Publications

Guide to Pavement Technology Part 2: Pavement Structural Design provides advice for the structural design of sealed road pavements. The advice has been generally developed from the approaches followed by the Austroads member agencies. However, as it…

The use of stabilisation technology for stabilising and recycling materials for pavement construction and maintenance is widely accepted as a cost-effective method of improving long‑term performance and reducing whole-of-life costs of modern,…

Part 5 of the Guide to Bridge Technology: Structural Draftingsets out the principles involved in the presentation of bridge structural drawings and is intended to give engineers and draft persons at all levels a sound guide in drafting presentation…

Part 2 of the Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology - Pavement Structural Design contains procedures for the design of flexible pavements consisting of unbound granular materials, flexible pavements that contain one or more bound layers, and rigid…

Part 2: Pavement Structural Design – provides advice for the structural design of sealed road pavements. The advice has been generally developed from the approaches followed in the Austroads member authorities. However, as it encompasses the wide…

The Guide to Bridge Technology Part 2: Materialscovers all aspects of the common building materials available to the engineer including concrete, metallic and non-metallic materials and timber. It discusses material characteristics, their properties,…

Part 3 of the Guide to Bridge Technology discusses the need for the bridge designer to address the specific requirements such as the transporting of goods and services, development of flood free routes, navigational clearances, longer spans,…

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-…

Part 4 of the Guide to Bridge Technology provides guidance about effectively specifying and scoping contractual requirements for bridge design parameters. This is important where the design standards require resolution by the authority/owner of many…

Guide to Bridge Technology Part 1: Introduction and Bridge Performanceprovides guidance to bridge owners and authorities on technology related issues relevant to bridge ownership, design procurement, vehicle and pedestrian accessibility and bridge…