BRIAN CHERRY ROUNDUP |ACA INTERNATIONAL CONCRETE SYMPOSIUM
The recent ACA International Concrete Symposium in Melbourne named in honour of ACA life member Brian Cherry was well attended with over 100 delegates.
3rd August 2017
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 six bulk sugar terminals throughout Queensland, handling over 3 million tonnes of raw sugar each year. As a Project Engineer, I manage capital upgrades, equipment...
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 studies, whether for design or operation. Please download the draft document and provide your feedback before the closing date of 13 September. The basic safety...
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 fantastic networking opportunity where everyone got to talk to each other and prizes were awarded. After human bingo, we began the tour led by our...
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 Adelaide’s abandoned, derelict and forgotten sites around South Australia. He presented some of his interesting insights into how communities change over time and the decline...
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 Road in the main Parkville campus. A stunning visual feature of the new building is the louvered façade on three sides; the steel sections of...
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 are relevant to ACA members, including: The new AS/NZS 5131 ‘Structural steelwork – Fabrication and erection’. This new Standard was published in December 2016 and...
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 pipelines. This entails operations support engineering, asset maintenance, cathodic protection design, onsite installation and commissioning of some of the biggest onshore CP systems in Australia....
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 severe environments, such as off-shore platforms and other marine applications. Rob Francis [wppdf id=’2451′]
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 in Auckland. This technology was designed by international experts whose research has revolutionised the understanding of how impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) performs. [wppdf id=’2444′]
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 out to identify and understand the actual source of the problem. [wppdf id=’2437′]
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 the products we specify to ensure we eliminate corrosion from our assets [wppdf id=’2432′]
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 and vulnerable to corrosion. It is the coating inspector’s job to detect and document these defects. [wppdf id=’2417′]
29th June 2017