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01:01:47

Investigation of Pavement Assessment Methodologies...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2021/10/14

We rely on road freight transport to keep Australia’s economy moving. Performance Based Standards (PBS) vehicles, that are typically longer and heavier, do this work more efficiently but how much road damage do they cause in the process? This webinar, presented by Anthony Germanchev, Georgia O’Connor and Angus Draheim, explores the methods used by road managers to answer this question. It proposes a framework to support consistent approaches to understanding and comparing the pavement impacts of PBS

01:05:07

National Specification for Crumb Rubber Binders in...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2021/10/06

Australia and New Zealand produce about 510,000 tonnes of end‑of‑life tyres annually. Crumb rubber derived from end‑of‑life tyres has been used in Australia for several decades to enhance the performance of binders used in sprayed seals but prior to 2017 the use of crumb rubber in asphalt pavements was limited. Due to the lack of crumb rubber binder grades suitable for use in asphalt in the Austroads national polymer modified binder (PMB) specification (ATS 3110), two Australian jurisdictions and

55:02

Data to Support the Heavy Vehicle Road Reform

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2021/09/28

Austroads has recently published the final report for the three-year project Data to Support the Heavy Vehicle Road Reform, which has investigated a number of different aspects of the requirements, gaps, and opportunities for supplying infrastructure data suitable for supporting a future heavy vehicle cost recovery and investment process. It represents a total of seven years of work from 2013 to 2020. The project explored issues related to the supply of data on freight routes required by the Heavy

56:00

Evaluating the Rutting Performance of Binders

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2021/09/16

Asphalt pavements are a major component of the Australian and New Zealand road networks. Road agencies in Australia and New Zealand have been putting great efforts to produce pavements which perform and are long-lasting. This has led to the development of national specifications to ensure materials of suitable quality are used for road construction. Austroads ATS 3110 is used as a national performance-based specification for polymer modified binders (PMBs). The specification includes the consistency

58:45

Supply Chain Benchmarking Dashboard

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2021/09/14

Comparing the movement of commodities, domestically and internationally, helps to identify potential action areas to support Australian supply chain efficiency, competitiveness and resilience. As part of the Commonwealth international benchmarking project, the Supply Chain Benchmarking Dashboard was developed as a joint initiative between CSIRO and the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications (the department). The dashboard is planned for release in the second

01:01:15

Review of the Guide to Road Safety and Structure for...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2021/08/26

The Review of the Guide to Road Safety and Structure for Online Access project has updated the Guide to Road Safety with the latest research, primarily from Austroads published material, and restructured the guide for better online access and to allow content to be more easily added in the future. This is a second webinar in a two-part series to provide an overview on the updated guide. Presented by Kenn Beer, Dr Tana Tan and Johan Strandroth, this session focuses on Part 7, which contains guidance

59:51

Review of the Guide to Road Safety and Structure for...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2021/08/24

The Review of the Guide to Road Safety and Structure for Online Access project has updated the Guide to Road Safety (AGRS) with the latest research, primarily from Austroads published material, and restructured the guide for better online access and to allow content to be more easily added in the future. The newly updated and restructured AGRS is the first step in delivering a guide to road safety that is easier for readers to navigate and one that aligns with the Towards Zero philosophy. It is a

01:03:10

Use of Recycled Plastics in Road Surfacing

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2021/08/10

The ban on the export of recycled waste plastic by the Australian government has led to interest in the use of recycled waste plastic in road surfacing applications. Austroads has published a report, Interim guidelines for the use of recycled waste plastic in local government road surfacing applications, to assist local government in the use and procurement of road surfacing products incorporating recycled waste plastic. This webinar, presented by Azeem Remtulla and Steve Halligan provides key

01:01:51

Technical Basis of Changes to Guide to Pavement...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2021/08/03

Austroads has published two technical reports drawing together the research underpinning changes made to key components of the Guide to Pavement Technology. The reports detail the technical basis for changes made to Guide to Pavement Technology Part 2: Pavement Structural Design and Guide to Pavement Technology Part 5: Pavement Evaluation and Treatment Design. This webinar, presented by Dr Michael Moffatt and Dr Geoff Jameson, outlines the technical basis of the changes made to Parts 2 and 5 since

01:06:17

Emerging Vehicle Technology Trials Online Repository

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2021/07/27

This webinar presents an Austroads online repository of emerging vehicle technology trials conducted by Austroads’ members and private industry around Australia and New Zealand. The trials capture some of the ground-breaking work and lessons learned to help agencies better focus their research investment and inform policy and strategy decisions leveraging the benefits of emerging technologies and minimising some of the risks associated with them. Webinar presenters are Andrew Somers who speaks about

