Test Methods and Specifications

Austroads Technical Specification ATS 2240 sets out the requirements for the construction of stormwater infrastructure. This includes the construction of:

• reinforced concrete pipes;
• steel and aluminium pipes;
• box culverts; and
• other concrete drainage infrastructure, such as inlet and outlet structures, junction boxes, drainage inlet pits, drop structures, headwalls, wingwalls, energy dissipators and lined open surface channels.

ATS 2240 may also be used for the construction of Culverts and associated structures installed for purposes other than drainage, such as a fauna underpass.

ATS 2240 does not cover:

• the design of stormwater infrastructure;
• pipes installed by microtunnelling and/or auger boring (refer to ATS 4541);
• scour protection measures, such as rock mattresses (refer to ATS 5150); and
• the construction of:
• plastic pipes;
• arch structures;
• unlined surface drainage; and
• kerb and channel (refer to ATS 2245).

This technical specification can also be downloaded as a Word document.