Bridge Knowledge Capability Statement

PROUDLY SERVING REGIONAL AUSTRALIA

Bridge Knowledge was founded in 2015 to assist clients across both the government and private sectors to create safe, functional, and resilient infrastructure.

In 2023, Bridge Knowledge acquired McKenzie Burridge, a highly respected and award winning Civil and Structural Engineering Firm. The values of the two businesses aligned perfectly and the team at McKenzie Burridge have added further depth of experience, expertise and project excellence to Bridge Knowledge.

We offer a full range of consulting engineering services across bridge, road, structural, civil, hydrology and flood studies.

In addition to many commercial, industrial and private clients, we have proudly assisted over thirty local councils in regional NSW, VIC, and QLD, as well as multiple state governments and departments to deliver hundreds of projects.

We believe our core values, knowledge, and experience allows us to provide a truly client based approach to each individual project resulting in an economic solution to both achieve our client’s objectives and improve regional communities.

Our expert team live, work, and play in the communities we serve, and our primary focus is to contribute our extensive and valuable expertise to ensure that these communities are improved, for today and well into the future.

OUR CORE VALUES

HONESTY

We work, speak, act and think with honesty.

COURAGE

We focus on the future and choose to seek opportunities as opposed to problems.

We consistently strive to make a difference – even if that means taking the road less travelled or working above and beyond that which may be easier to deliver.

INTEGRITY

Integrity is at the core of all we do and each agreement we make. We do the right thing and we do it well.

EXCELLENCE

We expect excellence in ourselves and our company. Our work must, at all times, reflect that excellence.

TEAMWORK

We genuinely care for each other, and for the wellbeing of both our internal team, our external clients and our regional communities –we are a family.

We focus on co-operation and win-win resolutions. We speak and act with positivity, respect, and purpose. We support and encourage the sharing of expertise and knowledge and we continually educate ourselves and our community.

“Connecting communities in Regional Australia, by creating safe, functional, and resilient infrastructure.”

OUR TEAM & EXPERTISE

CRAIG RILEY

Craig is a senior chartered civil and structural engineer with over 12 years of industry and consulting engineering experience ranging from site engineering to experience in the inspection and condition assessment of civil structures, as well as having in depth technical knowledge in steel and reinforced concrete design.

DANIEL MERRIKIN

Dan is a senior chartered structures engineer at Bridge Knowledge. Dan has over 9 years of industry experience within the private and the government sectors in Australia. He has experience in design and analysis for structural, civil and geotechnical engineering.

JAMES ARMSTRONG

James is a Senior Civil Designer at Bridge Knowledge with 13+ years of experience within the civil construction and engineering industry. His work comprises of 3D geometric road modelling, construction engineering drafting, project management, road safety auditing and UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) piloting and surveying.

GAVIN MULCAHY

Gavin is a Senior Civil Designer with an Associate Degree (Civil) with thirty plus years of industry experience within the private and the government sectors in Australia. He has experience in design and analysis for road design and traffic engineering across multiple discilplines.

PETER ROTOLONE

Peter is a qualified Civil Engineer who specialises in bridge design, management of design teams and construction supervision of major road infrastructure. Peter’s skills in this area have been well developed during his 40-plus years associated with bridge infrastructure whilst employed in the Department of Main Roads dealing with projects throughout Queensland.

PETER MAHAR

Peter is a Civil Engineer with 30-plus years of industry experience within the private sector, both in Australia and internationally. He has also worked extensively in the government sector in Australia. His key strengths include strong leadership with a proven track record of achievement across various operating environments.

BRIDGE OUR SERVICES

Bridges are vital links in our road and rail transport network, and their integrity is critical to the continued growth and development of our communities.

Bridges are unique infrastructures that require people, systems, and equipment specific to bridges. The team at Bridge Knowledge have extensive experience and knowledge of bridge engineering and can provide specific services on a broad range of bridge subject matters.

Bridge Knowledge provides superior services to private and government clients concerning the inspection, design, construction, and asset management of bridges.

From the design of a large multi-span bridge across a major river crossing to a small box culvert on the road into East Kunderang Homestead in the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park, the team have the experience and knowledge to complete any bridge project.

