Case Study: Humes Townsville achieves flood-resilient Bruce Highway infrastructure with InfraBuild steel and wire strand

Humes Townsville delivers flood resilience upgrades with InfraBuild, cutting closures from 55 hours to 15–22 hours

Humes Townsville, a precast concrete manufacturer, was engaged as a subcontractor for a major flood resilience upgrade project on Queensland's Bruce Highway. The challenge was to supply a vast quantity of high-quality materials for the construction of new bridges and culverts across the complex Haughton River floodplain, an area prone to frequent and lengthy weather-related road closures.

InfraBuild supplied over 540 tonnes of 7 Wire PC Strand to Humes for the fabrication of critical structural components, including pre-tensioned beams and pile cage reinforcement for the project's foundations. This solution provided the necessary strength and durability for the new infrastructure, which was built to withstand a one-in-50-year flood event. As a result of the upgrade, which InfraBuild contributed to, the average duration of flood-related closures on this highway section is expected to be drastically reduced from 55 hours to between 15 and 22 hours.

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