Publications

This report details the first year of a three-year Austroads project to transfer French Enrobés à Module Élevé Class 2 (EME2) technology to Australia. EME2 technology offers the prospect of reduced asphalt thicknesses for heavy duty pavements, and…

The Guide to Pavement Technology Part 4B: Asphalt provides an introduction to the nature of asphalt as a material and its application in road pavements.

This report documents an asphalt deformation trial established over a 1200 m length of Dandenong Road in Melbourne. The trial aimed to validate the wheel tracking used in the Austroads mix design method. The trial involved the placement of seven…

The report describes the work undertaken in the second year of a two year project to assist implementation of a new Australian asphalt mix design procedure. The main tasks undertaken were (i) publication of an update for the Australian Provisional…

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 is a guide to improving pavement ride quality through asphalt shape correction and regulation.

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