To make sandcastle dinosaurs requires lots of sand and Aidan J Graham Pty Ltd was able to help as reported by BRIONY ROWLEY, CMPA Administration Officer. FROM Boxing Day 2008 through to Anzac Day weekend 2009, Frankston Waterfront will once again be transformed as 3,500 tonnes of sand is carved into spectacular sculptures by Sand …
The supply of a 4m arm to a HP1500W breaker provided an innovative solution to a technical problem, reports BRUCE MCWILLIAMS, Managing Director of Indeco Australia. THE Northern Quarries site at Cooper Street, Epping is a basalt quarry producing concrete aggregates and crushed rock including road base. It has been operational for 17 years, and …
The 6th Australian Construction Equipment Expo – ACE 2009 will be held from Thursday 26 to Saturday 28 February 2009 at Sandown Racecourse, Melbourne as reported by the team from EXHIBITION & TRADE FAIRS. ACE 2009 will once again be bursting at the seams, making it the most comprehensive, professional trade exhibition for the earthmoving, …
Over the last two months the average time frame for the approvals process has continued to increase for new sites, but has decreased for variations as reported by SARAH ANDREW, CMPA Project Manager. SINCE the September report, there has been a clear increase in the average time required to progress a new Work Authority application …
The Victorian Limestone Producers Association has had a busy couple of months with the AGM and annual conference being held in Geelong as reported by PETER MCCLUSKY, VLPA Business Manager. AGM & CONFERENCE The Victorian Limestone Producers Association held its AGM and conference recently in Geelong at which the Committee for 2008/09 were elected. Tom …
Maximising value from your training dollar is essential and one option is to ensure trainees get the most they possibly can from the trainer, reports SARAH ANDREW, CMPA Project Manager. THINK of treating training like a consumable or within the Repairs and Maintenance (R&M) part of the budget. If it were a jaw liner you …
Conveyors are integral to the operation of many processing plants, and as such need to be well maintained. One area that requires attention is the tracking of conveyor belts as reported by NEIL KINDER, Kinder & Co. TRACKING (training) is defined as the procedure required to make the conveyor belt run ‘true’ under all operating …
Until January 2008, OHS was managed by DPI – Minerals & Petroleum. One of their roles was the collection and dissemination of trends that have occurred. With the official handover nearly complete, JOHN MITAS, DPI Chief Inspector of Mines and Quarries presented a summary of the trends over the last 10 years. OVER the last …
JOANNE DUNOON from Newcomb Sand and Soil Supplies’ reports on their family run sandpit located at Hamilton Hwy, Murgheboluc (as per the above photo and that below). Newcomb Sand and Soil Supplies began operations in 1973 as a small garden supplies business on the corner of High Street and Watt lepark Avenue in Moolap. In …
Clearly identifying the cost in terms of time and dollars of a Work Authority application is something that is not widely done, however a number of sites have volunteered to do just that with the CMPA, as reported by SARAH ANDREW, CMPA Project Manager. DESPITE repeated attempts by Governments of either persuasion at Federal or …