Publications

The management of Australia and New Zealand’s bridge stock involves the development of forward works programs for periods up to, and longer than, ten years into the future. The scheduling of maintenance, rehabilitation and replacement, forms part of…

This report provides a broad indication of the methodology, project components, expertise available and indicative costs required to produce a robust national willingness to pay (WTP) estimate of the social cost of Australian road crashes.

There is significant pressure in Australia to improve freight productivity through the national reform agenda. A key component of the reform plan is to improve access to the road network for heavy vehicle operators. Assessment of bridge capacity is…

In modern bridge structures, bridge bearings and expansion joints are commonly the source of most maintenance and performance issues. In some situations their performance can lead to the closure/failure of major structures and their maintenance can…

This report introduces key methodologies and the associated challenges with regards to defining and measuring travel time reliability, in particular, for improving the valuation of travel time in project appraisal by Australian jurisdictions.

Austroads updates of unit values and cost estimation algorithms used as inputs for urban and non-urban road investment evaluation models have become the industry standard in Australia. Updates provide a comprehensive and detailed coverage in both…

This document is the combined output of two projects commissioned by Austroads to support improved consistency in Australia and New Zealand in inventory and condition data for road bridges, by developing a minimum set of inventory items, condition…

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…

Road agency inventories in Australia and New Zealand include approximately 50,000 structures that are being managed as bridges. In Australia and New Zealand on arterial roads alone, the value of structures being managed as bridges exceeds A$10b, and…

Concrete durability is an increasingly important issue for road authorities because of the large population of ageing bridges and the decreasing funds available for construction and maintenance. The performance of bridges in the Australasian road…