March 2022 was a busy month for Australian Society for Concrete Pavements (ASCP) as they hosted 3 events in conjunction with one another March 3-4: —, Annual General Meeting, Occasional Speaker, Inaugural Industry Awards Evening – Tuesday, March 1, 2022
ASCP In-Person & Virtual:
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Inaugural Awards for Technical Excellence
Forum (F2F/Online): “Pavement Maintenance and Upgrades“
ASCP Member: Largest Rd Transport Infrastructure Project Complete!
The face-to-face events were an opportunity to celebrate and network with friends and colleagues in the concrete pavement community for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. After a long 2-year hiatus, the ASCP first F2F event was a resounding success!
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM):
The ASCP held the AGM 2022 which allows the ASCP to:
- Directly increase involvement with the Membership by providing a concise and transparent view into the operations of the organization
- Allow members the opportunity to elect representatives to the National Executive
- Encourage all members, sponsors and interested parties to engage with our Annual General Meetings
Craig Heidrich, ASCP Executive Director and Justin Moss, ASCP President, conducted the meeting for 2022 and the following items on the agenda:
- President’s Report
- Financial Report
- National Executive Elections
There were 4 members of the National Executive whose 2-year-terms expired:
Mr. Justin Moss, President
Mr. Jamie Egan, Vice-President
Mr. Peter Carson, Secretary/Treasurer all stood for re-election and all were re-elected
Mr. David Slingsby, National Executive service for countless years … Also, the winner of the Kevin Abrams Award for Service to Industry!! Mr. Slingsby made the decision to not stand for re-election again to allow for new voices to be heard on the National Executive. A vote of thanks was recorded acknowledging David’s service!
2 new members were elected to the ASCP National Executive:
Bohdan Dowsing, Dowsing
Brendan Leader, ARRB Group
For the MEETING article, please go to:
https://concretepavements.com.au/2022-ascp-annual-general-meeting/
Caleb Hayde, Pavement Engineer-Aurecon and ASCP Member said, “I had the pleasure of attending a face-to-face Australian Society for Concrete Pavements(ASCP) Industry Forum and Inaugural Awards Night. Highlights were several informative technical presentations, an award nomination, but mostly it was fantastic to meet industry colleagues in real life again! Thanks Australian Society for Concrete Pavements (ASCPconcrete) for a great event!” (LinkedIn post)
Inaugural Awards for Technical Excellence Evening:
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During the AGM and Forum, the ASCP held its inaugural Awards for Technical Excellence. The ASCP acknowledges the winners of these awards and congratulates them on their achievements! There were 5 awards presented during the night, each winner chosen by an independent board of selectors. These awards were chosen to honor 5 eminent individuals in the ASCP community, 2 of whom we tragically lost in 2021. All hearts go out to family and friends of David Dash and Kevin Abrams. Their names will live on in the concrete pavements community, through these accolades. The Awards categories were:
- Arvo Tinni Award for Best Urban Pavement Infrastructure Design or Construction Project Award
- John Hodgkinson Award for Best Rural Pavement Design or Construction Project
- David Dash Innovation Award
- Geoff Ayton Young Leader in Concrete Pavements Award
- Kevin Abrams Award for Service to Industry
5 Award Winners
Arvo Tinni Award for Best Urban Pavement Infrastructure Design or Construction Project Award:
Nominations:
M12 concept design
Melbourne Airport pavement maintenance
Sydney Airport paving
M1 to Raymond Terrace
Warringah Freeway
WINNER: Arcadis—Concept Design for the M12
John Hodgkinson Award for Best Rural Pavement Design or Construction Project:
Nominations:
• Kariong to Somersby
• Barton Highway
WINNER: Kariong to Somersby M1 Upgrade
David Dash Innovation Award:
Nominations:
• Rozelle Interchange
• Sydney Gateway shared path design
• K2S diamond grinding sludge waste
• Roller compacted concrete
• TMR NACOE concrete rubbilisation
WINNER: Arcadis shared path (ATL) Sydney Gateway
Geoff Ayton Young Leader in Concrete Pavements Award:
Nominations:
James Walker
Caleb Hayde
Michael Ghattas
WINNER: James Walker
Kevin Abrams Award for Service to Industry:
Nominations:
David Slingsby x 3
WINNER: David Slingsby
For more on the award winners, please go to: https://concretepavements.com.au/the-inaugural-ascp-awards-for-technical-excellence/
ASCP MARCH 2022 FORUM:
Over 100 individuals registered for the March 2022 FORUM, with 65 registered for the F2F and 35 joining us online via Teams Meeting.
The March 2022 Forum focused on PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE & UPGRADES, with a very special address by Camilla Drover, Deputy Secretary of Infrastructure and Place-TfNSW, who attended the Inaugural Technical Awards Event and Networking with members into the evening. Camilla spoke about:
• The significant investment of $71.5bn worth of transport infrastructure that will be delivered within the next four years
• That will include a great amount of concrete!
• That it partnerships with industry to improve the sustainability of construction and reducing the carbon footprint set-out in TfNSW Sustainable Procurement in Infrastructure initiative—which provides framework for implementing a circular economy and working to align the portfolio to meet the decarbonization commitments outlined in Transport’s Sustainability Plan 2021 which will be discussed among other topics in the upcoming April 2022 Forum (see below).
Resources for the upcoming April Forum will be available March 31st. The ASCP, its Members, and its Sponsors extend their thanks to Camilla for her time, moreover for her engaging talk which generated considerable discussion during the post awards networking.
Upcoming Forum:
“ASCP Forum (Online) – Tunnels Pavements, Concrete Supply, ASCP Initiatives”
April 12, 2022
For access to this upcoming FORUM and registration, please go to: https://concretepavements.com.au/events/april2022forum/?
For the ASCP MARCH 2022 FORUM article, please go to: https://concretepavements.com.au/ascp-forum-pavement-maintenance-and-upgrades-and-keynote-speaker/
ASCP Member Completed Largest Road Transport
Infrastructure Project in Australia:
Dowsing Group has successfully completed the Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement (CRCP) scope in the Pyrmont Bridge Road section of Sydney, Australia’s largest motorway project—the “WestConnex M4-M5 Link Tunnels”—the largest road transport infrastructure project in Australia.
The project started in May 2020 and was completed the last week of February, when the Dowsing NSW Slipform team placed 28,300m3 (36,790y3) of concrete over a total area of 104,000m2 (124,384y2). The main lane paving works were completed using the Dowsing Group Wirtgen SP64 paver, and a second slipform paver was utilized to complete the narrower shoulder sections, which are usually hand poured. The utilization of both pavers sped up the program resulting in significant time savings for the client.
Dowsing Group is very proud to be involved in the largest road transport infrastructure project in Australia and continues to provide slipform services for the various stages of the “WestConnex project”.
To see the post from February 2022 LinkedIn, please go to: www.linkedin.com/company/australian-society-for-concrete-pavements/posts/?feedView=all
#DowsingNSW #WestConnex #WestConnexM4M5Link