Turn recovered materials into reliable road-building resources.
Road construction consumes vast quantities of raw materials – but it also offers major opportunities to reuse valuable resources, reduce waste and support a more circular economy.
This self-paced online course gives you the technical foundation to assess and introduce recycled materials with greater confidence.
Explore materials already reshaping road construction, including reclaimed asphalt pavement, crumb rubber, recycled glass, crushed concrete, brick, plastics, slags, fly ash and other industrial by-products. Examine how they can be used in asphalt, Basecourse, Subbase, stabilised materials and concrete.
The course moves beyond environmental claims to address the questions that determine whether a recycled material will work: Does it meet performance requirements? Is it safe to handle? What are its lifecycle impacts? Can it be sourced and processed economically? How should it be tested, specified and monitored?
Draw on field trials, laboratory testing and real project examples – including NTRO investigations into recycled crushed glass, crumb-rubber asphalt and high-friction surface treatments. See how evidence is used to refine material blends, manage risk and progress promising products from trials into specifications and business-as-usual practice.
You will also follow a practical implementation pathway covering feasibility studies, performance testing, WHS and environmental assessment, Life Cycle Assessment, specification development, field trials and long-term monitoring.
Enrol now and learn how to move recycled road materials from good intentions to proven, practical application.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
