Publications

This paper describes a study undertaken for Austroads into the growing use by road authorities of "performance" as opposed to "prescriptive" forms of contracts and specifications, and attempts to quantify the expected benefits from this approach and…

This report has been prepared as part of Austroads project NT & E 9904 (T & EP N006), “The Development of Performance Contracts and Specifications”, the goal of which is to develop a framework for performance contracts and specifications. The report…

The aim of this Issues Paper is a further refinement and clarification of the ITS Workshop outcomes and so that the following is achieved: The identification of the extent and role of ITS applications and their potential impact of future road asset…

A form of contract, lane rental was developed to facilitate major motorway rehabilitation contracts in the United Kingdom in the 1980s, and has since been used in the United States. Lane rental contracts are a performance-based contract where road…

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…

The two-volumes of Cities for Tomorrowprovide detailed guidance and resource material to assist practitioners in the integration of planning for land use, transport and the environment.

More than 85 percent of the Australian population resides in its…

The two-volumes of Cities for Tomorrowprovide detailed guidance and resource material to assist practitioners in the integration of planning for land use, transport and the environment.

More than 85 percent of the Australian population resides in its…

The two-volumes of Cities for Tomorrowprovide detailed guidance and resource material to assist practitioners in the integration of planning for land use, transport and the environment.

This linked pdf version includes the contents of both volumes.

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The findings of Austroads major theme project - Roads in the Community - have been published as a two-part report Roads in the Community Are They Doing Their Job? and Roads in the Community: Towards Better Practice. The report was commissioned as an…

The findings of Austroads major theme project - Roads in the Community - have been published as a two-part report Roads in the Community Are They Doing Their Job? and Roads in the Community: Towards Better Practice. The report was commissioned as an…