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Sprayed Sealing: Volume Binder Correction
This Pavement Work Tip provides a guide to calculate the volume of liquid bituminous binders relative to a standard temperature of 15°C.
Salinity and Rising Water Tables: Risks for Road Assets
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…
Sprayed Seal Design 2003/04: Summary
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…
Sprayed Sealing: Aggregate Precoating
This Pavement Work Tip provides a guide to precoating aggregates and use of adhesion agents in hot sprayed sealing work.
Sprayed Sealing: Rolling of Cover Aggregate
This Pavement Work Tip provides a guide to rolling and compacting cover aggregates used in sprayed sealing road works.
A Road Profile Based Truck Ride Index (TRI)
Very little is known about riding quality for trucks. Pavement roughness is widely accepted as a reliable low-cost measure of ride quality for occupants of passenger cars, and of road condition, and is a significant input to the estimation of road…
Polymer Modified Binder Sprayed Seal Trials
Two significant road trials have been initiated to better understand the performance defining properties of Polymer Modified Binders when used in sprayed sealing applications over cracked pavements. Treatments varied from manually applied crack…
Use of Recycled Materials and the Management of Roadside Vegetation on Low Trafficked Roads
This report provides the results of two separate reviews into practices relating to low trafficked roads: namely, the use of recycled materials and the management of roadside vegetation. The use of recycled materials is becoming increasingly common…