Resources

Both the design of new pavements in New Zealand and their rehabilitation treatments are currently performed in accordance with the Austroads Pavement Design Guide and its New Zealand Supplement.

The objective of Stage 1 of this research project (carried out in 2002-2003) was to research and identify the most appropriate precast concrete bridge beam shapes that should be adopted in New Zealand as industry standards for the future.

Corrosion of steel reinforcement is the most serious and common deterioration problem affecting reinforced concrete bridges in New Zealand.

Foamed bitumen stabilisation is gaining wide acceptance internationally for pavement stabilisation, but has not been practised in New Zealand.

This report describes the results of the project commissioned to investigate the effects of trench patches and service covers on pavement management.

The Canterbury Accelerated Pavement Testing Indoor Facility (CAPTIF) is a state-of-the-art pavement testing facility located at Christchurch, New Zealand.

Subsoil drainange of the road pavement and subgrade is important to the performance and life expectancy of road pavements.

Refining practice for bitumens in New Zealand has been reviewed over the years, and a range of bitumens of different temperature sensitivities may become available for roadmaking in New Zealand.

This report summarises the results of several road trials carried out in New Zealand, over 15 years between 1989 and 1998, to investigate the hardening of bitumen in chipseals.

This report presents the results of a literature review carried out in 1996.