Civil

Roads, pavements & bridges

• 🇳🇿Bridge Manual (SP/M/022, 3rd Edition)NZ Transport Agency (Waka Kotahi)Waka Kotahi's Bridge Manual (SP/M/022) — the national standard for the design and evaluation of road bridges and associated structures, covering loadings, design criteria and seismic requirements.
• 🇳🇿Culvert and Bridge Construction — Guidelines for FarmersMinistry for the Environment · October 2004A Ministry for the Environment guide for farmers on constructing culverts and bridges across waterways — how to build stock and farm crossings that protect water quality and pass flood flows.
• 🇳🇿Highway Structures Design GuideNZ Transport Agency (Waka Kotahi)Waka Kotahi's Highway Structures Design Guide — supplementary design guidance for highway structures such as retaining walls, culverts and minor bridges.
• 🇳🇿New Zealand Guide to Pavement Evaluation and Treatment DesignNZ Transport Agency (Waka Kotahi)Waka Kotahi's guide to pavement evaluation and treatment design — how to assess the condition of existing road pavements and design maintenance and rehabilitation treatments.
• 🇳🇿New Zealand Guide to Pavement Structural DesignNZ Transport Agency (Waka Kotahi)Waka Kotahi's New Zealand Guide to Pavement Structural Design — the national method for the structural (thickness) design of flexible and rigid road pavements.
• 🇳🇿NZ Road Engineering Manual (Farm Forestry)NZ Farm Forestry Association · February 2012The NZ Forest Owners Association's forest road engineering manual — how to design and build fit-for-purpose plantation-forest roads, water crossings and related infrastructure to high environmental standards.
• 🇳🇿Structural Design and Construction of Flexible Unbound Pavements (NZTA)NZ Transport Agency (Waka Kotahi)A Waka Kotahi guide to the structural design and construction of flexible unbound (granular) road pavements.
• 🇳🇿Structures (ATCOP Section 18)Auckland Transport · 2004Section 18 of the Auckland Transport Code of Practice — AT's requirements for major road and public-transport structures (bridges, stations and terminals), including their structural design requirements.
• 🇳🇿Transport Design Manual — Pavements and SurfacingAuckland Transport · December 2024The pavements and surfacing chapter of Auckland Transport's Transport Design Manual — how to design road pavements and surfacings for AT roads.