Publications

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 brief Guide provides advice on the proportion of cutback to be added to conventional bitumen to ensure that an even coating of bitumen is achieved under a variety of climatic and traffic conditions. Notes are provided to assist users when to…

Fibre reinforced seals comprise a sprayed sealing treatment consisting of a layer of glass fibre strands sandwiched between two coats of a polymer modified bituminous emulsion. The fibres are applied randomly to form a mat that resists reflective…

Austroads and the Australian Asphalt Pavement Association (AAPA) have jointly prepared this Guide to the Audit and Surveillance of Sprayed Sealing Contract Works as an aid to promoting good practice in the performance of sprayed sealing work.…

The purpose of this document is to maintain and improve the validity and harmonisation of estimates of non-urban road user costs (RUCs) in Australia. Australian road agencies use a range of models to estimate RUC’s for use in investment evaluation,…

This Pavement Work Tip provides a guide to calculate the volume of liquid bituminous binders relative to a standard temperature of 15°C.

This report documents work undertaken in relation to the Austroads Business Systems Project BS.A.N.523 Salinity and Rising Water-Tables - Risks for Network Asset management. The purpose of the project was to identify the potential impact of dryland…

This document is a report on a review of Australasian and international literature in 2002 exploring the availability of data, analysis and findings that could assist in estimating inter-modal benefits related to urban transport project evaluations.…

This document contains estimates of road user unit costs in Australia at 30 June 2002. The purpose of the estimates in this document is to provide input values for economic evaluation models used by Australian road agencies for transport projects.…

The report summarises the activity in the Austroads sprayed seal design project for 2003/2004. Austroads member authorities were surveyed to determine if there were further issues with sprayed seal design that needed resolution. Recommendations for…