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There is an increasing requirement to control and manage ground vibrations generated by road construction and maintenance activities through project specific construction management plans.

The purpose of this research, which was undertaken between July 2010 and June 2011, was to develop, test and recommend additional methodologies that could be used to quantify the economic productivity and land use impacts when assessing transformatio…

Urban form describes the physical shape and settlement/land use patterns of cities and towns.

Internationally there is an increasing expectation for roadways to have a minimal environmental footprint, to express local environmental and cultural context, and to protect or respect natural, historical and landscape assets – in addition to being …

A 2004 trial of the Otta seal technique in various locations in New Zealand showed that it may be a better option for dust minimisation and, based on life cycle costing, could be a lower-cost option when compared with traditional short-term dust pall…

Safety and environmental drivers are pushing the New Zealand road construction industry away from hot, cutback binders and towards the use of emulsified bitumen as the delivery medium for chipseal binders.

Glass bottles collected by councils are forming large stockpiles, particularly in the South Island, as it is uneconomic to transport the glass to the Auckland plant for recycling.

Roading projects may have adverse effects on indigenous wildlife.

The advance of technology has created several rich sources of data to analyse road network performance and freight patterns.

Warm asphalts are asphalts produced at significantly lower temperatures than the C that is typical of a hot mix plant.