Engineering & Design · Australia
Timber engineering for Australian councils, shires, and rail
Heritage restorations, engineered timber bridges, and fiber-reinforced repairs, designed to Australian codes and signed by RPEQ / CPEng engineers, for owners who’d rather restore than replace.
The Australia Problem
Few firms here design timber restorations. WRD does.
Few firms in Australia design restorations the way WRD does, with high-strength fiber reinforcement instead of steel, and fewer still design modern engineered timber bridges. That’s the gap WRD fills. Councils and shires sitting on heritage and aging timber structures usually hear “replace it” because their consultant can’t engineer a timber repair. WRD designs the restoration, reuses what’s sound, and delivers a structure that meets AS 5100 while keeping the heritage and the budget intact.
Heritage timber bridge restoration, Australia
Who We Engineer For
Built for Australian government procurement
Local councils & shires
State road authorities
State departments & QBuild
Mining & rail operators
Heritage owners
Design methods, in brief
WRD designs restorations with high-strength-fiber systems, and is one of the few firms that designs modern engineered timber bridges, a real growth area in Australia. See our full design methods →
Standards & Credentials
RPEQ / CPEng, prequalified
Engineered to AS 5100, AS 1720, AS 1170, AS 1328, AS 1604, and AS 2156, signed by RPEQ / RPEV / CPEng / NER engineers. State Road Authority and QBuild prequalified; Local Buy procurement. We design within the approvals timber and waterway works require (Cultural Heritage Assessment, EPA, Works on Waterways permits, EPBC referrals, SARA, DPI, and DAF) and specify APVMA-approved preservative treatments.
Australian design standards
Regional Projects
On record in Australia
South Arm Bridge
Byron Shire, NSW · Heritage restoration
South Arm Bridge
10 to 44 tonnes
A heritage restoration that upgraded the crossing from 10 to 44 tonnes while recycling original timbers.
For Australia projects
Specified to the standards your engineers already work to
Restoration and engineered-timber-bridge design to the full AS code stack, signed by RPEQ / RPEV / CPEng / NER engineers.
AS 5100
AS 1720
AS 1170
AS 1328
AS 1604
RPEQ / CPEng
Your Australia contact
Stephen Richards
Regional Manager, Australia
Unit 2/49-53 Kabi Circuit
Deception Bay, QLD 4508