The document summarizes the Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology, which provides guidance on designing, constructing, maintaining, and rehabilitating various pavement types. It is organized into 10 parts that cover topics like pavement materials, structural design, surfacing, evaluation, maintenance, and construction. The guide was updated from previous Austroads publications and aims to promote improved road transport outcomes through training and awareness of its guidance. It involved contributions from numerous authors across Australia.
The document summarizes the Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology, which provides guidance on designing, constructing, maintaining, and rehabilitating various pavement types. It is organized into 10 parts that cover topics like pavement materials, structural design, surfacing, evaluation, maintenance, and construction. The guide was updated from previous Austroads publications and aims to promote improved road transport outcomes through training and awareness of its guidance. It involved contributions from numerous authors across Australia.
The document summarizes the Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology, which provides guidance on designing, constructing, maintaining, and rehabilitating various pavement types. It is organized into 10 parts that cover topics like pavement materials, structural design, surfacing, evaluation, maintenance, and construction. The guide was updated from previous Austroads publications and aims to promote improved road transport outcomes through training and awareness of its guidance. It involved contributions from numerous authors across Australia.
The document summarizes the Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology, which provides guidance on designing, constructing, maintaining, and rehabilitating various pavement types. It is organized into 10 parts that cover topics like pavement materials, structural design, surfacing, evaluation, maintenance, and construction. The guide was updated from previous Austroads publications and aims to promote improved road transport outcomes through training and awareness of its guidance. It involved contributions from numerous authors across Australia.
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The document discusses the Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology, which provides guidance on different aspects of pavement design, construction, maintenance and rehabilitation.
There are 10 different parts that cover various topics related to pavement technology such as introduction, structural design, surfacings, materials, evaluation, unsealed pavements, maintenance, construction, work practices and sub-surface drainage.
Part 1 covers introduction, Part 2 covers structural design, Part 3 covers surfacings, and so on with each part covering specific topics as outlined in the document text.
Austroads
Guide to Pavement Technology
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www.austroads.com.au Parts of the Guide to Pavement Technology Part 1 Introduction to Pavement Technology Part 2 Pavement Structural Design Part 3 Pavement Surfacings Part 4 Pavement Materials Part 4A – Granular Base and Sub Base Materials Part 4B – Asphalt Part 4C – Materials for Concrete Road Pavements Part 4D – Stabilised Materials Part 4E – Recycled Materials Part 4F – Bituminous Binders Part 4G – Geotextiles and Geogrids Part 4H – Test Methods Part 4I – Earthworks Materials Part 4J – Aggregate and Source Rock Part 4K – Seals Part 4L – Stabilising Binders Part 5 Pavement Evaluation and Treatment Design Part 6 Unsealed Pavements Part 7 Pavement Maintenance Part 8 Pavement Construction Part 9 Pavement Work Practices Part 10 Sub-Surface Drainage
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www.austroads.com.au Scope
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www.austroads.com.au Design: materials assessment
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www.austroads.com.au Design: environments Provision of drainage
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www.austroads.com.au Structural Design: thickness and qualities of materials
www.austroads.com.au Surfacing types and characteristics
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www.austroads.com.au Rehabilitation and Maintenance Assessing condition of existing pavements & cause of distress
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www.austroads.com.au Rehabilitation treatments
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www.austroads.com.au Maintenance treatments
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www.austroads.com.au All pavement types
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www.austroads.com.au What’s new Part 1 Introduction to Pavement Technology Part 2 Pavement Structural Design Part 3 Pavement Surfacings Part 4 Pavement Materials Part 4A – Granular Base and Sub Base Materials Part 4B – Asphalt Part 4C – Materials for Concrete Road Pavements Part 4D – Stabilised Materials Part 4E – Recycled Materials Part 4F – Bituminous Binders Part 4G – Geotextiles and Geogrids Part 4H – Test Methods Part 4I – Earthworks Materials Part 4J – Aggregate and Source Rock Part 4K – Seals Part 4L – Stabilising Binders Part 5 Pavement Evaluation and Treatment Design Part 6 Unsealed Pavements Part 7 Pavement Maintenance Part 8 Pavement Construction Part 9 Pavement Work Practices Part 10 Sub-Surface Drainage
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www.austroads.com.au What’s updated and replaced Previous publication Guide to Pavement Technology
Pavement Design Guide, AP-G17/04 Part 2 Pavement Structural Design
Pavement Design for Light Traffic, Part 2 Pavement Structural Design
AP-T36/06 Guide to Selection of Roads Part 3 Pavement Surfacings Surfacings, AP-G63/03 Pavement Rehabilitation Guide, Part 5 Pavement Evaluation and AP-G78/04 Treatment Design Asphalt Guide, AP-66/02 Part 4B Asphalt Part 4F Bituminous binders Part 8 Pavement construction Sprayed Sealing Guide, AP-G76/04 Part 4F Bituminous binders Guide to Selection and Use of Part 4K Seals Bitumen Emulsions, AP-G73/02 Part 8 Pavement construction
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www.austroads.com.au What’s updated and replaced Previous publication Guide to Pavement Technology
Guide to Stabilisation in Part 4B Stabilised materials
Roadsworks, AP -60/98 Part 4I Earthworks materials Mix Design for Stabilised Part 4L Stabilising binders Pavements, AP-T16/02 Part 8 Pavement construction Asphalt Recycling Guide, Part 4E – Recycled materials AP-44/97 NAARSA Pavement materials Part 4A Granular bases and subbases (1976) Part 4J Aggregate and source rock Part 2 Natural gravels Part 8 Pavement construction Part 3 Crushed rock Part 4 Aggregates Part 5 Quality description & assurance Road Maintenance Practice, Part 7 Pavement maintenance AP-13/91 promoting improved road transport outcomes www.austroads.com.au Promotion of the new guide CPEE and AAPA are increasingly providing detailed training involving Austroads publications. Training offered by the CPEE covers most parts of the Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology ARRB Roadshows will be used in promoting more general awareness An opportunity to include Austroads presentations in the AAPA Conference in October 2009 A review panel communiqué and preparation of technical notes as project deliverables have also been suggested
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www.austroads.com.au Thanks Thanks to Austroads Pavement Technology Review Panel members – 5 Program managers Peter Balfe (VicRoads) Gary Liddle (VicRoads) Peter Mitchem (VicRoads) John Worrall (QDMR) David Hubner (QDMR)
– 2 Program Executives Gary Rykers (VicRoads) Philip Rankin (QDMR) Program Executive
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www.austroads.com.au Thanks to Authors ARRB Staff External authors – Allan Alderson – Gary Boon – Bob Andrews – David Dash – Ryan de Carteret – Barry Fielding – Lee Comport – John Hodgkinson – Geoff Jameson – John Keith – Colin Leek – John Metcalf – Mike Shackleton – Justin Moss – Kieran Sharp – John Nichols – Binh Vuong – John Rebbechi – David Svolos – George Vorobieff – Geoff Youdale
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www.austroads.com.au Prize for part with most authors: Part 4C Materials for Concrete Pavements Justin Moss David Dash John Hodgkinson Gary Boon David Svolos John Nichols John Keith plus a Victorian Kieran Sharp
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www.austroads.com.au Special mention John Rebbechi author or co-author of 7 parts! – Part 3 Pavement Surfacings – Part 4B Asphalt – Part 4E Recycled materials – Part 4F Bituminous binders – Part 4K Seals – Part 8 Pavement construction – Part 9 Pavement work practices