ACA NEW ZEALAND NEWS BULLETIN | JULY 2017
[wppdf id=’2579′] In This Issue: ACA Auckland Division July Meeting | 19 July 2017 May Meeting Reports | Wellington & New Plymouth June Meeting Report | Auckland
23rd July 2017
David Edelman | Queensland Sugar Limited
David Edelman Queensland Sugar Limited Project Engineer What does your role entail and what does your company do? I am a Project Engineer at Queensland Sugar Limited (QSL). QSL operate...
23rd July 2017
AS 2885 Part 6 Public Comment Now Open
The new Standard on pipeline safety management (AS 2885.6) has been released for public comment. It will be important to everyone in the industry who is involved in safety management...
21st July 2017
NSW Branch | Brewery Tour
The evening began with a game of human bingo where attendees were had to ask each other a grid of questions trying to line up the answers. It was a...
6th July 2017
Autopsy of Adelaide and EOFY Dinner
On Thursday 29 June the SA Branch met at Crowne Plaza Adelaide for an EOFY Dinner featuring Adelaide’s best urban explorer Scott McCarten. Scott has been exploring and blogging about...
2nd July 2017
University Galvanized to Face the Future
[wppdf id=’2466′] Click the icon above to read online As part of the Arts West Redevelopment project, the University of Melbourne has renovated the Arts faculty building on Medical...
2nd July 2017
ASI Documents for improved steel-work compliance.
Over the last few years, ASI has invested heavily in the groundwork necessary to offer a range of solutions for improved steelwork compliance to industry. A number of these solutions...
2nd July 2017
Nick Doblo | APA Group
Nick Doblo APA Group What does your role entail and what does your company do? I am the corrosion engineer responsible for the cathodic protection systems on APAs QLD transmission...
2nd July 2017Surface Preparation for Inorganic Zinc Silicate Coatings
The single-coat inorganic zinc silicate (IZS) coating provides one of the most durable and cost-effective coating systems available. Properly applied, it will provide many years durability in even the most...
29th June 2017Geraldton Concrete Silos Remediation Project
A Case Study in The Structural Strengthening and Concrete Repair Practices Utilised for the Ongoing Operational Efficiency and Durability of Concrete Silos [wppdf id=’2447′]
29th June 2017Hybrid CP Systems Save a NZ Bridge
For the first time in New Zealand a local operator has provided a state of the art hybrid corrosion protection system on concrete support piles under a major highway bridge...
29th June 2017Concrete Problems today are Multifactorial
Regular and planned asset maintenance is vital for reinforced concrete structures. Such maintenance should not be a ‘cosmetic repair’ but rather a proper root cause analysis that must be carried...
29th June 2017The Importance of AM Systems on long Term Corrosion Control
Too often we as engineers and managers of critical infrastructure focus on the technical details in a bid to control corrosion. We focus on the design and the performance of...
29th June 2017Holiday Detection on Coated Steel and Concrete Structure
I’m often asked questions about holiday testing or, as the Europeans call it,porosity testing. Of course, pinholes in a newly applied coating can leave the substrate exposed to the environment...
29th June 2017
Is Surface Preparation for Concrete Repairs a fad
Prior to the commencement of concrete repairs, the fundamental thing to consider is surface preparation. The amelioration of damaged concrete structures involves many elements, from engineers, applicators and even legal...
29th June 2017