Pavements

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

Latest publications and webinars

Guide to Pavement Technology: Set
  • AGPT-SET
  • 18 April 2024
  • Guides
Easy access to all twenty parts of the Guide to Pavement Technology
Guide to Pavement Technology Part 2: Pavement Structural Design
Guide to Pavement Technology Part 2: Pavement Structural Design provides advice for the structural design of sealed road pavements. The advice has been generally developed from the approaches followed by the Austroads member agencies. However, as it…
Webinar: Feasibility of Using Anti-stripping Additives as an Alternative to Hydrated Lime
Moisture damage in asphalt (also known as stripping) can significantly reduce the durability and strength of asphalt pavements, often resulting in expensive repairs. Hydrated lime is widely used in Australia to reduce the moisture susceptibility of…

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.