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, on Monday and Tuesday of this week. The ability to deliver these courses online is an exciting development for the ACA in these times. By...
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 a captive audience in the Atrium Theatre, 168 St Georges Terrace, Perth. Her topic, “Corrosion in Medical Devices: What we have learned from Retrieval Studies”,...
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 reinforcement corrosion due to chloride ingress has long been presumed to present the primary threat to the longevity of reinforced concrete structures. This paper presents...
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. While this is disappointing news, the safety of our attendees, exhibitors and staff is paramount. We are currently finalising a suitable date for the C&P2021...
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, particularly to serious, damaging corrosion. Increasingly it is found that predictions by existing models for the onset of chloride-induced reinforcement corrosion do not compare well...
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 committee during the current restrictions. We were able to hold our 2020 AGM at Easts Leagues Club in March prior to restrictions on public meetings....
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 up in the last quarter to be a part of our fantastic family. Welcome to our new Bronze Member Humidur Australia
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
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us all to reappraise how we're interacting with each other both professionally and personally. As of today, we wanted to update you on what is happening at the ACA from our first online meeting to Zoom support sessions for ACA members to new content that we're sharing.
2nd April 2020
This lecture is in four parts and was filmed at the Corrosion & Prevention Conference in 2015. The series was released to members then but as we are all stuck at home the ACA has released the series publicly.
2nd April 2020
To assist our members with the broad transition to using Zoom software for online meetings and webinars, we will be offering some support sessions. If you are interested in familiarising yourself with this technology please register your interest below
1st April 2020
Corrosion of embedded steel is a leading cause of deterioration in reinforced concrete structures.
30th March 2020