Technical documents
Brisbane Council Council has prepared research findings about stormwater pipes and Council's pavement management system. Use this page to access these technical documents.
The cracking of stormwater pipes and the significance of construction loads
- The cracking of stormwater pipes and significance of construction loads research findings (PDF - 275kb)
- Stormwater pipes and construction loads presentation (part 1) (PDF - 695kb)
- Stormwater pipes and construction loads presentation (part 2) PDF - 890kb)
Pavement marking materials trial
- Pavement marking materials trial published paper (PDF - 251kb)
- Pavement marking materials trial presentation pages 1-2 (PDF - 799kb)
- Pavement marking materials trial presentation pages 3-4 (PDF - 882kb)
- Pavement marking materials trial presentation pages 5-7 (PDF - 879kb)
Technical guidelines
The technical guidelines are either supplements or referred to in the Subdivision and Development Guidelines or Standard Drawings.
- Technical notes and guidelines
- Transport and Traffic Guidelines
- Water Quality and Water Management Guidelines
- Guidelines on Identifying and Applying Water Quality Objectives in Brisbane City.
Technical notes and guidelines
Guidelines for the Use of Coloured Pavement Surface Treatments and Markings in Brisbane City Council (Version 2.1)
- Coloured Pavement Markings Guidelines V2.1 Sections 1-12 (PDF - 250kb)
- Coloured Pavement Markings Guidelines V2.1 Appendix A (PDF - 908kb)
- Coloured Pavement Markings Guidelines V2.1 Appendix B-F (PDF - 621kb)
- Coloured Pavement Markings Guidelines V2.1 Appendix G-H (PDF - 648kb)
- Coloured Pavement Markings Guidelines V2.1 Appendix I (PDF - 891kb).
Technical notes
Transport and traffic guidelines
Transport Signs Manual (Issue C - September 2004)
- Transport Signs Manual (contents, sections 1-4) (PDF - 651kb)
- Transport Signs Manual (sections 5-8) (PDF - 618kb).
Bicycle Signage Manual (Issued September 2014)
- Bicycle Signage Manual - introduction (PDF - 2.2Mb)
- Bicycle Signage Manual - Part 1 (PDF - 11.9Mb)
- Bicycle Signage Manual - Parts 2-4 (PDF - 4.5Mb)
Water Quality and Water Management Guidelines
- Urban Stormwater Management Strategy
- Erosion Treatments for Urban Creeks
- Natural Channel Design
- Sediment Basin Design, Construction and Maintenance
- Stormwater Outlets in Parks and Waterways
- Landscape Design for Water Conservation
- Guidelines for Pollutant Export Modelling
- Guidelines for Stormwater from Service Stations
- Table Drains Erosion Control Guideline
- Guidelines on Identifying and Applying Water Quality Objectives in Brisbane City.
Urban Stormwater Management Strategy
- Urban Stormwater Management Strategy overview (V4) (PDF - 644kb)
- Urban Stormwater Management Strategy - Part 1 (pages 1-7) (V2) (PDF - 586kb)
- Urban Stormwater Management Strategy - Part 1 (pages 8-24) (V2) (PDF - 862kb)
- Urban Stormwater Management Strategy - Part 2 (pages 25-40) (V2) (PDF - 787kb)
- Urban Stormwater Management Strategy - Appendices 1-4 (pages 41-56) (V2) (PDF - 491kb).
Erosion Treatments for Urban Creeks (2004, Version 3)
- Contents, parts 1-4 (PDF - 428kb)
- Section A1 - Procedures for problem identification and selection of remedial works (PDF - 138kb)
- Section A2 - Site assessment form (PDF - 127kb)
- Section A3 - Erosion types fact sheets (PDF - 393kb)
- Section A4 - Erosion treatment techniques (techniques T1-T5) (PDF - 509kb)
- Section A4 - Erosion treatment techniques (techniques T6-T8) (PDF - 717kb)
- Section A4 - Erosion treatment techniques (techniques T9-T14) (PDF - 509kb)
- Section A5 - Product and construction unit rates (PDF - 81kb)
- Section A6 - Products (PDF - 80kb)
- Section B1 - Mechanics of urban creek erosion (PDF - 100kb)
- Section B2 - Detailed appraisal of erosion treatment techniques (PDF - 468kb)
- Section B3 - Erosion treatment techniques for hydraulic structures (PDF - 302kb)
- Section B4 - Rock Shute Design Guidelines (PDF - 527kb).
