The industry has lost the last of the old guard with Marc Barro passing on the 16th August 2010. All associated with the CMPA pass on their condolences to the Barro family. MARC was an approachable, interested and honourable gentleman. He was a person who closely worked with the quarrying and concrete industry from the …
Safely Lifting Jaw Liners Two quarries recently trialed alternative lifting methods for jaw faces without welding. Following are reports from, BRIAN CALOVIC from Conundrum Holdings, LEW DILKES from Crushing Equipment, ROSS OUTEN and ANDREW BROCKMAN of Boral. ON Thursday, January 22, 2009 at Boral Wollert sixteen site managers, specialist welders and associated consumable suppliers attended …
TOM KERR of Conundrum Holding reports on a presentation by BARRY SHERRIFF of Norton Rose Australia during the Safety in Action trade show, 20-22 April 2010 A commitment by the Commonwealth, state and territory governments to the harmonisation of work health and safety laws in Australia will see the introduction of a model Work Health …
CMPA Secretariat provides an update of the latest news and happenings. VEAC – REMNANT NATIVE VEGETATION INVESTIGATION The CMPA has provided comments to the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council on the discussion paper Remnant Native Vegetation Investigation. The investigation’s purpose is to consider how public land can contribute to ‘sustainable landscapes’ and identify opportunities for greater …
A New Way Forward CMPA’s new Associate Chairperson, MARK THOMPSON touches on the role of the associate. AS the incoming Associate Chairperson it’s certainly going to be a big pair of shoes to fill from our past Chairperson of five years and now Deputy Chairperson, David Batson. I would like to personally thank David for …