WORKING WITH YOU

Bridge Knowledge has assisted its clients in delivering more than 70 bridge designs. Additionally, our team has assisted clients with bridge inspections, rehabilitation designs, strategic concept development, structural assessment of existing bridges, estimates, constructability reviews, independent verifications, and technical advice.

We can help to deliver your bridge projects by supporting you with design and management services for:

• New bridge designs

• Bridge rehabilitation designs

• Level 3 & 4 bridge inspections (load assessments)

• Strategic concept development, including option analysis

• Constructability reviews

• Estimating services

• Independent verification

OUR SERVICES

ROAD

Roads are one of the largest asset classes in modern infrastructure. They are a crucial component in transportation networks and offer people a simple and effective means to travel.

The design of road infrastructure is inherently variable.

End products require a thorough analysis, consideration for governing standards, regulations, and practical constructability to ensure they are fit-for-purpose and suitable to create safe, functional, and resilient connections for our communities..

The Bridge Knowledge team understands your requirements and offers expertise in road design.

FLOOD

An essential part of providing resilience for community infrastructures like bridges, roads, buildings, and civil structures, is understanding your project’s hydrology and flood immunity.

Water is a fundamental part of our daily lives. Its multitude of purposes are essential to our existence, providing necessary resources to the environment and ensuring our continued health and wellbeing.

And we’ve all seen, and many of us have experienced, the destructive nature of flood water and the devastation it can cause.

WORKING WITH YOU

Our team can assist you with delivering your road infrastructure projects.

We offer design and management services for:

• Strategic design and analysis

• Geometric road design

• Road reconstruction design

• Drafting and detailed engineering drawings

• UAV surveys and inspections

• Drainage design

• Road safety audits

• Road earthworks and quantity surveying

Hydrology is the study of water, its distribution, and movement upon the earth’s surface. Hydrology observes how the availability and condition of water influences the human race and infrastructure.

We offer hydrology and flood study services for:

• Calculating the flows, velocities and water levels for flood events, e.g., 1 in 100

• Determining the structural flood loads for bridge design.

• Assessment of the capacity of existing infrastructure in a flood event

• Hydraulic sizing of culverts

• Determining Flood Planning Levels (FPL)

• Scour protection design

OUR SERVICES

COMMERCIAL, INSTITUTIONAL, INDUSTRIAL & RESIDENTIAL

Our Structural and Civil Engineering team have been living in and improving communities within the region for over 20 years. Assisting literally thousands of clients to deliver new schools, community centres, homes, important commercial buildings and new residential subdivisions.

We specialise in design, consulting and inspection for all types of materials including steel, timber, masonry, concrete, and composite materials.

Subdivisions including Sewer and Water Reticulation, Roads, Stormwater drainage, Sewer Pump Stations, and Earthworks.

Our clients’ projects are used by members of our community each and everyday and a small snapshot of our work includes:

• Grafton Toyota

• ANZ bank building, Coffs Harbour

• Essential Energy Depot, Townsend

• Saraton Theatre, Grafton

• Port Batteries, Kempsey

• Primary schools and colleges across the Northern Tablelands and Northern Rivers

• Residential and industrial subdivisions from Fern Bay to Gulmarrad

OUR EXPERIENCE

From design to delivery, development and construction, we offer services in the following areas:

Commercial, Industrial and Retail buildings

• Tilt up concrete panels

• Clear span portal frames

• Gantries

Residential projects

• Slab and footings

• Wind bracing and tiedown

• Roof and floor framing

Subdivision development including design of

• Road vertical and horizontal alignment Intersections

• Pavement

• Sewer reticulation and pump stations

• Water supply

• Stormwater drainage

• Preparation of flood and drainage studies

• Carpark design

• Vehicle manoeuvring paths using autotrack

• Traffic assessments

• Environmental Engineering

OUR COMMUNITY & CLIENTS

Whether it’s forging long-term partnerships with our clients, nurturing, and mentoring our team of engineers or designing resilient, future-led structures to connect our regional communities; people are at the heart of everything we do.

Through our Giving back to our community program we provide donations and sponsorships in our regional communities including; Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service, Lismore Flood Appeal, Bushfire Recovery, Nana Glen Cricket Club, Breast Cancer Trials and other local charities that our team are passionate about.

Every one of our team live, work, and play in the communities we serve, and we are fiercely proud of our community connections.