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Presenting our latest successes at the IPWEA Conference

13/3/2024

 
We were very pleased to be able to present to delegates at the Institute of Public Works Engineering WA (IPWEA) Conference last week on our successes with promoting and facilitating the use of sustainable recycled materials in rail projects in Western Australia. IPWEA provides an excellent forum to share information among industry and it was great to see such a large turnout at this session. Lots of great questions also...

If you would like to find out more about what we have been doing, then please contact us.

A copy of the presentation slides that we presented on the day can be accessed by clicking on the image below.
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IPWEA State Conference 2024

28/2/2024

 
State Conference 2024. Collaborate, Innovate, Celebrate.
We’re proud to support the IPWEA Conference next week! 7th-8th March, 2024 @ The Esplanade, Fremantle.
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Click here for the full program.
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Extended Austroads Vehicle Classification Scheme

28/2/2024

 
Our team at Level5Design were pleased to support Austroads again last year in the development of an Extended Austroads Vehicle Classification Scheme for Australia and New Zealand.  
Safe, efficient, and sustainable transport relies on the accurate classification and identification of vehicles operating on our road and pathway networks.  

More information on the scheme is contained in the recently published report 
‘Background to the Extended Austroads Vehicle Classification Scheme for Traffic and Transport Surveys.’
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The report details the research undertaken for the extended Austroads vehicle classification scheme to improve understanding and monitoring of the evolving vehicle mix on roads in Australia and New Zealand. The report proposes an extended scheme that provides greater granularity in the existing 12 classes. It also provides a new class for active transport to address the need to count people walking and using mobility devices, wheelchairs, and scooters. 

The extended vehicle classification scheme will enable the Austroads member agencies to:  
  • better manage transport demand within and between modes and plan more responsively  
  • identify changes in transport operational performance and optimise plans earlier and more effectively  
  • survey active transport and understand how demands integrate with other modes  
  • have more confidence in the effectiveness of access controls and regulatory restrictions to optimise heavy vehicle productivity while protecting assets  
  • utilise advances in sensor technology to support more automation in transport management, freeing experts to optimise and innovate 
 
The changes to the vehicle classification scheme include: 
  • Providing greater granularity 
  • Reviewing Level 3 length boundaries 
  • Providing a new class for active transport 
  • Providing a new class for unmatched vehicles ​

Austroads Project on Heavy Vehicle Rest Areas

1/12/2023

 
We are pleased to announce that we will be working to support Austroads over the next year to deliver best practice guidance on heavy vehicle rest area (HVRA) facilities by updating the Austroads guidelines for Australia and NZ and improving the availability of data on rest area utilisation.
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We will be:
​- Reviewing and incorporating best practice learnings to enhance both the strategic direction and the planning and design concepts of the guidelines.
- Confirming the Strategic principles underpinning the Guidelines are reflective of Austroads 
members’ current and emerging priorities for heavy vehicle networks.
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Ensuring the currency of references made in the Guidelines, such as AS1742.6:2014 Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices: Tourist and Services Signs.
- Ensuring the strategic direction of the Guidelines is consistent with evolving fatigue management legislation and regulations.
- Developing options to support and inform providers, other than road managers, around opportunities to provide heavy vehicle rest areas (such as in towns and at commercial facilities), including recommendations that Planning regulations set minimum standards for new HVRAs.
- Incorporating case studies to support (1) users to develop complementary state and or local strategic policy documents, (2) planning and design concepts and (3) support communication and engagement with interested parties.
- Ensuring the Guidelines provide recommendations which consider the needs of a diverse workforce when accessing heavy vehicle rest areas. This could increase the available driver pool, and potentially alleviate driver shortages.
- Ensuring that the design specifications for heavy vehicle rest areas are reflective of the evolving fleet, including newly designed vehicles, low and zero emission vehicles, dangerous goods vehicles and oversize and overmass vehicles.
- Summarising information sources available for road managers (including telematics and other technologies) on the location and attributes of rest areas and utilisation of heavy vehicle parking spaces in real-time.
- Devising options to provide a data source for road managers and 
the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator to share with the heavy vehicle industry.
- Determining the requirements of a service to provide road managers with insights into the use of rest areas to inform planning and investment decisions using data collected from vehicles in the National Telematics Framework and other sources.

Austroads Webinars scheduled for October-November

9/10/2023

 
​We are very pleased to be supporting Austroads in developing a new national vehicle classification scheme. As part of this process, we are pleased to support Austroads in the delivery of 3 upcoming Webinars on the Austroads Classification Scheme elements. More details are given below. The link to all three Webinars can be found in the detailed descriptions. Our very own Drew Gaynor will be leading the sessions.
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Upcoming Webinar: Austroads Vehicle Classification Scheme – Heavy Vehicles - 25 October 2023
Austroads has developed an extended vehicle classification scheme (EVCS) to enable improved understanding and monitoring of the evolving vehicle mix on Australian and New Zealand roads in traffic and transport surveys. This webinar is the first session in a three-webinar series. This builds upon the existing 1994 vehicle classification scheme. The EVCS provides greater granularity for each of the existing 12 classes of vehicles and adds a new class for active transport to address the need to count a variety of active transport users such as pedestrians, skateboards and e-scooters. The EVCS will allow transport agencies to better manage transport demand within and between modes, survey active transport and understand how demands integrate with other modes.
This webinar will focus on the heavy vehicle section and discuss:
  • level 3 classes 3 to 12
  • the greater granularity in level 4 subclasses
  • better description of axle groupings
  • the creation of a new class 19 for heavy vehicles that do not fit readily into the prescribed classifications
  • backward compatibility with existing heavy vehicles counting
  • further validation of some sections.
The webinar will be presented by Drew Gaynor and David Johnston. There will be question and answer opportunities during the session.

