Design Standards for Urban Infrastructure

Canberra Central

• Canberra Central Design Manual

Design Standards

• DS00 - Introduction and Contents ( PDF 156Kb)
• DS01 - Stormwater ( PDF 5.52Mb)
• DS02 - Road Planning ( PDF 443Kb)
• DS03 - Road Design ( PDF 486Kb)
• DS04 - Verge Design ( PDF 446Kb)
• DS05 - Driveways ( PDF 348Kb)
• DS06 - Pavement Design ( PDF 463Kb)
• DS07 - Bridges and Related Structures ( PDF 336Kb)
• DS08 - Guide Signs ( PDF 337Kb)
• DS09 - Traffic Control Devices ( PDF 739Kb)
• DS10 - Parking Areas ( PDF 531Kb)
• DS11 - Guardrails, Fences and Barriers ( PDF 226Kb)
• DS12 - Public Lighting
• DS13 - Pedestrian and Cycle Facilities ( PDF 475Kb)
• DS14 - Urban Open Space ( PDF 300Kb)
• DS15 - Playgrounds and Playground Equipment ( PDF 435Kb)
• DS16 - Urban Wetlands Lakes and Ponds ( PDF 258Kb)
• DS17 - Shopping Centres and other public urban spaces ( PDF 265Kb)
• DS18 - Public Toilets ( PDF 172Kb)
• DS19 - Street and Park Furniture and Barbecues ( PDF 777Kb)
• DS20 - Urban Edge Management Zone ( PDF 435Kb)
• DS21 - Irrigation ( PDF 733 Kb)
• DS22 - Soft Landscape Design ( PDF 325Kb)
• DS23 - Plant Species for Urban Landscape Projects ( PDF 2.55Mb) DS -23 is under review. Please check that a species selected from this list is not on Schedule 1 of the Pest Plants & Animals Act 2005 ( PDF 27.9 Kb) or the list prepared by the Nursery & Garden Industry: Grow Me Instead. ( PDF 20.8 Kb)
• DS24 - Sportsground Design ( PDF 1Mb)
• DS25 - Urban Park and Open Space Signage ( PDF 2.47Mb)

Standard Drawings

• Standard Drawings - Drawing Schedule ( PDF 32Kb)
• Standard Drawings - 01 Stormwater ( PDF 2.01Mb)
• Standard Drawings - 03 Road Design ( PDF 1.02Mb)
• Standard Drawings - 04 Verge Design ( PDF 2.05Mb)
• Standard Drawings - 05 Driveways ( PDF 1.79Mb)
• Standard Drawings - 06 Pavement Design ( PDF 1.13Mb)
• Standard Drawings - 07 Bridges and Related Structures ( PDF 3.17Mb)
• Standard Drawings - 09 Traffic Control Devices ( PDF 5.52Mb)
• Standard Drawings - 11 Fences, Guardrails and Barriers ( PDF 1.00Mb)
• Standard Drawings - 12 Streetlighting 
• Standard Drawings - 13 Pedestrian and Cycle Facilities ( PDF 1.31Mb)
• Standard Drawings - 25 Urban Park and Open Space Signage ( PDF 909Kb)

Standard Specification

• Standard Specification - Coversheet ( PDF 27Kb)
• Standard Specification - 00 Introduction ( PDF 15Kb)
• Standard Specification - 01 Provision for Traffic ( PDF 49Kb)
• Standard Specification - 02 Earthworks ( PDF 101Kb)
• Standard Specification - 03 Underground Services ( PDF 186Kb)
• Standard Specification - 04 Flexible Pavement ( PDF 344Kb)
• Standard Specification - 05 Rigid Pavement ( PDF 238Kb)
• Standard Specification - 06 Minor Concrete ( PDF 37Kb)
• Standard Specification - 07 Road Furniture ( PDF 68Kb)
• Standard Specification - 08 Incidental Works ( PDF 83Kb)
• Standard Specification - 09 Landscape ( PDF 160Kb)
• Standard Specification - 10 Road signs ( PDF 78Kb)
• Standard Specification - 11 Pavement Marking ( PDF 111Kb)
• Standard Specification - 12 Segmental Paving ( PDF 57Kb)
• Standard Specification - 13 Traffic Signals ( PDF 44Kb)
• Standard Specification - 14 Street Lighting ( PDF 207Kb)
• Standard Specification - 15 Major Concrete ( PDF 177Kb)

TAMS Drafting Standard

• Ref11 - TAMS Drafting Standard ( PDF 1.06Mb)
• Traffic Control Devices - Barriers and Blocks ( ZIP 1.43Mb)
• Traffic Control Devices - Linemarking, RPMS, Parking Bay Blocks ( ZIP 4.41Mb)
• Traffic Control Devices - Poles and Parking Meter Blocks ( ZIP 825Kb)
• Traffic Control Devices - Sign and Guide Sign Blocks ( ZIP 4.05Mb)
• Traffic Control Devices - Template, Support Files ( ZIP 1.15Mb)
• Traffic Control Devices - Traffic Light Blocks ( ZIP 7.35Mb)

TAMS Reference Documents

• WAE Asset Description Form Templates ( Word 485Kb)
• Ref04 - Protection of Public Landscape Assets ( PDF 254Kb)
• Ref06 - Design Acceptance Submissions ( PDF 283Kb)
• Ref08 - WAE Quality Records ( PDF 784Kb)
• Ref09 - Operational Acceptance ( PDF 190Kb)
• Ref10 - Landscape Consolidation ( PDF 192Kb)