Publications

This new joint AAPA/RNZ publication is a guide to the process of design and approval of an asphalt job mix. It doesn't attempt to introduce any new procedures, but provides a guide to the preparation of asphalt mix designs to meet existing specification criteria and a guide to the cost-effective use of characterisation tests to satisfy performance attributes for particular application. 28 pages.

This Guide provides assistance with the comparison of alternative pavement designs and complements the Guide to the Selection and Design of Flexible Pavements (IG-6). It provides information on both the quantifiable and non-quantifiable issues that impact on long term pavement performance and provides a methodology for quantifying, as far as possible, whole-of-life costs. The Guide also contains information on likely maintenance diaries and routine and periodic maintenance costs. Part of this methodology includes a risk assessment procedure to assist in maximising the reliability of the final selection.

This guide provides assistance in the selection, specification and design of flexible road pavements for a variety of applications. It brings together information on design, construction, performance and maintenance on a wide range of flexible road pavements with the aim of promoting selection, design and construction of pavements that will provide sound long-term performance and low whole-of-life costs. It also contains a number of charts that provide typical design thicknesses and compositions for a number of different types of flexible pavements. 68 pages.

This guide has been prepared for the benefits of engineers, architects and contractors who are involved in the planning, design and construction of light-duty flexible pavements incorporating asphalt layers. Tables of typical pavement thicknesses for a range of light duty applications are provided as a general guide, and a model specification suitable for paving with asphalt on small-scale works is included. 36 pages. The specification may be downloaded as a pdf file.

This guide to the design and use of stone mastic asphalt is designed to supplement the Australian Provisional Guide for the Selection and Design of Asphalt Mixes by guiding users through the selection, design and application process for Stone Mastic Asphalt mixes. 24 pages.

Guidelines providing practical advice on the use of statistically based process control charts to assist asphalt producers to consistently produce high quality hot mix asphalt.

A guide to assist designers and practitioners in the most effective use of cold mixed materials, predominantly using bituminous materials. Presents the different approaches for designing cold mix granular materials using various levels of emulsions and foamed bitumen, and provides some guidance for the design of such mixes and some prediction on how they may perform under various traffic and environmental regimes.

This publication provides a rational procedure for the design of open graded asphalt mixes used as a wearing course on road pavements. It guides users through the selection, design and application process for open graded mixes, and is directed at inexperienced mix designers, as well as experienced designers who are unfamiliar with the new Australian Provisional Design Method.