Pavements

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

Latest publications and webinars

Webinar: Passenger Cars and other Non-Truck Tyres Crumb Rubber Asphalt: Demonstration Project
The project aimed to assess and demonstrate the viability of incorporating other-than-truck tyres crumb rubber into asphalt applications from an operational and constructability standpoint. Following the initial part of the project that assessed the…
Passenger Cars and Other Non-Truck Tyres Crumb Rubber in Asphalt: Demonstration Project
This report showcases the practical application of various sources of end-of-life tyres converted into crumb rubber for asphalt road use. It is part of an Austroads project which aims to demonstrate the viability of incorporating crumb rubber derived…
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.

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.