SITUATION Queensland Rail has released a program to replace a number of timber rail bridges across the network in the West Moreton region. German Creek and Kings Creek bridges are two of the ageing timber rail bridges that will be replaced with steel and concrete structures. This project...
SITUATION The Oakey Creek Rail Bridge is located approximately 30km north-west of Toowoomba. This is a vital piece of infrastructure in the area as it is used by coal trains to transport coal from South-West Queensland through to the Port of Brisbane. Over 100 years old, the...
Kenro’s custom-designed and manufactured crate and container solution provides secure and transportable maintenance tool kits for Origin Energy. Origin Energy is an integrated energy company with operations spanning exploration, production, generation and the sale of energy to millions of households and businesses throughout Australia. As a...
SITUATION Condamine River, which runs through Warwick, rises considerably during floods or constant rains lasting for weeks or months. The bridge over the river, the Lyndhurst Lane bridge, located on the outskirts of Warwick, is a 29m single-lane structure consisting of three corrugated elliptical culvert cells, with a...
The Peak Crossing pedestrian bridge over Purga Creek was one of the many bridges and other infrastructure in South East Queensland that fell victim to the devastating floods of January 2013. However thanks to a concerted effort by all concerned – The Scenic Rim Regional...
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Parapet Brackets (or Levelling Brackets) may not have been one of the most high profile components of the bridges on the new $1.7 billion Hunter Expressway , but they have certainly made an extremely solid contribution. The brackets, which had...
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]The $288 million Majura Parkway is the ACT’s single largest road infrastructure investment. Linking Canberra’s Federal Highway to the Monaro Highway, this new 11.5km dual carriageway is expected to be complete by 2016. The design incorporates a number of bridges...
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Kenro Metal Services were recently involved in a trans-Australian project that was literally right on track. Mining giant Rio Tinto had commissioned Vossloh Cogifer Australia, part of the renowned global railway equipment supply group, to install a series of...
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]As a leading Queensland metal manufacturer, Kenro Metal Services have recently completed work on not one but two Powerlink substations in central Queensland. Engaged by FKG (FK Gardner & Sons) who had originally been contracted by Downer Infrastructure, Kenro were...
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]The devastating floods of December 2010 and January 2011 brought horror to the Darling Downs community and unprecedented damage (almost $150 million) to the Toowoomba Regional Council's roads and bridges. Among the many bridges damaged were the Jellicoe Street...