Assets
The objective of the Assets Program is to provide a program of research that will assist road and transport agencies in their efforts to minimise the whole of life cost of road infrastructure assets. The assets strategic research program is targeted to address the priorities identified in the Austroads Strategic Plan.
The role of the Assets Task Force is to develop and deliver a program this program. Key focuses of the program are providing optimal levels of service, catering to road user requirements and monitoring and reporting on performance. The Task Force promotes best practice in asset management through the development and maintenance of the Austroads Guide to Asset Management.
The focus of the Guide to Asset Management is the management and preservation of current physical assets. The guide:
- Provides practitioners guidance for decision making with respect to good practice asset management at a network level.
- Introduces overall general principals and the process of asset management
- Identifies emerging issues or drivers of change
- Points practitioners to further sources of information.
The Guide considers assets at a network level and can be grouped in the following way:
- Parts 1, 2 and 3 deal with introducing the topic, community relations and setting strategic direction
- Parts 4 and 8 relate to program development and asset value.
- Parts 5, 6 and 7 deal with specific asset types
The full Guide to Asset Management set comprises of:
- Part 1: Introduction to Asset Management
- Part 2: Community and Stakeholder Requirements
- Part 3: Asset Strategies
- Part 4: Program Development and Implementation
- Part 5: Pavement Performance
- Part 5A: Inventory
- Part 5B: Roughness
- Part 5C: Rutting
- Part 5D: Strength
- Part 5E: Cracking
- Part 5F: Skid Resistance
- Part 5G: Texture
- Part 5H: Performance Modelling
- Part 6: Bridge Performance
- Part 7: Road Related Assets Performance
- Part 8: Asset Valuation and Audit
To view all Austroads publications, please visit the publications page here.
The assets strategic research program is targeted to address the priorities identified in the Austroads Strategic Plan.
Assets projects 2012-13:
| AT1484 | Review of Standard Methods for Measuring Road Condition |
| AT1612 | Future Availability & Increasing Cost of Bitumen and Alternative Surfacing Binders |
| AT1691 | Managing Asset Management Related Civil Liability Legal Risk |
| AT1692 | Asset Management Within a Safe Road System Framework |
| AT1488 | Improving skid resistance measurement example for developing skid resistance investigatory levels |
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AT1540 |
Understanding the Impact on Pavement Surfaces from Next Generation Freight Vehicles and Developing Practical Network Prediction Models and Responses |
| AT1064 | Long-term Performance Monitoring to Develop Consistent Performance Models |
| AT1534 | Management of Road Related Assets (including electrical and electronic) |
| AT1536 | Good Practice Reseal Management |
| AT1537 | Bridge Management through Performance Models |
| AT1539 | Application of new technologies to improve risk management |
| AT1490 | Improving the Estimation of the Cost of Accelerated Road Wear Due to Possible Increases in Axle Mass Limits |
| AT1693 | Using Financial Data in Asset Management Decision Making |
| AT1730 | Benefits and risks of investing in network level deflection data collection |
| AT1732 | Defining Asset Management LOS requirements for freight on rural arterial roads |
| AT1733 | Analysing dynamic wheel loading and its effects on the network |
| AT1734 | Refine and Deploy the road wear modeling methodologies |
| AT1736 | Economics of materials availability and recycling |
| AP1739 | Update the Austroads Guide to Asset Management - Part 5A Inventory |
| AP1740 | Update the Austroads Guide to Asset Management - Part 5A Skid Resistance |
| AP1741 | Update the Austroads Guide to Asset Management - Part 7 Road Related Assets Performance |
To view all Austroads projects in more detail please click here.
Weigh-in-motion Technologies and Users
The purpose of the Weigh-in-motion (WIM) site is a repository and source of knowledge about this very specialized and critical area. The few existing Road Authority WIM experts are mostly close to retirement and there is currently no training available. There is a high risk this knowledge will be lost if there is nothing in place to capture this knowledge. The bulk of the site is the content of the WIM Manual, however relevant research, and new developments can be posted. The sites brings together experts from government agencies and industry providers and holds information on existing technologies, with a focus on on-road technologies.
