Pavements

Our pavement research is improving guidance on design and materials management and understanding of material characteristics and vehicle interactions.

Latest publications and webinars

Austroads Test Methods and Specifications
  • ATM-000-24
  • 30 August 2024
  • Test Methods
This document provides a hyperlinked list of the Austroads Test Methods and Specifications.
Evaluation of a Prediction Procedure for Pavement Reflective Cracking
  • AP-T377-24
  • 30 August 2024
  • Technical Reports
This report, which focuses on the reflective cracking of asphalt overlays, documents the findings of project APT6330. The project comprised two main phases. The purpose of the first phase was to undertake a laboratory testing program to characterise…
Webinar: Standards Australia – Bitumen and Related Materials for Roads (2022-24)
The webinar provides an overview of an Austroads project which provided expert technical input into the revision of three Australian Standard test methods (AS 2341.4, AS 2341.15 and AS 2341.27) and three national specification documents (AS 2008, AS…

Austroads Pavement Analysis Design Software, AustPADS, allows users to conduct advanced mechanistic analysis of the response-to-load of road pavements.

Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology has been designed for practitioners and students seeking to learn more about the fundamental concepts, principles, issues and procedures associated with pavement technology.

Austroads' Pavements Task Force and their projects.

Austroads Project APT6305 will investigate the benefits, methodologies, testing frameworks, and the development of performance-based specifications for incorporating recycled plastics into asphalt.

This map is a visual representation of the Weighted Mean Annual Pavement Temperatures in the Guide to Pavement Technology Part 2: Pavement Structural Design.