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Improving Asset Performance | Technical Seminar Review

Website Admin 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 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…

The Brian Cherry Symposium Papers

Training admin June 17, 2019

We are rapidly approaching this years International Symposium in Corrosion Science and Corrosion Engineering. Over the next few weeks we be releasing the some of the papers from the 2017 Brian Cherry International Concrete Symposium. They are available in web format to…

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

Training admin 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…

Organic corrosion inhibitors – new build and existing structures performance

gillianzz June 3, 2019

J. Meyer Cortec Corporation, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA Summary: Corrosion of embedded steel is a leading cause of deterioration in reinforced concrete structures. While concrete mix designs have become more durable, the possibility of cracking due to shrinkage, movement, or other forces…

NZTA Experiences with the Protection and Repair of Concrete Road Bridges

Rachelle Rigby 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 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…

Protective Coatings in the Real World – Presentations

Annalee Gielb March 1, 2019

This one day event will bring together all stakeholders to discuss various corrosion issues focusing on lessons learnt and exploring both successes and failures across the Coatings and Applicators Industries.

Rusticles and Wrecks

Nicholas Flood January 25, 2019

Nickolas is a Corrosion Technician working at the Australian Maritime Museum of Australia (ANMM) and recently published a blog article on the ANMM website . Republished with permission

Maritime Event | Roundup

Richard Reilly November 23, 2018

The technical program included speakers from: Dulux, Marine and Civil Maintenance, AECOM, Fibrecon, V-Rod, ASC Shipbuilding, Jotun Marine and the ACA. Special thanks as always to our sponsor for the event – Dulux Protective Coatings – without whose support the event wouldn’t…