Professional Development Workshop
RMC Continuing Professional Development Series
Austroads Granular Pavement Design & Geosynthetic Stabilisation of Soft Subgrades
A practical industry-focused workshop on Austroads pavement design, mechanistic-empirical principles, geosynthetic reinforcement, and real case studies for weak subgrades.
Meet the workshop specialist
Associate Professor Chaminda Gallage
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)Brisbane, Australia
Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia | Chartered Professional Engineer | RPEQ
The programme connects specialist academic knowledge with practical engineering application in pavement design, traffic loading and geosynthetic stabilisation.
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Associate Professor Chaminda Gallage is an Associate Professor in Geotechnical and Pavement Engineering at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia. He is a Chartered Professional Engineer and Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ), and a member of Engineers Australia (EA), the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS), the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), and the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS). He also serves on the Standards Australia Committee for Geosynthetics (CE-020) and has been Guest Editor for several special issues of international engineering journals.
His research spans pavement engineering, transport geotechnics, unsaturated soil mechanics, rainfall-induced slope instability, mining geotechnics, geotechnical instrumentation, and the development of resilient and sustainable transport infrastructure. Over the past decade, Associate Professor Gallage has published more than 120 refereed journal and conference papers, supervised over 30 Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students to completion, and secured more than AUD $2.5 million in competitive research funding from the Australian Research Council and industry partners.
At QUT, he teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in geotechnical and pavement engineering and actively collaborates with government agencies and industry to translate research into engineering practice.
Full-day workshop schedule
Registration, welcome & workshop overview
Session 01 Traffic loading assessment for Austroads pavement design
Morning tea
Session 02 Granular pavement design using the Austroads empirical design method
Lunch
Session 03 Geosynthetic stabilisation of soft subgrades for pavements and construction platforms
Networking, light refreshments & drinks
Key learning outcomes
- Austroads standards and traffic-loading assessment
- Geosynthetic stabilisation for weak subgrades
- Practical mechanistic-empirical design principles
- Real-world pavement case studies
Registration benefits
- Full-day technical workshop
- Official participation certificate
- Lunch and refreshments
- Professional networking session
First come, first served
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This workshop is the inaugural session of an upcoming Continuing Professional Development series intended to bridge theoretical engineering knowledge with real-world applications, cutting-edge technology and modern research outcomes.