IPWEA Vic Blog

IPWEAvic has made a submission to the MWMG Draft Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Strategic Plan 2013.

Download a copy of the submission here.

Thankyou to the members who put in a huge effort in assisting to make this submission.

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Jon Aujard is our amazing IPWEAvic Regional Group coordinator for the Goulburn Murray Regional Group and is based in Echuca.  He has advised that he is retiring and as a result a new Regional Co-ordinator is sought.  The position offers a great opportunity to show leadership and generate influence in the public works sector on a regional level, make great connections with colleagues across state and local government organisation as well as with suppliers, contractors and consultants working in the public works sector.   Expectations are that you would organise at least two regional group meetings per year, be a link with the IPWEAvic Board, reporting outcomes of each meeting and disseminate information to those within the regional group and generally be an ambassador for IPWEAvic within the region.  Anyone interested in taking up this exciting volunteer position should contact the IPWEAvic office vic@ipwea.org.au ph 03 9005 0860 or contact Jon Aujard at Campaspe Shire

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The End of Year Leadership Luncheon will be held on Friday 6th December 12noon till 2pm at The Green Acres Golf Club 51 Elm Grove Kew East.

Our guest speaker is Rosanne Kava.  Rosanne is going to share some of her thoughts on how engineers can show better leadership within their communities and give an insight into the challenges and experiences she faced in leadership of a rural municipality..

Download the registration brochure here

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The CCAA has released a report on Securing a Strong Foundation for Victoria’s Infrastructure which focuses on two of the recommendations found in the final EDIC report tabled in July 2013.  These recommendations are around the availability of aggregates for construction works. Take a look at the report here.

IPWEAvic has made a submission supporting this report.  The IPWEAvic submission is available here

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The Annual IPWEAvic Public Works Conference 2014 is being held in Melbourne on Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th March 2014 and is going to have a full and informative program for participants.  The theme is Engineering a Liveable Community and some of the broad topics being discussed are:

Day One:

• Roads, Traffic, Transport
• Project Management
• Delivery and Construction
• Awards for Excellence

Day Two:

• Waste Management
• Resource Management
• Asset Management
• Service Planning

Should be a great couple of days – There’s also a wonderful Gala Dinner planned for the Wednesday night, as well as a tour of Treasury Building to look forward to.

Registrations are now open.  Download the registration brochure here

Visit the conference website http://www.ipwea.theconferencemanager.com.au

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The Annual IPWEAvic Public Works Conference 2014 is being held in Melbourne on Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th March 2014 and is going to have a full and informative program for participants.  The theme is Engineering a Liveable Community and some of the broad topics being discussed are:

Day One:

• Roads, Traffic, Transport
• Project Management
• Delivery and Construction
• Awards for Excellence

Day Two:

• Waste Management
• Resource Management
• Asset Management
• Service Planning

Should be a great couple of days – There’s also a wonderful Gala Dinner planned for the Wednesday night, as well as a tour of Treasury Building to look forward to.

Registrations are now open.  Download the registration brochure here

Visit the conference website http://www.ipwea.theconferencemanager.com.au

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The National State of the Assets Report 2013 was launched at ALGA’s National Local Roads and Transport Congress on 13 November 2013.  The Report is based on data provided by 183 urban councils and 161 rural councils, covering $98.3bn in assets under management.   The report was prepared by Jeff Roorda and Associates and has a focus on Roads and Bridge infrastructure.

• 12% of local government transport infrastructure, worth $19 billion, is either poor or very poor and
• 30% of timber bridges are near the end of their useful life
• 11% of sealed roads are in poor condition

Media reports citing this report include  News report (Bush Telegraph on Radio National)
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bushtelegraph/roads-and-bridges/5089528

Download a  copy of the National State of the Assets report – November 2013 from the ALGA website at this url:
http://alga.asn.au/site/misc/alga/downloads/publications/StateoftheAssets2013.pdf

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