Austroads

Improving Australian and New Zealand transport outcomes

Association of Australasian road transport agencies

Members

11Budget

$19.3m

National Office Staff

7

Australian States and TerritoriesNew Zealand Transport AgencyAustralian Federal GovernmentLocal Government (ALGA)

$1.0m Corporate$13.2m Work program/research$5.1m NEVDIS

7 National Office Staff4 Program assistants (road agencies)1 Cooperative ITS (VicRoads)12 NEVDIS staff (NSW RMS)

New Zealand

representatives

on Austroads

Allan Frost – Austroads Board Member Kevin Reid – Chief Engineers Group John Donbavand – Pavements Barry Wright – Bridge James Hughes – Road design Nigel Lloyd – Tunnels Colin MacKay – Project Delivery Tony Brennand – Economic Evaluation

& Planning

Ageing assets Urban growth Increasing freight demand Road safety Integration of transport modes Security of infrastructure Ageing workforce

Challenges for Australia and New Zealand

Research program: 160+ research projects

Collaboration: 26 national taskforces and working groups, representatives on 16 international technical committees

Publications: 90 + published 2012-13

Activities

100+ publications across 10 topics

Guide to Asset ManagementGuide to Bridge TechnologyGuide to Pavement TechnologyGuide to Project DeliveryGuide to Project EvaluationGuide to Road DesignGuide to Road SafetyGuide to Traffic Management Guide to Road Transport PlanningGuide to Road Tunnels

Austroads Guides

Program areasTechnology Assets

Safety

Registration & Licencing

Network

Freight

Technology program Pavements Bridges

Road design

Economic evaluation &

planningProject delivery

Tunnels

Current research areas

Response-to-load model Procedures to assess the damaging

effects of axle group loads Fatigue of cemented materials Maximising reuse of RAP Aging tests for PMBs and asphalt Performance of sprayed seals High modulus asphalt (EME) technology Characterisation and performance of

granular bases Pavement design practice review Foamed bitumen stabilised pavements Low cost modified granular materials Guide updates

Research underway in pavement design area

Continuous improvementover more than 25 years

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20042012

Presentations

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