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The Victor Nightingall Award

The Victor Nightingall Award was established in 1998 by the Australasian Corrosion Association (ACA) in honour of Victor Nightingall. Victor Nightingall (1881-1947) was a leading 20th Century Australian scientist and inventor based in Melbourne. He invented and patented the world’s first inorganic zinc silicate coating and founded the inorganic zinc coating industry in the 1940s. The award is given to recognise distinguished achievement in the development, manufacture or application of protective coatings or advancement of the protective coatings industry.

Honorary Membership

Members who have been awarded Honorary Membership are listed below Tony Betts William Denholm Bill Hayter PJ Hill Peter Hosford Phil Jack Peter Knuckey John McCoy Jim McMonagle Dennis Richards Graham Robilliard Gordon Stewart Robert Thomson John Tanti

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An introduction to AS/NZS 2312.2 – Part 2: Hot Dip Galvanizing

An introduction to AS/NZS 2312.2, Guide to the protection of structural steel against atmospheric corrosion by the use of protective coatings – Part 2: Hot Dip Galvanizing Peter Golding, CEO, Galvanizers Association of Australia Background AS/NZS 2312, Guide to the protection of structural steel against atmospheric corrosion by the use of protective coatings, originated in 1967...

Olympus helps keep Ford on track for V8 Supercar success

Olympus helps keep Ford on track for V8 Supercar success A Ford Performance Racing team win in a V8 Supercar Challenge race is a tribute to all those involved, and among those who celebrate behind the scenes are the engine technicians who use the team’s Olympus videoscope before each race to visually inspect the inside...

Keeping Steep Task on Track

Keeping Steep Task on Track Alan Marshall c/o Australian Steel Institute on behalf of the Galvanizers Association of Australia Close collaboration between the steel fabricator and galvanizer allowed for a staged provision of thousands of individual parts for an extensive redevelopment of the world’s steepest incline railway within a tight time frame to allow Scenic...

Perth Arena

Perth Arena Bob Parry and Jasmine Moey, International Paint Perth Arena is Western Australia’s proud new home of entertainment, music and sports. The $548M arena is located on Wellington Street, near the site of the former Perth Entertainment Centre, and was officially opened on 10 November 2012. Twelve months from its opening, it was awarded...

Perfect Match – Laser Scanning and Fitness for Service

Perfect Match – Laser Scanning and Fitness for Service 4Z and Quest Integrity Group have recently agreed to provide integrated services, combining the laser scanning, inspection and modeling services provided by 4Z with the fitness-for-service and remaining life assessment by Quest Integrity Group. This new service is the first of its kind in Australia’s Industrial...

Painting Ships in Cold Winter Conditions

Ice and Snow, Away we Go! Painting Ships in Cold Winter Conditions This paper was originally presented in the technical program at SSPC 2010, Featuring GreenCoat by Mark Edmonds, retired from Sherwin-Williams, now a NACE Level 3 Coating Inspector who is consultant for US Coast Guard paint work and and an SSPC instructor teaching US...

Australia’s Newest Tourism Attraction – The Melbourne Star Observation Wheel

Australia’s Newest Tourism Attraction – The Melbourne Star Observation Wheel Project Team: Owners: Sanoyas Rides Australia Pty Ltd Engineers: Arup Contractor: Sanoyas Rides Corporation, Osaka Japan Steel Contractors for Wheel: Alfasi and Haywards Applicators: Action Alliance and McElligott Partners As the capital of the State of Victoria and second most populous city in Australia, the...

Use of Non-Intrusive Inspection in Online Gas Facilities

Use of Non-Intrusive Inspection in Online Gas Facilities – A Pilot Study E. Jones, Bureau Veritas Asset Integrity and Reliability Services Pty Ltd M. Cooper, Santos Ltd In 2011, a pilot program of Non-intrusive Inspections was conducted, covering a total of eight vessels in the Moomba gas processing plant and in surrounding field areas. Background...

Non-Intrusive Inspection – An Effective NII Process

Non-Intrusive Inspection – An Effective NII Process Tyron Kimble, Sonomatic  Overview Internal Visual Inspection (IVI) has historically been used as the main method for determination of the condition of pressure equipment as part of the integrity management process. IVI can however be a hazardous, time consuming and costly exercise. Non- Intrusive Inspection (NII) is increasingly being...

The Cold Shoe Shuffle in the Heat of the Pilbara – 3D Laser Analysis

The Cold Shoe Shuffle in the Heat of the Pilbara – 3D Laser Analysis Joel Hicks, 4Z Burrup Peninsula, in the Pilbara region of North West Australia, a team of rope access NDT inspectors from Sydney-based laser Inspection Company 4Z, were armed with portable handheld laser scanners and deployed to create detailed 3D surface images...