Upcoming Webinar: Austroads Vehicle Classification Scheme – Light Vehicles - 2 November 2023
Austroads has developed an extended vehicle classification scheme (EVCS) to enable improved understanding and monitoring of the evolving vehicle mix on Australian and New Zealand roads in traffic and transport surveys. This webinar is the second session in a three-webinar series. This builds upon the existing 1994 vehicle classification scheme. The EVCS provides greater granularity for each of the existing 12 classes of vehicles and adds a new class for active transport to address the need to count a variety of active transport users such as pedestrians, skateboards and e-scooters. The EVCS will allow transport agencies to better manage transport demand within and between modes, survey active transport and understand how demands integrate with other modes.
This webinar will focus on the changes to light vehicles and discuss:
  • level 3 classes 1 and 2
  • the greater granularity in level 4 subclasses
  • thresholds between classes 2 and 3
  • the use of alternative counting technologies.
The webinar will be presented by Drew Gaynor and David Johnston. There will be question and answer opportunities during the session.

Upcoming Webinar: Austroads Vehicle Classification Scheme – Measuring Active Transport - 9 November 2023
Austroads has developed an extended vehicle classification scheme (EVCS) to enable improved understanding and monitoring of the evolving vehicle mix on Australian and New Zealand roads in traffic and transport surveys. This webinar is the third session in a three-webinar series. This builds upon the existing 1994 vehicle classification scheme. The EVCS provides greater granularity for each of the existing 12 classes of vehicles and adds a new class for active transport to address the need to count a variety of active transport users such as pedestrians, skateboards and e-scooters. The EVCS will allow transport agencies to better manage transport demand within and between modes, survey active transport and understand how demands integrate with other modes.
This webinar will focus on measuring active transport and discuss:
  • the creation of level 3 class 20
  • the greater granularity in level 4 subclasses
  • emerging challenges in categorising class 20 elements
  • the use of alternative counting technologies.
The webinar will be presented by Drew Gaynor and David Johnston. There will be question and answer opportunities during the session.

A big milestone for L5D... Wow 5 Years!!!

23/3/2023

 
We had our 5-year anniversary on 13 March 2023. Thanks to everyone that has contributed to our success along the way! We got busy quickly doing some great things and it has been full steam ahead ever since...
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Providing advice to local government on parking

22/3/2023

 
L5D is one of the leading advisers on parking in Australia. Over the past few years, we have increasing been requested to help local government with specialist advice. This includes undertaking parking technology reviews, developing parking precinct plans, preparing parking cash-in-lieu policies and parking strategies, and undertaking parking feasibility studies. Some of the local governments that we have been working with recently include:

- City of Stirling
- City of Vincent
- City of Armadale
- Gold Coast City
- City of Rockingham
- City of South Perth
- The Rural City of Horsham
- The City of Swan
​- The City of Canning

We have also provided Masterclass training in parking operations, design and planning to staff from a large number of local governments throughout Australia.
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L5D pleased to continue to support IPWEA (WA)

21/3/2023

 
Level5Design are proud sponsors of IPWEA (WA) and were pleased to take a prominent role at the state conference this month. One of the more interesting presentations was by the Commissioner for Fire and Emergency Services, Darren Klemm AFSM.
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Level5Design revises PTA Roads, Busways and Path Specifcation

11/2/2023

 
Late last year the Public Transport Authority of WA (PTA) published an updated version of the Specification for Roads, Busways, Paths and Access Tracks to accommodate a range of more sustainable practices including the adoption of an increased amount of innovative, recycled and waste derived materials.

L5D were pleased to be the lead author of the revised specification.

Some of the major changes include:
- preferencing the use of more sustainable practices and products
- the use of recycled rail ballast
- the use of crushed recycled concrete in car parks, access roads and maintenance tracks
- the use of up to 45% brick and tile in crushed recycled concrete applications
- the use of higher percentages of recycled asphalt product (RAP)
- the use of recycled road base
- the ability to use more sustainable proprietary products with approval
- the use of crumb rubber asphalt
- the use of warm mix asphalt additives
- the adoption of new and revised Standards and Guidelines

The new specification is publicly available on the PTA Vendor Portal. 
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Level5Design marks its 4th year anniversary!

26/3/2022

 
It is hard to believe but last week marked the 4 year anniversary since we started Level5Design. Where does all the time go? Of course things ramped up rapidly and have been busy ever since. What has been terrific is the fantastic variety of projects we have been able to work on, the exceptional level of commitment from the team, and the support we have received from everyone.  Thank you all!
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