‘The Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology Part 4B: Asphalt’ provides comprehensive guidance for the selection of constituent materials, mix design, testing, manufacture and placement of commonly used asphalt mix types in Australia and New Zealand. The Guide was first published by Austroads in 2007, followed by a major revision in 2014. The most recent edition presented in this webinar captures the major advancements in asphalt technology over the past decade, including:

• the increased use of more sustainable materials
• improvements to asphalt characterisation testing and changes to test methods
• new mix design procedures for crumb rubber gap-graded asphalt, EME2 and mixes containing reclaimed asphalt pavement.

This webinar will go through the major changes to the Guide, including any new content not previously included in Part 4B: Asphalt. It will be especially relevant to anyone involved in the asphalt industry, including designers, road managers, asphalt suppliers and contractors.

Details About the Webinar

Thursday, 06/11/2025 · 1:00 p.m. Sydney (GMT +11:00)
Cost: Free
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About the Speakers

M Mike Pickering

Mike Pickering is currently working in the role of Director (Pavements, Research and Innovation) in the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads and is the department’s representative on the Austroads Pavements Task Force. Mike is also the Austroads Project Manager for the APT6391 Update to Guide to Pavement Technology Part 4B: Asphalt project and is representing Austroads in this webinar.

1758504212-71b533064d181e01 Joe Grobler

Joe has over 20 years’ experience in pavement engineering and is the National Transport Research Organisation’s (NTRO) subject matter expert in asphalt technology. Since joining the NTRO in 2016, he has been the lead investigator on several strategically significant asphalt research projects including crumb rubber modified asphalt, high modulus asphalt (known as EME2), warm mix asphalt, ant-stripping technologies, asphalt performance relationships and technical specifications.

As the Agreement Manager for the National Asset Centre of Excellence (NACOE), Joe also oversees the delivery of a major research program in collaboration with the Queensland Department of Transport in Main Roads. The program is primarily aimed at enhancing the resilience, sustainability and safety of Queensland’s road network in a cost-effective and productive manner.

Joe was the lead author of the updates to Part 4B: Asphalt

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