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2. INTRODUCTIONIn the forty year history of the Australian Asphalt Pavement Association, a number of overseasstudy tours have taken place to facilitate a framework to learn from best practices and to ensureAustralia has the opportunity to observe and implement world class technologies in highwayengineering.Inspecting sand seals and foamed bitumen stabilsed base with the KNP roads staffThis report summarises the observations and combined feedback of the personnel whoparticipated in the study tour of the South Africa in September 2011. Prior to embarking on thetour, four topics of current interest to the Australian paving Industry were identified and for eachof these South African experience and perspective would be sought. The topics were:• Surface Treatments• Binders• Improving pavement performance• SustainabilityChapter 3 of the report provides a concise overview of the observations for each topic and offersrecommendations for actions that could be pursued in Australia following the tour with chapters 4to 8 provide greater detail of the engagements with the South Africans on each topic.Chapter 9 contains a list of appendices covering the itinerary of the tour, the participants, thequestions posed and a list of useful acronyms and abbreviations. The final appendix is a list of allthe presentations, handouts and references presented during the tour. The electronic version ofthe report provides links to the CAPSA’11 papers and the referenced material.Photographs of the tour visit can be obtained from: Tour PhotosV4-2 Page 5