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Balancing the Interactions of Concrete Demolition, Containment & Silicosis

The ACA and ACRA present the first in a series of joint webinar presentations on Silicosis and its prevention. The world as we know it is constantly changing. In the construction industry, often competing pressures of safety, environment and productivity are at the forefront of an engineers mind. Our first webinar in this series will explore these themes in the context of demolition, containment and silicosis in the concrete repair industry.

2019 International Symposium Papers Published in Special Edition of CORROSION

In July 2019, the Australasian Corrosion Association held an international symposium, “Advances in Corrosion Science and Corrosion Engineering,” to celebrate the many contributions made to Australasian corrosion science and engineering by Bruce Hinton, Les Boulton, Brian Martin, Brian Kinsella, Greg Moore, and David Nicholas. Now, a selection of those keynote papers included in the Symposium Proceedings have been updated and amended for publication in a special issue of CORROSION, the Journal of Science and Engineering, by guest editors Bruce Hinton, Brian Kinsella and Symposium Committee Warren Green.

ACA Webinar Survey

Thanks to the willingness of many ACA members to try their hand at presenting or moderating a webinar, or joining a virtual panel, we've now had over 600 registrations to join our webinars as we look to host our 10th online event next week. We want to take this opportunity to get some input from our members on how they're finding this new medium and where they'd like to see us go in the future. If you can spare five minutes to complete this survey, we would love to hear what you've got to say.

ACA Head Office Administration Restructure

Dear ACA members and colleagues, the last few months have been incredibly challenging for us all, both individually and professionally, in adapting to this new COVID-19 world. The ACA, like...

ACA Applicators Technical Group 2020 Summary

The ACA Applicators Technical Group (ATG) was formed to represent the needs of specialist contractors in industries that serve the protection or restoration of corrosion affected structures throughout Australasia including New Zealand. These include companies and individuals in; concrete remediation and protection, applied concrete floor finishes, surface preparation and protective coating of steel and hazardous coating removal. The ATG, aligned with many other associations and technical groups, has been severely impacted by the restrictions imposed on our members with the cancellation of conferences, seminars and training courses. The ATG has proposed revised outcomes for 2020 and 2021 are as follows:

Steel reinforcement corrosion in concrete | Warren Green; Vinsi Partners

Golden Trowel Award

The 2019 ACA Awards Evening saw the Inaugural Golden Trowel, proudly sponsored by McEllignott Partners, being awarded to National Concrete Solution’s, Jamie Fenton. Proudly Sponsored by McElligotts Jamie has surpassed...

Applicator Field Day raffle

Applicator Technical Group supported by Wagner Group are proud to announce the winner of our Applicator Field Day raffle was Jim Mortlock who received a brand new Titan PowrCoat 1064 (64:1...

Certificate III (Apprentice) training

Certificate III (Apprentice) training through the assistance of BlastOne and ACA Applicator Technical Group, TAFE NSW can deliver courses available nationwide in Australia for Applicators. Phone Lisa Freeland on 0419...

Corrosion & Materials Online

Over the past month much has changed at the ACA and one of the board decisions is that we will not be producing Corrosion & Materials in hard copy for the remainder of this year. In conjunction with the Editors and Committee we will be producing the same great content in an online format. The article submission guidelines are as follows:

AEC & ACA VIC Branch – CP Seminar – The May Corrosion Spectacular

The Australian Electrolysis Committee and Victorian Branch of the ACA are pleased to host a joint meeting all about Cathodic Protection – The May Corrosion Spectacular! This webinar, which took the place of the annual electrolysis committee meeting and include the AGM, featured a diverse range of presentations covering CP rectifiers, data monitoring and much more.

Copper Based Antifoulings on Aluminium Marine Vessels

Antifouling coatings for aluminium vessels have been a controversial subject for many years and for many years the use of organo-tin based coatings was seen as the most effective long term option. Organo-tin products are no longer an option and this has resulted in evaluation of alternatives. Traditionally the use of copper based products (Cuprous Oxide mostly) had been an effective option for steel hulls but were avoided for aluminium due to concerns with the interaction between the Cuprous Oxide and aluminium hull.

Preparation for Windtower Coating Using a Bristleblaster

The ACA hosted a presentation and product demonstration from Phil Chester, Managing Director of Montipower. In this webinar, Phil presents some case studies covering recent and ongoing projects where the Bristle Blaster is being used specifically for wind tower repairs. This presentation included a demonstration of the correct use of the tool and an explanation of the difference between the Bristle Blaster and an often confused tool in the market. Whilst Phil primarily discusses wind tower maintenance, the principle of preparation for coating a wind tower is virtually the same as any steel preparation when it comes to using the Bristle Blaster.

Chairman and Chief Executive’s Update

The latest update from ACA Chairman Dean Wall and Chief Executive officer Richard Reilly. This weeks update discusses the upcoming AGM and announces the newly released annual report, the ongoing ACA webinars and our member survey, all the latest developments regarding our ACA Training Courses and the postponement of the Corrosion and Materials Journal.

ACA Webinar Recordings

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the ACA has been hosting a series of webinars in the place of our regular events calendar. Hopefully, you've all had the chance to tune in at some point during your time in lockdown. If there was a webinar that you missed or one that you attended which you'd like to revisit, we're pleased to announce that all our past webinar recordings can now be viewed on the ACA website.