March 8, 2012 | No Comments | Events
The Central Highlands Regional Group will meet in conjunction with MWOA on 15th March 2012. A terrific program has been established with a report rom a Daker Rally particpant. Take a look at the agenda here
February 27, 2012 | No Comments | Events
IPWEAvic held stand no B16 at the Civil Works Expo held between 16 and 18 Feb 2012 at Lardner Park Warragul.
Thankyou to Kurt Pitts from Baw Baw Shire and IPWEAvic Regional Convenyor for the IPWEAvic Gippsland Regional Group for assisting in manning the stand, especially on the long Friday afternoon shift.
February 27, 2012 | No Comments | Events
Civil Works Expo in conjunction with IPWEAvic held a Heavy Vehicle forum as part of the Civil Works Expo events program on Friday 17 February 2012 at Lardner Park, Warragul. A panel of speakers spoke on the topic and a facilitated discussion led by Bob Seiffert teased out issues and solutions to the heavy vehicle problems currently encountered on the local and state road networks. The four presenters were:
Read the IPWEAvic Media Release here
Here are some pictures of the panel as they answer questions put to them by the audience.
Following the forum an industry luncheon was held with guest speaker Jeff Kennet speaking on Engineering for Success with some 140 in attendance.
February 27, 2012 | No Comments | Events
The 2012 Plant and Vehicle Workshop will be held in Melbourne on 27 March at Manningham.
To register and for more information visit the IPWEA website at this url http://www.ipwea.org.au/FleetMgtWorkshop2012
February 27, 2012 | No Comments | Events
ARRB is conducting a workshop on Austroads Road Geometry Study for Improved Rural Safety
Date: Friday 30 March 2012
Time: 10.00am– 2:30 pm
Venue: ARRB auditorium, 500 Burwood Highway, Vermont South
Facilitator: Peter Aumann, Principal Research Engineer, Safe Systems, ARRB Group Ltd
To Register Contact: Peter Aumann on 9881 1526 or email: peter.aumann@arrb.com.au
**Lunch provided**
Workshop outline
The workshop will involve a presentation on the findings from the work conducted to date on the Austroads Rural Road Geometry study, which focuses on the geometric components of rural roads that are over-represented in crashes.
The aims of the workshop are to:
– Present information on the rural road crashes
– Present some possible geometric related solutions
– Identify any other rural road geometry issues that might have been missed as part of this review
– To discuss which solutions might be most effective at reducing the incidences of crashes
– To discuss gaps in knowledge relating to the geometric components of rural roads management
Who Should Attend
Workshop attendees would ideally be those involved in rural road design, or safety management, including state and local government representatives. If you are a Senior
road designer and/or traffic engineer, Manager or Team Leader you should consider attending!
February 27, 2012 | No Comments | Events
The IPWEA Annual Parks Seminar to be held on Tuesday 28 Feb at Manningham is full. There are still some places left in the Adelaide seminar to be held on 29 Feb or the Sydney Seminar to be held on 8 Mar. For more details visit the website
http://www.ipwea.org.au/ParkSeminar2012
February 27, 2012 | No Comments | Events
Engineers Australia supported by IPWEAvic and others are to host the Warren Centre in presentation of PPIR: Engineering for the 21st Centuary
PPIR is a change plan aimed at raising the status of professional engineers. At its core is the “PPIR Protocol”, a new performance standard for all professional engineers.
Come to one of the FREE seminars to hear
Two Melbourne Seminars are availalbe for you to chose from
Venue: Engineers Australia Victoria Division Auditorium, Ground Floor, 21 Bedford St. North Melbourne
To Register : click on this url http://mybookingmanager.com/ppirmelb21seminar
February 2, 2012 | No Comments | Events
We have some free passes to Civil Works Expo (worth $10) to give away. If you would like a free pass please contact the IPWEAvic Office on 9005 0860 or email vic@ipwea.org.au. The free passes are availalbe to the first 30 people to respond.
The Civil Works Expo will be held at Lardner Park in Warragul from 16th to 18th February 2011. More infromation relating to the event can be found at http://www.lardnerpark.com.au/Civilworks.html
IPWEAvic will have stand B16 at the expo and if you are attending be sure to visit our stand and say hi.
January 22, 2012 | No Comments | Events
Civil Works Expo in conjunction with IPWEAvic will hold a Heavy Vehicle Forum on Friday 17th February 10am – 12noon.
Nationally, local government manages more than $212 billion in non-financial assets and raises about 3% of the total taxation. With limited revenue raising
powers, population growth, ageing infrastructure and rising community expectations, councils struggle to deliver services as well as maintain and construct road
infrastructure. Under this backdrop and to secure our future prosperity, stakeholders in the roads sector need to come together and build on existing local, state
and federal programs and leverage all opportunities to better manage the road infrastructure network to meet the growth in heavy vehicle movements.
The aim of this panel discussion is to enable delegates to fully appreciate the current impact on the use of heavy vehicles on road infrastructure and hopefully
identify new ways of managing the road networks to meet the growth in heavy vehicle movements. Chairman – Bob Sei ert, former CEO – Civil Contractors
Federation.
Panel discussion participants :
Download flyer here
Join the industry luncheon immediatly after the forum but you must reigster.
Take advantage of your trip to Lardner Park and visit the Civil Works Expo.
December 6, 2011 | No Comments | Events
Melbourne Water invites you to a breakfast event, Thursday 15 December
Purpose: Learn about opportunities to receive funding and support from Melbourne Water to benefit our local communities.
Audience: Local Government Councillors and Senior Managers involved in:
• Planning
• Environment/Sustainability
• Parks and Open Space Management
• Infrastructure and Engineering
Presentations:
• Living Rivers Program Stormwater Program
$4million funding and support for Water Sensitive Urban Design and Integrated Water Management
• Flood Management Planning
Councils and Melbourne Water working together to develop Flood Management Plans through funding assistance from Melbourne Water.
• River Health Incentives Program
~$4million funding and support available to councils, community groups and private landholders for on ground waterway improvement works.
Time: 7.30am – 9.30am
Venue: Zinc (Fed Square)
RSVP: Friday 9 th December to local.government@melbournewater.com.au
Please specify any dietary requirements
Donwload flyer here