Our island nations are littered with historic shipwrecks which have been recording the microenvironment of the oceans since 1622 off the Western Australian coast. A study of the layers of decay recorded on degraded metal objects provides climate and corrosion scientists with a unique insight into the changing conditions on the seabed and with data on seawater temperatures.
10th May 2020
The COVID-19 global health crisis has impacted all our lives to an extent not experienced this century. Our personal, family, social and vocational lives are all going through unprecedented change and the need for all of us to adapt and innovate has been forced upon us by one of the most significant market disruptions many of us have ever faced. While many of the challenges we face are universal, every industry, organisation and business is unique and the complications and opportunities that have arisen are varied. To explore how this crisis is affecting those within the corrosion mitigation industry, the ACA hosted an interactive webinar panel featuring a selection of guests speakers from different industry subsets representing Contractors, Asset Owners, Consultants, Coating Suppliers and Equipment Suppliers.
10th May 2020
Organic Corrosion Inhibitors - Presentation by Jessi Jackson Meyer. This video is taken from the 2017 Brian Cherry Symposium.
3rd May 2020
The ACA AGM for 2020 will take place in the format of an online webinar on Wednesday 27 May at 5:00 PM AEST. We encourage all our members to register...
29th April 2020
Contamination deposited on the horizontal surfaces supporting the walkway and platform decking had compromised the integrity of the coating subjecting the steel structure to the onset of corrosion in a coastal marine environment
28th April 2020
Today is Corrosion Awareness Day, to recognise the occasion we wanted to share with you what we've been getting up to at the ACA over the past few weeks, from our first blended training course, to our first webinars, to continue in our efforts to support Australasian corrosion community. We've also got some updates from around the world and about what's coming next for the ACA.
23rd April 2020
ACA NACE lead lecturer Justin Rigby delivered the first NACE CIP1 Blended (Online Theory + Classroom Practical) course from the ACA Melbourne HQ, to 13 online students via a Live Virtual Classroom,...
23rd April 2020
ACA WA Branch Technical Meeting March 4th 2020 – Dr Moreica Pabbruwe, Biomedical Engineer, Centre for Implant Technology and Retrieval Analysis (CITRA), Royal Perth Hospital. Dr Moreica Pabbruwe delivered an excellent presentation to...
23rd April 2020
N. LeeOpus Research, Petone, New Zealand SUMMARY: As an island nation, much of New Zealand’s infrastructure and many of our metropolitan areas are in close proximity to the sea and...
23rd April 2020
The ACA Board has resolved that this year’s C&P 2020 Conference will be postponed until 2021, due to restrictions regarding COVID-19 and a high likelihood of travel bans in 2020....
16th April 2020
R.E. Melchers Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability,The University of Newcastle, Australia SUMMARY: Management of reinforced concrete assets increasingly relies on analytical models to predict the time to reinforcement corrosion,...
16th April 2020
Hello All, I trust you and your families are safe and healthy. Just wanting to provide an update on where we are and what is happening with the Qld Branch...
13th April 2020
Sure, the pun is terrible, but we are grateful to all of our members for continuing to support us through 2020. We are especially appreciative of our newbies, who signed...
8th April 2020
Over the coming weeks and months, you will see the ACA implementing remote communication tools to all of our member offerings, particularly into our training and certification program. Already a number of our ACA Training and Certifications courses are available to be studied remotely and more courses will be added to the program as we progress. We particularly encourage anyone impacted with reduced hours from their workplaces to use their downtime to upskill, to get that certification, or simply participate in further learning so you are ready to take advantage of the opportunities that will undoubtedly be there when we come out the other side. The ACA offers various payment methods to suit budgets including partial course payments, payment plans, credit card etc along with course discounts for multi bookings.
7th April 2020
Speaking as a "low tech client" Barry Wright takes us though the process of identification and remediation of bridges in New Zealand.
7th April 2020