Technical – Australasian Corrosion Association

Concrete Road Bridges | Barry Wright; NZTA

Website Admin Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Speaking as a "low tech client" Barry Wright takes us though the process of identification and remediation of bridges in New Zealand.

Philosophy of Life Cycle Costs

Website Admin Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Presented by Miles Buckhurst Miles Buckhurst from Jotun Norway talking about the big picture of corrosion control and the real costs and savings of effective mitigation. Filmed at the 2015 Corrosion & Prevention Conference.

Understanding Galvanic Corrosion – Dr Robert Francis

Suzzanna Friday, April 3, 2020

This lecture is in four parts and was filmed at the Corrosion & Prevention Conference in 2015. The series was released to members then but as we are all stuck at home the ACA has released the series publicly.

Organic corrosion inhibitors – new build and existing structures performance

Event Support Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Corrosion of embedded steel is a leading cause of deterioration in reinforced concrete structures.

Brian Cherry Paper Series

Training admin Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Over the next few weeks we will be publishing a series of digital papers collated from the 2017 Brian Cherry Forum. These papers are free to read for ACA members. Our first paper is "Up to Date Overview of Aspects of Steel…

Improving Asset Performance | Technical Seminar Review

Website Admin Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Improving integrity management, asset performance, and operation efficiency through innovation and digitization. The ACA Oil & Gas Technical Group conducted a one-day seminar at the Stamford Plaza Hotel Brisbane QLD on Thursday 6 June 2019. It focused on Digital Inspection and cost savings…

ACA Applicator Technical Group gains major industry funding from BlastOne

Justin Rigby Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Justin Rigby, Chairman of the Australasian Corrosion Association (ACA) Applicator Technical Group (ATG) has been working closely with BlastOne’s Mirza Kozarcanin – National Marketing Manager to establish a 3-year sponsorship of the ATG and partnership with the ACA. “This deal is ground…

Predicting long-term durability of steel reinforced concrete with calcium nitrite corrosion inhibitor

Training admin Wednesday, June 12, 2019

N. S. Berke1, M. C. Hicks2 1Tourney Consulting Group, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA 2Grace Construction Products, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Summary: Steel reinforced concrete is one of the most durable and cost-effective construction materials, but it can suffer in high chloride environments from corrosion…

NZTA Experiences with the Protection and Repair of Concrete Road Bridges

Rachelle Rigby Friday, May 3, 2019

This post is taken from an original paper presented at Brian Cherry International Concrete Symposium 2017. Author:Barry Wright New Zealand Transport Authority A summary of New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) experiences with corrosion of concrete road bridges on the NZ state highway…

Protective Coatings & Applications Technical Event Review

Justin Rigby Wednesday, April 10, 2019

The ACA’s annual premier coatings event occurred on 4 April and was held at the Royal Society of Victoria in Melbourne’s CBD. The event was a great success with a mixture of presentations ranging from; future trends for the coating industry, current…