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ACA AGM Announcement

Events Admin Thursday, April 30, 2020

The ACA AGM for 2020 will take place in the format of an online webinar on Wednesday 27 May at 5:00 PM AEST. We encourage all our members to register to join. If you are unable to attend, please complete an AGM…

Removal of surface contaminates with Laser

Website Admin Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Contamination deposited on the horizontal surfaces supporting the walkway and platform decking had compromised the integrity of the coating subjecting the steel structure to the onset of corrosion in a coastal marine environment

Corrosion Awareness Day, Chairman and Chief Executive’s Update.

Events Admin Friday, April 24, 2020

Today is Corrosion Awareness Day, to recognise the occasion we wanted to share with you what we've been getting up to at the ACA over the past few weeks, from our first blended training course, to our first webinars, to continue in…

ACA’s First NACE CIP1 Blended Training Course

Events Admin Friday, April 24, 2020

ACA NACE lead lecturer Justin Rigby delivered the first NACE CIP1 Blended (Online Theory + Classroom Practical) course from the ACA Melbourne HQ, to 13 online students via a Live Virtual Classroom, on Monday and Tuesday of this week. The ability to deliver these…

New Zealand Experiences with Concrete Service Life Prediction Models: A Brief History

Event Support Friday, April 24, 2020

N. LeeOpus Research, Petone, New Zealand SUMMARY: As an island nation, much of New Zealand’s infrastructure and many of our metropolitan areas are in close proximity to the sea and reinforcement corrosion due to chloride ingress has long been presumed to present…

Corrosion and Prevention 2020 Postponed

Events Admin Friday, April 17, 2020

The ACA Board has resolved that this year’s C&P 2020 Conference will be postponed until 2021, due to restrictions regarding COVID-19 and a high likelihood of travel bans in 2020. While this is disappointing news, the safety of our attendees, exhibitors and…

Modelling Durability of Reinforced Concrete Structures

Event Support Friday, April 17, 2020

R.E. Melchers Centre for Infrastructure Performance and Reliability,The University of Newcastle, Australia SUMMARY: Management of reinforced concrete assets increasingly relies on analytical models to predict the time to reinforcement corrosion, particularly to serious, damaging corrosion. Increasingly it is found that predictions by…

Thank you for joining our Breakfast (and everything else) Club

Suzzanna Thursday, April 9, 2020

Sure, the pun is terrible, but we are grateful to all of our members for continuing to support us through 2020. We are especially appreciative of our newbies, who signed up in the last quarter to be a part of our fantastic…

Upskill in your Downtime with ACA Training Online

Events Admin Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Over the coming weeks and months, you will see the ACA implementing remote communication tools to all of our member offerings, particularly into our training and certification program. Already a number of our ACA Training and Certifications courses are available to be…