Natural Channel Design
- Contents and executive summary (PDF - 167kb)
- Section 1 - Introduction (PDF - 120kb)
- Section 2 - Planning aspects (PDF - 346kb)
- Section 3 - Design procedures (introduction, steps 1-9) (PDF - 189kb)
- Section 3 - Design procedures (steps 10-10.1a) (PDF - 1.5Mb)
- Section 3 - Design procedures (steps 10.1a-10.2) (PDF - 54kb)
- Section 3 - Design procedures (step 10.3) (PDF - 1.5Mb)
- Section 3 - Design procedures (step 10.4) (PDF - 88kb)
- Section 3 - Design procedures (steps 10.5-10.6) (PDF - 1.3Mb)
- Section 3 - Design procedures (steps 10.7-11) (PDF - 81kb)
- Section 4 - Revegetation (PDF - 277kb)
- Section 5 - Evaluation and monitoring (PDF - 102kb)
- Section 6 - Bibliography (PDF - 34kb)
- Appendix A - Channel features (pages 85-105) (PDF - 464kb)
- Appendix A - Channel features (pages 106-129) (PDF - 656kb)
- Appendix B - Hydraulic structures in natural channels (pages 130-131) (PDF - 60kb)
- Appendix B - Hydraulic structures in natural channels (page 132) (PDF - 1.4Mb)
- Appendix B - Hydraulic structures in natural channels (pages 133-139) (PDF - 124kb)
- Appendix C - Manning's roughness (page 140) (PDF - 1.6Mb)
- Appendix C - Manning's roughness (page 141) (PDF - 1.6Mb)
- Appendix C - Manning's roughness (pages 142-153) (PDF - 443kb)
Stormwater Outlets in Parks and Waterways (2003, Version 2)
- Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF - 141kb)
- Chapter 2 - Overview of design process (PDF - 402kb)
- Chapter 3 - Performance criteria and acceptable solutions (PDF - 343kb)
- Appendix A - Outlet erosion control and Appendix B - Energy dissipater design (PDF - 199kb).
Landscape Design for Water Conservation
- Contents, Section 1 and Section 2 Introduction (PDF - 838kb)
- Section 2.1-2.2 (PDF - 212kb)
- Section 2.3-2.3.2 (PDF - 1.1Mb)
- Section 2.3.3-2.3.4 (PDF - 814kb)
- Section 3 (PDF - 310kb)
- Section 4.1-4.1.2 (PDF - 561kb)
- Section 4.1.3-4.3.1 (PDF - 591kb)
- Section 4.3.2-4.5 (PDF - 864kb)
- Section 4.5 Checklists (PDF - 78kb)
- Section 5, Bibliography and Appendices (PDF - 293kb).
Guidelines for Pollutant Export Modelling
Guidelines for Stormwater from Service Stations (Version 2, September 2007)
Table Drains Erosion Control Guideline (January 2001)
Guidelines on Identifying and Applying Water Quality Objectives in Brisbane City
- Part 1 (pages 1-7) (PDF - 461kb)
- Part 1 (pages 8-15) (PDF - 559kb)
Appendix 1 - Glossary of Terms (PDF - 461kb) - Appendix 2 - Maps of Creek Catchment in Brisbane with Planning Units (pages 21-25) (PDF - 760 kb)
- Appendix 2 - Maps of Creek Catchment in Brisbane with Planning Units (pages 26-27) (PDF - 692 kb)
- Appendix 2 - Maps of Creek Catchment in Brisbane with Planning Units (pages 28-29) (PDF - 547 kb)
- Appendix 2 - Maps of Creek Catchment in Brisbane with Planning Units (pages 30-31) (PDF - 631 kb)
- Appendix 2 - Maps of Creek Catchment in Brisbane with Planning Units (pages 32-33) (PDF - 641 kb)
- Appendix 2 - Maps of Creek Catchment in Brisbane with Planning Units (pages 34-35) (PDF - 429 kb)
- Appendix 2 - Maps of Creek Catchment in Brisbane with Planning Units (pages 36-37) (PDF - 643 kb)
- Appendix 2 - Maps of Creek Catchment in Brisbane with Planning Units (pages 38-39) (PDF - 664 kb)
- Appendix 2 - Maps of Creek Catchment in Brisbane with Planning Units (pages 40-41) (PDF - 410 kb)
- Appendix 2 - Maps of Creek Catchment in Brisbane with Planning Units (pages 42-43) (PDF - 387 kb)
- Appendix 3 - Examples of a Bimap Display to Identify an Affected Creek Catchment and Planning Unit (PDF - 211 kb)
- Appendix 4 - Waterway Type, Waterway Category & Environmental Values for Each Major Waterway in Brisbane (PDF - 759 kb)
- Appendix 5 - Water Quality Objectives Tables for Waterways in Brisbane (PDF - 474 kb)
- Appendix 6 - Best Practice Discharge Guidelines (PDF - 145 kb).