Road Safety Audits are an integral part of the safe system approach at all stages of the road construction and maintenance process. The objective of a road safety audit is to identify foreseeable hazards for all road users. 

The road safety audit process provides a reasonable, but not absolute, hazard identification method for all road users, focusing on reducing fatal and serious injuries.

A key task of the roads manager is to ensure the ongoing integrity of road pavement assets by undertaking appropriate condition assessments at regular intervals. These assessments are used to identify emerging or progressed defects that may affect the safety risk or asset integrity risk of road pavements across the network. Understanding what causes road pavement defects and how to diagnose them is a crucial skill set of the road asset manager to ensure the safe, appropriate, and optimised management of road pavements.

This one-day program is designed to provide the attendee with a solid grounding in the fundamentals of the causes of road pavement defects, how to assess them, and how to utilise the results. The course is built around the methodologies presented in IPWEA Road Practice Note 9 and its Addendums. It combines methodologies, practical examples and exercises for attendees.

This one-day course is intended to provide awareness and practice in undertaking response inspections following a flood event. The purpose of this inspection is to quickly identify emergent issues from the event and identify if the asset is safe to operate in its current condition.

Response inspections are typically performed on assets which have experienced a flood event to evaluate damage and to provide assurance the asset can operate safely following an event.

The course content draws on industry practice for inspections and the facilitators experience managing  flood event response inspections.

The Lower Order Road Design Guidelines has been developed to assist practitioners with a risk-based approach for the design and construction of lower order assets held by local government in Queensland. As the lower order road network accounts for over 70% of local and state controlled networks throughout Queensland, this approach allows stakeholders to maximise the return on funds invested.

To assist with the implementation of these guidelines, a training program has been developed that provides key stakeholders with the relevant knowledge and skills to apply the strategies embedded in the document in a practical and consistent way.

Practical information and guidance that will help you review your unsealed roads practices and ensure you are achieving value for money for road users.

The 2-day Unsealed Roads Workshop provides attendees with practical information and guidance on the use of materials, maintenance practices, and management of unsealed roads. Much of the content is based on ARRB’s 2020 Unsealed Roads - Best Practice Guide, and Austroads’ Guide to Pavement Technology Part 6 – Unsealed Pavements, 2009. In addition to these key reference documents, practical knowledge and real-life examples from road authorities are provided.

IPWEA-QNT is offering a two-day workshop to provide support for road authorities and private industry.

In order to facilitate access on our transport network, we often construct structures to support the transport functionality. These assets may be bridges, major culverts, tunnels, retaining walls or large sign structures. These assets typically have a layer of complexity and longevity which requires additional expertise and process to ensure they are effectively managed. The capture of relevant data for management is typically performed via inspections.

The three day workshop, focusing primarily on bridges and major culverts, provides the participants to the opportunity to learn how to conduct inspections in accordance with best practice. The course will cover the processes associate with the two major inspection types, Level 1 and 2.

This one-day course is intended to provide awareness and practice in undertaking response inspections following a flood event. The purpose of this inspection is to quickly identify emergent issues from the event and identify if the asset is safe to operate in its current condition.

Response inspections are typically performed on assets which have experienced a flood event to evaluate damage and to provide assurance the asset can operate safely following an event.

The course content draws on industry practice for inspections and the facilitators experience managing  flood event response inspections.

Road Safety Audits are a pro-active approach to road safety, forming an integral part of the safe system approach at all stages of the road construction and maintenance process.

IPWEA-QNT is offering a one-day workshop that has been developed to provide attendees with the opportunity to refresh their knowledge and skills for conducting or responding to a Road Safety Audit. This program will reference the Austroads Guide to Road Safety Part 6: Road Safety Audit, utilising case studies and exercises to provide practitioners and decision- makers with techniques to formally address road safety issues before accidents occur.