Publications

This paper describes a study undertaken for Austroads into the growing use by road authorities of "performance" as opposed to "prescriptive" forms of contracts and specifications, and attempts to quantify the expected benefits from this approach and…

This report has been prepared as part of Austroads project NT & E 9904 (T & EP N006), “The Development of Performance Contracts and Specifications”, the goal of which is to develop a framework for performance contracts and specifications. The report…

Over 80% of Australia`s road network is made up by what is loosely referred to as `local roads`. This study was initiated to clarify the functions of, and responsibilities for, local roads across the three tiers of government and identify possible…

This report provides updated information on the competitive supply of roadworks to Government. It compliments a previous broad survey undertaken under National Transport Planning Framework and provides trend data to show a steadily increasing trend…