Publications

The selection of pavement materials is a critical element in the design, construction and maintenance of pavements if performance is to be optimised and whole of life costs minimised. This part of the Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology provides…

This Pavement Work Tip provides a guide to the sprayed seal technique commonly referred to as skin patching which is used for minor repairs of road pavements.

This guide presents information on the application, design, maintenance and recycling of geotextile reinforced seals. The main application is as a surfacing treatment though there is some discussion of use as an interlayer. Two grades of fabric are…

This Pavement Work Tip provides a guide to retexturing bituminous surfaces by using high pressure water to remove excess bitumen.

This Pavement Work Tip provides a guide to equipment, site selection, safety and procedures for coring of asphalt pavements.

Whilst there are many different sources of funding for road construction, maintenance and rehabilitation, a limited number of these are available for application to local roads. Changes in the volume and type of freight being carried on local roads…

This Pavement Work Tip is a guide to the calculation of paver forward speed for smooth continuous paving and matching roller capacity to ensure effective compaction.

This Pavement Work Tip provides a guide to good practice in hand finishing in conjunction with paver spreading of asphalt

This Pavement Work Tip provides a guide to rolling and compacting cover aggregates used in sprayed sealing road works.

A form of contract, lane rental was developed to facilitate major motorway rehabilitation contracts in the United Kingdom in the 1980s, and has since been used in the United States. Lane rental contracts are a performance-based contract where road…