Publications

This webinar, presented on 26 October 2017, provides an overview of current and contemporary road transport management practices in Australasia and a harmonised framework. The webinar was presented by Dr Aut Karndacharuk and Asif Hassan. The…

This report reviews international and local road transport management (RTM) practice to inform the development of a harmonised RTM framework.

This report details investigations that were conducted to verify the new Austroads sprayed seal design guidelines.

To verify the appropriateness of the proposed basic voids factor (Vf), and the initial sealing design approach (and also to validate…

This webinar, presented on 12 September 2017, provides an overview of the key changes to the Guide to Traffic Management Part 5, such as the incorporation of concepts such as Movement and Place, Network Operation Planning, road allocation and the…

EME2 mixes are produced using a hard paving grade bitumen applied at a high binder content (approximately 6%). Compared to conventional asphalt bases with unmodified binders, EME2 asphalt is characterised by high stiffness, high durability, superior…

This report provides a review on surface characteristics in relation to traffic noise and long-life surfacings. For the conventional asphalt surfacings in general road construction practice, the selection of mix type and size would define two most…

The Elastometer is the key testing instrument for PMB specifications in Australia. The Elastometer operating software and data acquisition system were developed in the 1980s, originally to run under DOS and later upgraded to Windows 3.1. This…

The laboratory characterisation of cemented materials for road pavements has recently been completed in Austroads Project TT1359 Cost-Effective Structural Treatments for Rural Highways. This project concluded there is a need for a substantial…

The current practice of balancing traffic density or distributing traffic evenly in a road network is essentially subjective and is achieved manually through expert opinions. This report summarises these expert opinions and investigates whether…

Polymer modified binders (PMBs) can provide improved service performance over normal bitumens in demanding situations. However, a number of field problems have been experienced with PMBs and some of these have been attributed to property changes…