August 2017 Board Meeting Summary
An ACA Board meeting was held on Saturday 19th August 2017 in Melbourne. Below is a meeting summary from Chair Dean Wall ACA’s new Sales & BDM Ross Boucher has...
3rd September 2017
Coatings & Applicators Technical Group | Call for Committee Members
Committee | Applicators Technical Group APPLY NOW In 2015 Contractors made up 30% of the Australasian Corrosion Associations (ACA) membership. The ACA wants to keep engaged with this membership sector and aims to...
3rd September 2017
Education & Training Committee Expression of Interest
The ACA is seeking expressions of interest from members to join the ACA Education & Training Committee. The Education & Training Committee (E&TC) is responsible for ensuring that the ACA...
3rd September 2017
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
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
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 2017May 2017 Board Meeting Summary
An ACA Board meeting was held on Saturday 27 May 2017 in Sydney. Below is a meeting summary from Chair Dean Wall The AGM was conducted in Sydney on 25 May...
8th June 2017
Video: Advances in Lining Technologies | Matthew O’Keeffe
To view the rest of this video and many more ACA presentations, please log in to your membership portal. Topic Advances in Lining Technologies for Land Based Steel Storage Tanks...
4th June 2017
Video: Ensuring Success with Metal Spray Coatings | Matthew Vercoe
To view the rest of this video and many more ACA presentations, please log in to your membership portal. Topic Ensuring Success with Metal Spray Coatings Presented By Matthew Vercoe;...
4th June 2017
Member Discounts
In addition to receiving discounted fees to ACA training, annual conference and events, ACA members can access: A 25% discount on NACE International publications. NACE International publishes magazines, a technical...
23rd May 2017ADVANCED PIPELINE PROTECTION – Page 5
To ensure that there is no danger of a pipeline rupturing, most countries require regular inspections of any company operating both onshore and offshore fields and they must be able...
28th February 2017
ADVANCED PIPELINE PROTECTION – Page 4
Another aspect that makes the interface difficult is that the crossing is often through an environmentally sensitive area. For example, on Australia’s North West coast, the shore crossing for one...
28th February 2017ADVANCED PIPELINE PROTECTION – Page 3
One corrosion control method used on pipelines is cathodic protection (CP). This is a technique used to control the corrosion of a metal surface by making it the cathode of...
28th February 2017ADVANCED PIPELINE PROTECTION – Page 2
“Historically, pipelines were designed for 20 to 25 years, following which time they underwent a ‘life extension’,” he said. “These days the design life is set at 50 years for...
28th February 2017
Welcome to our new Members
The ACA is proud to add the following members into our community. Want to be on this list? Join Us Benjamin Brown – NSW Konstantin Yem – VIC...
18th February 2017