01:00:52

Austroads Project Pipeline 2021-22

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2021/07/22

This webinar provides an overview of Austroads’ projects 2021-22 and what is required to work with Austroads. The session is beneficial to consultants who may be interested in tendering for Austroads projects. The projects discussed focus on data collection and management, digital engineering, tunnel design and componentry, bridge assessment, pavement technology, road design, road safety audits, driver licensing, environment reporting, and vehicle and infrastructure connectivity. The webinar is

01:00:27

Strategy for an Improved Mechanistic-empirical...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2021/06/24

Following the update of the Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology Part 5: Pavement Evaluation and Treatment Design in 2019, Austroads commissioned the development of a strategy for future improvement of the mechanistic-empirical procedure (MEP) used in pavement rehabilitation and strengthening treatment design. This webinar, presented by Dr Didier Bodin and Dr Geoff Jameson, outlines future research direction derived from the review of national and international literature and road agency best

01:01:30

Next Generation Asset Data Collection: Road Pavement...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2021/06/22

The increasing pace of change of technology brings considerable promise of more data, of a higher quality, captured for a lower cost. This has the potential to improve the asset management of roads by enabling better decision making and providing a more complete picture of asset performance. These benefits, however, are not automatic. For asset managers, it can be difficult to know what technology is available and how the benefits compare to costs. There is also often considerable friction in moving

01:04:02

Development and Justification of Asset Preservation...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2021/06/18

This is a final session in the series of three webinars based on the Austroads report Prolonging the Life of Road Assets Under Increasing Demand: A Framework and Tools for Informing the Development and Justification of Asset Preservation and Renewal. It is presented by Tim Martin, Tyrone Toole and Qindong Li, and explains the broad framework and the economic and customer centred basis for justifying appropriate levels of investment in road asset preservation and renewal. Examples include those which

01:30:01

Development and Justification of Asset Preservation...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2021/06/09

This is the second session in a series to present the findings of Prolonging the Life of Road Assets Under Increasing Demand: A Framework and Tools for Informing the Development and Justification of Asset Preservation and Renewal. The webinar, presented by Tyrone Toole, Dr Tim Martin, Ranita Sen, Qindong Li and Liam Terris, explains the framework, tools and case studies in detail, and how asset management practitioners can apply these in their day-to-day work. The emphasis is on reinforcing good

57:43

Design and Construction Guidelines for the Delivery...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2021/06/08

Over recent years there have been a number of incidents of structural failures of sign and high mast lighting structures across Australia and New Zealand, primarily due to poor design and construction practices. In addition to the obvious unacceptable safety risks and property damage caused by such incidents, these failures create substantial unforeseen operational costs to repair and modify these assets. This often results in significant traffic delays and imparts reputational damage to the

59:53

Development and Justification of Asset Preservation...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2021/06/03

This is the first session in a series of three webinars to present the findings of the report Prolonging the Life of Road Assets Under Increasing Demand: A Framework and Tools for Informing the Development and Justification of Asset Preservation and Renewal. The session covers: Review of challenges, guiding principles, examples of practice and definition of requirements. Development of framework, procedures and supporting tools. Scope and design of the case studies. Case study results and

01:02:42

Options for Managing the Impacts of Aged Heavy Vehicles

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2021/05/27

The freight industry is critical to the economy, and for many sectors it is heavy vehicles that underpin freight movements and prosperity. The average age of trucks in Australia and New Zealand is among the highest in the developed world. The oldest trucks are associated with higher environmental and health costs than newer trucks, yet these have been poorly quantified to date. Managing these issues is important to maintaining the freight industry’s social license. Austroads has published a research

57:43

An Overview of the New Guide to Road Design Parts 1...

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2021/05/25

Austroads has recently completed a project to consolidate the previous Guide to Road Design Part 1: Introduction to Road Design, Part 2: Design Considerations and Part 8: Process and Documentation into a new Part 1: Objectives of Road Design. This update to Part 1 of the Guide to Road Design provides practitioners with a detailed description of the critical aspects of road design and essentially combines the former parts 1, 2 and 8 into one single part. This will enable Part 2 to be utilised for

01:05:11

Paving our ways

Austroads: Transport Research and Trends ·

2021/05/13

This webinar presents a book “Paving Our Ways”, which references Austroads’ research and provides a comprehensive international history of the world’s pavements, running from the earliest human settlements to the present day. No previous book has covered such a broad canvass. The book is written for general and technically oriented readers, tracing the human and social aspects of pavement development and use and providing detailed technical background. It also caters to students of engineering and

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