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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
19921987
20042012
Presentations
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Ask plenty of questions