Bolte Bridge and Towers Condition Assessment

Technical Services

Client

Transurban

Location

Melbourne, Victoria

Works Completed

Engineering Consultation

MCM has been working collaboratively with Transurban to assess, design, and refurbish critical assets across the CityLink network.

Transurban sought to engage a specialist contractor to investigate the condition of the Bolte Bridge Towers and Pier 3, following previous reports from 2009 and 2020, to assess the current state and recommend viable repair options.

Client Brief

MCM was commissioned by Transurban to conduct a comprehensive condition assessment to identify and develop a preferred repair solution that will reduce the risk of corrosion on the Bolte Bridge Towers and Bolte Bridge Pier 3 located in the Yarra River.

What we delivered:

• Review of previously completed inspection reports 

• Access to the work faces by boat and waders

• Condition assessment including chloride profiling, carbonation and resistivity testing and half-cell potential mapping

• Crack and delamination markup, repair schedules

• Risk rating of the structure based on the assessments 

• Option analysis and feasibility assessments