways such as stakeholder consultation, design reviews, construction methodology and design option comparison.