In the south-eastern corner of Dee Why Lagoon stand 28 decaying timber reminders of a time when Australia was at war and the fear of invasion from the sea was real. The timber piles were driven into ...

Repairs to the rotting timber piles underneath Shaldon Bridge have cost around £150,000 to fix. Fears were raised about the safety of the bridge, which connects Teignmouth and Shaldon, after the shock ...

I have noticed in the print media, that concerns have been expressed by independent engineers on the integrity of timber piles for a project on the East Coast of Demerara, Guyana. The integrity of ...

Keywords: Seismic vulnerability assessments. Timber structures. Bridges. Substructures. Seismic designs. Seismic performance. Shaking table tests. Pile-to-foundation connections. Cyclic lateral loads.