Publications

High Pressure Water Retexturing
This Pavement Work Tip provides a guide to retexturing bituminous surfaces by using high pressure water to remove excess bitumen.
Coring of Asphalt Pavements
This Pavement Work Tip provides a guide to equipment, site selection, safety and procedures for coring of asphalt pavements.
Nuclear Density Testing of Asphalt Pavements
This Pavement Work Tip provides a guide to the use of nuclear gauges to determine the density of asphalt pavements.
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.
Asphalt Paving Speed
This Pavement Work Tip is a guide to the calculation of paver forward speed for smooth continuous paving and matching roller capacity to ensure effective compaction.
Asphalt Shape Correction
This Pavement Work Tip is a guide to improving pavement ride quality through asphalt shape correction and regulation.
Sprayed Seals: Removal of Loose Aggregate
This Pavement Work Tip is a guide to the removal of surplus aggregate from sprayed seals using brooming or suction cleaning.
Sprayed Seals: Determining Sprayer Forward Speed
This Pavement Work Tip is a guide to the calculation of sprayer forward speed for correct binder application rates in sprayed seals.
Asphalt Handwork
This Pavement Work Tip provides a guide to good practice in hand finishing in conjunction with paver spreading of asphalt