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Bituminous Surfacing Characteristics
This Pavement Work Tip provides guidance on the characteristics of bituminous surfacing treatments, including user performance requirements.
Asphalt Joints
This Pavement Work Tip details techniques to ensure that joints in asphalt do not create a point of weakness due to poor compaction and that correct shape and ride quality are maintained.
Production and Paving of EME2
This Pavement Work Tip details the production and paving of EME2, a high modulus asphalt produced with a very hard paving grade bitumen and a high binder content.
Webinar: Technical Basis of Changes to Guide to Pavement Technology
Austroads has published two technical reports drawing together the research underpinning changes made to key components of the Guide to Pavement Technology. The reports detail the technical basis for changes made to 
Sprayed Sealing – Uniformity and Neatness
This Work Tip details work practices that help ensure uniformity of Binder Application Rates and neatness of joints in sprayed seals.
Sprayed Sealing – Surface Enrichment
This Pavement Work Tip provides a guide to the light application of bituminous binder to an existing asphalt or spray seal surface to increase the binder level on the surface and prevent aggregate loss.
Sprayed Sealing – Joint Locations and Effect on Binder Application Rates
This Pavement Work Tip considers traffic distribution and its effect on the suitable location of joints and where the design Binder Application Rates should be varied to allow for the expected traffic volume.
Webinar: Austroads Project Pipeline 2021-22
This webinar provides an overview of Austroads&rsquo
Technical Basis of Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology Part 2: Pavement Structural Design
This report documents the technical basis of the 2010, 2012 and 2017 editions of Austroads&rsquo
Webinar: Options for Managing the Impacts of Aged Heavy Vehicles
The freight industry is critical to the economy, and for many sectors it is heavy vehicles that underpin freight movements and prosperity. The average age of trucks in Australia and New Zealand is among the highest in the developed world. The oldest…