Publications

Guide to Traffic Management Part 9: Traffic Operationsis concerned with the day-to-day operations that support the provision of road services to road network users. It introduces the concept of traffic operations as underpinning road user services,…

Guide to Traffic Management Part 5: Road Management is concerned with traffic management on sections of road between major intersections. It focuses on traffic management issues and treatments related to various situations but does not provide…

The Guide to Traffic Management Part 4: Network Management provides guidance on traffic management at a network level. It addresses network needs of the various categories of user, the characteristics of various types of network and, importantly,…

The Guide to Project Delivery consists of five parts. Part 3 is concerned with the procurement and management of construction contracts. It covers, in detail, key processes and procedures relating to prequalification, tendering, contract award and…

Guide to Project Delivery consists of five parts. Part 2 gives guidance to project delivery practitioners on a number of concepts relating to planning and control of the delivery phase, as opposed to the preceding initiation phase and subsequent…

Part 1 of the Guide to Road Design provides an introduction to the guide, defining its status, purpose and areas of application and describing the functions and content of each of its nine parts. The context of the road design process within each of…

Guide to Pavement Technology Part 1: Introduction to Pavement Technology provides general information regarding the purpose and function of pavements, pavement types and their components, pavement materials, the types of pavements commonly in use…

Part 1 of the Guide to Project Evaluation provides the context in which project evaluation is carried out. It provides an introduction to project evaluation and anticipates a link-point with the wider area of road transport planning, a very complex…

Part 8 of the Guide to Pavement Technology provides advice on the general requirements for the management of quality assurance, construction planning, earthworks, subsurface drainage, unbound pavements, stabilised pavements, sprayed bituminous…

This document introduces the Austroads Guide to Asset management, the aim of which is to offer guidance on how to best manage physical road infrastructure. The guide covers various aspects of asset management including how to determine and plan to…