Our pavement research is improving guidance on design and materials management and understanding of material characteristics and vehicle interactions.
Pavements
Latest publications and webinars
- ATM-250-25
- 6 March 2025
- Test Methods
This test method describes the procedure for the determination of the surface texture depth of road surfaces, by the sand patch technique. This method is only applicable to surface texture depths greater than 0.3 mm and is the preferred method for…
- ATM-101-25
- 5 March 2025
- Test Methods
This test method applies to polymer modified binders, polymers and crumb rubber.Materials are sampled according to this protocol to ensure that correct sampling procedures are followed and that test results provide the required information on…
- ATM-000-25
- 21 February 2025
- Test Methods
This document provides a hyperlinked list of the Austroads Test Methods and Specifications.
Austroads' Pavements Task Force and their projects.
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 Pavement Analysis Design Software, AustPADS, allows users to conduct advanced mechanistic analysis of the response-to-load of road pavements.
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.
Pavement projects
Our schedule of projects continually evolves meet tour members' needs. Current projects include: