AAPAs Asphalt Pavement Solutions for Life Project

Dougall Broadfoot
AAPA NSW State Executive Officer

Overview of Presentation

What is the APS-fL Project?

Drivers of AAPA Innovation
Perceptions of Value
Project in the Context of Innovation Driving Value
Nurturing the Project
Value Deliverables
Learning Points for Future

AAPA and Long Life Asphalt Pavements in Australia

LLAP Projects and studies between AAPA and SRAs since 1980s
Regular positive reports on the studies - Sharp & Tepper 2001 - Youdale
2004 - Foley 2008 - Rickards 2009 - Armstrong & Rickards 2010
Great reports but nothing changes! Austroads revisions delivering
conservative outcomes
Over designed but by how much?
This project changes that forever
Absolutely about innovation driving value

What makes AAPA tick? Drivers of AAPA Innovation

AAPA is the peak body representing all parts of the flexible pavement
industry in Australia since 1969. Member categories embrace
bituminous binder suppliers, asphalt producers, sprayed sealing
operators, equipment suppliers, consulting firms, toll road operators, all
State Government Road Authorities and many Local Governments
across Australia.
Mission to effectively represent the interests of all members and to
demonstrate technical excellence in the sustainable use of bitumen-
based products in pavement engineering solutions
Values in all its activities and at all times AAPA and its members will
act with professionalism, honesty and integrity

Strategic Directional Alignments the Context

SRA Guiding Values

Safety
Customer Focus
Efficiency & Effectiveness
Collaboration
Integrity & Transparency
Innovation & Harmonisation
Sustainable

AAPA Strategic Goals and Values

Sustainability & Safety

Technology & Leadership
Communication, Outreach &
Effective Representation
Training & Knowledge
All Member Focus
Honesty & Integrity

Consideration of Value Perceptions

Value? More benefits for less or same costs?
Benefits? Not universally perceived e.g. Smoothness e.g. Noise
Costs? Impacts? Whole of life assessment?
Value for money outcomes are defined by those motivations clients regard as benefits
Our drivers give us the clear goal to innovate and seek out innovations that provide value
solutions in terms of meeting the goals of our clients
Community expectations OUR Challenges this project
Freeways
Free flowing (safe system guidelines)
Smooth to drive on with low noise
Safe - no spray when it rains, good skid resistance
Well maintained

Project Nurturing - Engagement with SRAs and ARRB

Early stakeholder engagement

Project Steering Group
Dynamic Modulus v Resilient Modulus
Sample compaction method
Healing and NCHRP Project 9/44
Plant mixed samples
Over-reliance on NCAT data
UK data and curing
FEL incorporation
Field validation
Composite & other pavements

Tension Points
(Harmonised?)
Executive Visions

Customer Focus
Efficiency & Effectiveness
Collaboration
Integrity & Transparency
Innovation & Harmonisation
Sustainable

Technological Divisions

Terrors of Risk
Collectives of Performance
Fearsome Trust word
Mask of Consensus
Passion to Preserve
Lust for Research Funds

Value Deliveries of the Project?

Safety
Cost effectiveness
Sustainability
Innovation
Harmonisation
Smoothness
Whole of life benefits
Maintenance

Traffic at maintenance plus texture & spray

Pavement thickness savings plus time
Virgin material savings plus recycle & noise
Australian & state of the art internationally
Applicable nationally
Initial and perpetual via mill & fill
Smooth, fuel savings, congestion avoided
Limited to the wearing course perpetual
pavement

Example of thickness outcomes

(150mm working platform on subgrade CBR 5)
Austroads 100x106 (SAR)
355mm (Melbourne)
390mm (Brisbane)
UK TRL
340mm (DG 50 pen)
390mm (DG 100 pen)
Australian Pavement Solutions - for Life
325mm (Mel)
320mm (Bris)

Project Outcomes Takeaways

This work has never been done before in Australia uniquely field validated
It was broadened & enriched by SRA and ARRB input & undertaken in close
collaboration
It has been peer reviewed as being work of eminent international quality
The benefits it contains for asset owners and road users can not be ignored
in terms of cost & sustainability
Six for the cost of five
Most timely given the infrastructure boom
Implement nationally quickly - Bevans following papers

Learning Points for Future Value

Early engagement highly beneficial and across the right levels

Open exchange and sharing of objectives and information
Develop and maintain a bias for action with supporting performance criteria
Focus on technology transfers for earliest achievement of the value benefits
Gain commitment to national implementation at the outset
Literature surveys not always needed as paid research
Express project linkages to Asset Owner vision elements
Identify, measure and tell community benefits of project
Planned and targeted communications and reviews
Great value gains from international affiliations
Just keep looking and doing it for ongoing improvements