A series of short articles written by Rob Francis | R A Francis Consulting Services | ACA Life Member Rust – to your nontechnical friends and family, is probably thought of as, all you deal with in your work in the corrosion mitigation industry. However, we all know our work involves so much more than...
5th May 2019
We are thrilled to announce the following members have joined our corrosion family.
29th April 2019
Today is the day that the ACA and all other international corrosion associations remind us to keep up the fight against corrosion and lament the fact that ‘rust never sleeps’. The degradation of private and public assets and infrastructure continues to have a major economic impact on industry and the wider community. In Australia alone...
23rd April 2019
Tim Froome, Managing Director of C M Beasy Ltd from Southampton UK was the winner of the ACA prize at Corrosion 2019, held in Nashville Tennessee. Attendees were encouraged to drop their business cards into a bowl at the ACA booth during the Conference. Tim’s name was drawn out on the last morning. More importantly,...
7th April 2019
This item preserved for Archive purposes Corrosion and Prevention is the largest Corrosion Conference and Exhibition in the Southern Hemisphere. The next Conference will be from the 24th -27th November 2019 in Melbourne. Submissions are now welcome on all aspects of corrosion and its control for Corrosion & Prevention 2019 (C&P2019). Papers are subject to peer...
26th February 2019
The ACA congratulates Ted on his 40th year in the Industry this week and we thank him or all his dedication and support of our Association.
18th February 2019
A quick rear view comment on 2018. Thanks to you all for your support during my first nine months in my role. I’ve met many of you and you’ve been very generous in welcoming me into the ANZ corrosion community.
17th February 2019
Welcome to the new year! On behalf of the ACA Board, management and members, very best wishes to you all for a safe and prosperous 2019! Hopefully you’ve all had a relaxing holiday break after a pretty full work program last year. The Christmas break is always a great time of year to reflect on...
17th February 2019
Rottnest jetty | A recent KPMG report released slams the lack of asset management and poor corrosion management of the Pier
14th February 2019
Concrete Assets from Cradle to Grave Are you involved in the management of corrosion? This one-day seminar looking at pragmatic considerations and outlining practical and optimised solutions for reinforced concrete structures. Who Should Attend? Engineers Asset owners Maintenance managers Designers Managers Contractors Corrosion Topics Covered Quality and Durability in Concrete Cementitious Coating to Reinstate low...
6th February 2019
Leadership needed as economy softens The AI Group has recently released its annual 2019 BUSINESS PROSPECTS REPORT, its National CEO survey which examines the prospects for business and the economy in the year ahead.The survey finds that Australian CEOs expect further growth in 2019 but expect slowing of activity from last year to continue.
28th January 2019
The printed journal is now ‘opt-in’ for all members. We are happy to send you a printed copy, just complete or update the address details and we will send you your year’s supply of Corrosion & Materials Journal. If you are happy to read the journal online you don’t have to do anything. We will...
14th January 2019
Corporate memberships now have more people included in the various membership categories. We have introduced a new membership level recently – the Diamond membership. This category allows 30 people full ACA membership. We would like to thank CCE for becoming our first Diamond Member As part of the corporate membership overhaul, we have also increased the...
13th January 2019
The ACA office will be closed until the 7th of January. We hope that 2019 is productive and happy for all ACA Members and their families To those of you working over this period. It could be worse… Work in this Steel Mill? For those of you who work at heights
31st December 2018
The ACA Foundation is committed to advancing corrosion mitigation through education by providing scholarships, bursaries and awards for academic excellence. An exciting new corporate sponsorship by Denso Australia was announced at the Corrosion & Prevention 2018 in Adelaide. In announcing the sponsorship, Paul Fortune said, “In honour of David Winn OBE, it is with great...
11th December 2018