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Subgrade stabilisation is a common road construction practice in New Zealand.

Data consisting of levels of scabbing (chip loss) of rating sections of New Zealand state highway chipseals, together with a seal stress classification calculated from the road geometry, were collected and analysed to look for relationships between s…

The Loadman portable falling weight deflectometer (FWD) which has been introduced to the New Zealand market in relatively recent times (1996), is described.

The Loadman portable falling weight deflectometer (FWD) is a device for measuring the elastic modulus of pavement materials.

The application of geosynthetic-reinforced soil (GRS) to permanent structures carrying roads and/or pedestrian traffic, such as highway embankments, bridge abutments and retaining walls, is rapidly increasing worldwide, because of its cost-effectiven…

Transit New Zealand regional offices and selected local authorities were asked for information from their records on age and proximity to the coast of their bridges.

The two main types of road surface in New Zealand are chipseal and asphaltic concrete.

Appendix A7, Intangible Costs and Benefits, of Transit New Zealand's Project Evaluation Manual (1991 edition) is reviewed.

Research into moisture in pavements in New Zealand started in 1979 and led to the instrumentation and monitoring of moisture in two sample pavements.

Bitumen emulsions are now being used in almost every application in which hot, cut-back or fluxed bitumen binders are used.