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Use of Road-grade Recycled Plastics for Sustainable Asphalt Pavements: Towards the Selection of Road-grade Plastics – An Evaluation Framework and Preliminary Experimental Results
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the initial development of various testing frameworks for the characterisation of road-grade recycled plastic, the incorporation of recycled plastics in bitumen and asphalt via various methods (wet,…
Webinar: Strategic Review of the Guide to Traffic Management
Austroads Guide to Traffic Management (AGTM) has been a valuable resource for industry, particularly amongst traffic engineering and operations cohorts. The transport context is evolving rapidly, and a strategic review identified that a new approach…
Webinar: National Specification for Crumb Rubber Binders in Asphalt and Seals
Australia and New Zealand produce about 510,000 tonnes of end‑of‑life tyres annually. Crumb rubber derived from end‑of‑life tyres has been used in Australia for several decades to enhance the performance of binders used in sprayed seals but prior to…
Best Practice Guidance to Meet the Changing Needs of Transport Network Operations: Strategic Review of Austroads Guide to Traffic Management
This study aims to set a clear plan for the evolution of the Austroads Guide to Traffic Management to ensure it continues to meet the needs of users and remains a critical resource for member agencies and industry. The study was undertaken over…
National Specification for Crumb Rubber Binders in Asphalt and Seals
Crumb rubber binders have been used to construct sprayed seals in Australia for many decades but have not been utilised in asphalt in the past. Due to the lack of crumb rubber binder grades in the Australian national polymer modified binder (PMB)…
Webinar: Use of Recycled Plastics in Road Surfacing
The ban on the export of recycled waste plastic by the Australian government has led to interest in the use of recycled waste plastic in road surfacing applications. Austroads has published a report, Interim guidelines for the use of recycled waste…
Preparing Pavements for Resealing – Planning of Works
This Pavement Work Tip provides guidelines for the planning of works in preparation for resealing.
Cape Seals
This Pavement Work Tip is a guide to the use of Cape Seals.