Program Manager:
David Darwin
National Assets Manager
New Zealand Transport Agency
Program Support:
Sarah Mayne
Assets Program Assistant
New Zealand Transport Agency
Private Bag 6995 Wellington 6141
New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 894 6305
Email:
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Specifications
| Method Number | Title | Issue Date | Version | |
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| AG:AMS001 | Specification for Pavement Roughness Measurement with an Inertial Laser Profilometer | 19/04/2007 | 1 |  |
| AG:AMS002 | Specification for Pavement Deflection Measurement with a Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) | 19/04/2007 | 2 |
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| AG:AMS003 | Specification for Pavement Deflection Measurement with a Deflectograph | 19/04/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AMS004 | Specification for Pavement Rutting Measurement with a Multi-Laser Profilometer | 19/04/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AMS005 | Specification for Pavement Surface Texture Measurement with a Laser Profilometer | 19/04/2007 | 1 | |
Test Methods
| Method Number | Title | Issue Date | Version | |
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| AG:AMT001 | Pavement Roughness Measurement with an Inertial Laser Profilometer | 2/03/2011 | 2 | |
| AG:AMT002 | Validation of an Inertial Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Roughness (Reference Device Method) | 2/03/2011 | 2 |
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| AG:AMT003 | Validation of an Inertial Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Roughness (Loop Method) | 19/04/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AMT004 | Pavement Roughness Repeatability and Bias Checks for an Inertial Laser Profilometer | 19/04/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AMT005 | Distance Measurement Validation of Road Condition Monitoring Vehicles | 2/03/2011 | 2 | |
| AG:AMT006 | Pavement Deflection Measurement with a Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) | 31/03/2011 | 3 | |
| AG:AMT007 | Pavement Deflection Measurement with a Deflectograph | 2/03/2011 | 2 | |
| AG:AMT008 | Validation and Repeatability Checks for a Deflectograph | 19/04/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AMT009 | Pavement Rutting Measurement with a Multi-Laser Profilometer | 2/03/2011 | 2 | |
| AG:AMT010 | Validation of a Multi-Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Rutting (Reference Device Method) | 2/03/2011 | 2 | |
| AG:AMT011 | Validation of a Multi-Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Rutting (Loop Method) | 19/04/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AMT012 | Pavement Rutting Repeatability and Bias Checks for a Multi-Laser Profilometer | 19/04/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AMT013 | Pavement Surface Texture Measurement with a Laser Profilometer | 2/03/2011 | 2 | |
| AG:AMT014 | Validation of a Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Surface Texture (Reference Device Method) | 2/03/2011 | 2 | |
| AG:AMT015 | Validation of a Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Surface Texture (Loop Method) | 19/04/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AMT016 | Pavement Surface Texture Repeatability and Bias Checks for a Laser Profilometer | 19/04/2007 | 1 | |
Commentaries
| Method Number | Title | Issue Date | Version | |
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| AG:AM/S001 | Specification for Pavement Roughness Measurement with an Inertial Laser Profilometer | 07/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/S002 | Specification for Pavement Deflection Measurement with a Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) | 07/07/2007 | 1 |
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| AG:AM/S003 | Specification for Pavement Deflection Measurement with a Deflectograph | 07/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/S004 | Specification for Pavement Rutting Measurement with a Multi-Laser Profilometer | 07/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/S005 | Specification aor Pavement Surface Texture Measurement with a Laser Profilometer | 07/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/T001 | Pavement Roughness Measurement with an Inertial Laser Profilometer | 2/03/2011 | 2 | |
| AG:AM/T002 | Validation of an Inertial Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Roughness (Reference Device Method) | 07/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/T003 | Validation of an Inertial Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Roughness (Loop Method) | 07/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/T004 | Pavement Roughness Repeatability and Bias Error Checks for an Inertial Laser Profilometer | 07/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/T005 | Distance Measurement Validation of Road Condition Monitoring Vehicles | 07/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/T006 | Pavement Deflection Measurement with a Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) | 31/03/2011 | 2 | |
| AG:AM/T007 | Pavement Deflection Measurement with a Deflectograph | 2/03/2011 | 2 | |
| AG:AM/T008 | Validation and Repeatability Checks for a Deflectograph | 07/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/T009 | Pavement Rutting Measurement with a Multi-Laser Profilometer | 03/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/T010 | Validation of a Multi-Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Rutting (Reference Device Method) | 03/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/T011 | Validation of a Multi-Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Rutting (Loop Method) | 03/07/2007 | 1 | |
| AG:AM/T012 | Pavement Rutting Repeatability and Bias Error Checks for a Multi-Laser Profilometer | 07/12/2007 | 1 |
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| AG:AM/T013 | Pavement Surface Texture Measurement with a Laser Profilometer | 2/03/2011 | 2 |
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| AG:AM/T014 | Validation of a Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Surface Texture (Reference Device Method) | 03/07/2007 | 1 |
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| AG:AM/T015 | Validation of a Laser Profilometer for Measuring Pavement Surface Texture (Loop Method) | 03/07/2007 | 1 |
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| AG:AM/T016 | Pavement Surface Texture Repeatability and Bias Error Checks for a Laser Profilometer | 12/07/2007 | 1 |
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