Pavements and Structures Materials Technology Pavements and Structures provides the following a range of services and resources.
Contact Details for each of the services are available from the Contact Us section of our site.
Asphalt and Bitumen Technology
- Advice and consultancy in asphalt technology;
- Asphalt mix design and assessment;
- Asphalt treatment selection;
- Asphalt failure investigations;
- Specialised testing including high performance type mix designs, creep, stiffness and fatigue;
- Recycling of asphalt;
- Asphalt asset life modelling;
- Test procedure development, test equipment evaluation and development, and specification development.
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Coatings and Corrosion Technology
- Testing, specification preparation and advice for structural coatings as used on bridges, wharves, buildings, ferries etc.;
- Auditing and certification of pavement marking equipment;
- Applied research and development in the use of paints and protective coatings, application methods, and removal processes;
- Advice to other government departments.
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Pavement and Field Testing Services
- Pavement strength testing;
- Pavement roughness and texture measurement;
- Skid resistance and texture measurement of road pavement surfaces, and parking, pedestrian and line marked areas;
- Surface profile measurement.
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Pavement Investigation and Design
- Design of new pavements, pavement widening, and rehabilitation treatments;
- Advice and recommendations on pavement rehabilitation strategies;
- Evaluation of pavement performance and analysis of failure mechanisms;
- In-situ sub grade evaluation;
- Pavement damage predictions and special load analyses;
- Determination of appropriate road construction, maintenance practices, and quality standards;
- Research and development to improve the performance, serviceability, and cost effectiveness of pavements.
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Pavement Materials Technology
- Selection and performance of pavement materials;
- Evaluation and selection of stabilisation and recycling methods;
- Sub grade, bound and unbound pavement material evaluation and performance appraisal;
- Research and development in stabilisation and recycling processes, construction practices, test equipment and procedure development.
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Road Surfacing
- Advice and consultancy for surfacing selection, seal design, application techniques, remedial treatments, polymer modified binders and specification development;
- Specialised testing to identify the physical characteristics of bitumen, cutback bitumen, primes, emulsions or polymer modified bitumen;
- Aggregate stripping testing to assess the adhesion of bitumen to aggregate;
- Specialised external audits of sprayed seal contracts;
- Research and development in modified binders and sprayed seal construction practices.
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Structural Materials Services
- Advice on concrete mix design, admixtures, reinforcement location;
- Testing, advice and assessment of reinforcement bars, welds, corrosion, hardness of metals, plastics and rubbers, galvanising and failures;
- Permeability testing of concrete;
- Alternative and protective materials for aggressive environments
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