Publications

This Part discusses all aspects of the planning, design and commissioning of road tunnels including structural and geotechnical requirements, fire and life safety, ventilation, lighting, traffic monitoring and control, plant monitoring and control,…

Austroads Guide to Road Tunnels Part 3: Operation and Maintenance provides guidance on the management of operation and maintenance of road tunnels, including the factors to be considered in setting appropriate performance standards. It also provides…

This Austroads Guide provides a comprehensive introduction to planning for road tunnels and describes important issues and considerations relating to implementation, general planning, regulation, structural and geometric design, drainage, geology,…

Guide to Pavement Technology Part 3 addresses the selection of the most appropriate pavement surfacing. The Guide identifies the significant factors that need to be considered in the selection of the most appropriate surfacing, their inter-…

This Guide has been prepared as part of the Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology to provide an introduction to the nature of asphalt as a material and its application in road pavements. Further publications in this Guide provide supporting detail…

This technical note provides an overview of the use of stone mastic asphalt in Australia.

This technical note provides guidance on the use of ultra thin asphalt surfacings which are typically placed with a minimum thickness of around 12-15 mm, or about half the thickness of similar sized conventional asphalt wearing course mixes.

This technical note reports on tests relating to the use of recycled crumb rubber in asphalt.

This technical note provides guidance on the the use of non-structural asphalt surfacing and overlays. It includes treatments of existing surfaces, non-structural design mix and the compaction of overlays.