Publications

Guide to Road Safety Part 8: Treatment of Crash Locations contains practical, hands-on advice to help practitioners in road agencies investigate and treat locations on the road system which are experiencing crashes. By effectively treating these…

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…

This document is an overview of Austroads Guide to Road Safety. It commences with a discussion of road crash costs and road authorities’ duty of care to provide safe travel. The advantages and disadvantages of different ways of measuring road safety…

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,…

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…

Part 5 of the Guide to Bridge Technology – Structural Drafting sets 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…

Treatment of Crash Locations contains practical, hands-on advice to help practitioners in road authorities investigate and treat locations on the road system which are experiencing crashes. By effectively treating these locations, through the…

This document is an overview of Austroads road safety publications, including those still in the preparation or planning stage. It commences with a discussion of road crash costs and road authorities’ duty of care to provide safe travel. The…