Month: January 2019

A Special Breakfast Invitation

Launching Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads’ Technical Specification MRTS270 – Precast Geopolymer Concrete Elements.

DATE: Tuesday 19 February 2019
VENUE: Novotel Brisbane 200 Creek St, Brisbane City Lawson Room
TIME: 7:00am for a 7:30am start until 9:00am 
RSVP: Please RSVP at your earliest convenience to: kelly.fraser@eicactiv.com
COST: Free event

Geopolymer concrete has been increasingly recognised and adopted in Australia for a host of beneficial properties, including improved durability and a lower carbon footprint in comparison to Portland cement based concrete.

The release of this new specification enables the wider adoption of Geopolymer concrete within Queensland and will contribute to achieving the State’s transition to a zero carbon economy.

Stephen Rae, DTMR’s author of MRTS270, will be the key speaker. A Q&A session will follow Stephen’s presentation.

This event is hosted by CIMIC Group companies EIC Activities and CPB Contractors as part of our commitment to innovation, delivering successful projects for clients and working with industry to foster continual improvement.

Please note: This is not an ISCA event. Please contact the above RSVP for more information.

ISCA has started an ongoing collaboration with Charles Darwin University (CDU), via the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Australia India Council (AIC) grant program.

Jonathan Avery, General Manager, Sustainability Leadership, has recently returned from New Delhi, India where he was part of a six-person Australian delegation. Jon contributed to a workshop promoting knowledge sharing on the issue of construction, demolition waste, and the current Australian infrastructure industry practices and approaches to addressing this issue. Jon also had the opportunity to discuss and shine a light on the IS International Tool and ISCAs mission.

This collaboration has the goal of increasing cooperation and long-term bilateral strategic partnerships between Australia and India. Researchers, decision makers and industry are working together to improve knowledge and mutual understanding of critical construction and demolition waste management issues.

Jon also had the opportunity to visit the Mahindra TERI Centre of Excellence, a lab that tests sustainable building materials and helps towards mainstreaming market uptake. When operational, this lab will assist sustainable building product manufacturers in introducing their products to the market.

“The workshops were a great opportunity to share information on construction and demolition waste and practices in Australia and India. From an infrastructure sustainability perspective, there remains excellent scope to take the ISCA and TERI relationship forward, and consider ways in which we could collaborate in future.” Jonathan Avery, ISCA.

We are excited to continue this collaboration, with the next round of workshops happening this April in Darwin, Australia.

Below are some great moments captured during the workshops. 

 

ISupply Directory launched today – Thu 24 Jan 2019!

The brand new ISupply Directory is your one-stop-location for sustainable suppliers.

ISupply connects those undertaking an IS Rating to sustainable suppliers who can help projects or assets achieve sustainability outcomes awarded under the IS Rating Scheme.

“The ISupply Directory will help those undergoing an IS Rating find sustainable products and services, supporting them to accelerate their sustainability goals under the IS Rating Scheme.” Chris Moylan, Relationship Manager, ISCA

The ISupply Directory also gives sustainable suppliers a platform to showcase their products and services to our rating partners, and the infrastructure sustainability industry.

With $124bn worth of ANZ infrastructure contractually committed to enhancing liveability and workforce development, management of the natural environment in driving economic productivity; the whole value chain will benefit from being even more informed through this showcase of innovative products and niche services.

“A great initiative, this directory provides us direct access to the procurement and sustainability managers of infrastructure projects looking for innovative and sustainable solutions.” Tony Collister, ENVIROMESH.

The ISupply Directory is a free* service, and can be utilised by all ISCA members to market their products and/or services.

Contact Chris Moylan today to find out more about the ISupply program: cmoylan@isca.org.au or 02 9252 9733.

 

Congratulations to Main Roads Western Australia, who were presented with the 2018 Organisational Leadership in Infrastructure Sustainability Award in Sydney on October 17, at the 2018 Sustainability in Infrastructure Awards Dinner.

The Organisational Leadership in Infrastructure Sustainability Award recognises an organisation that exhibits the most outstanding performance, leadership and greatest contribution to advancing infrastructure sustainability in Australasia. Open to all ISCA members and industry partners, any organisation may enter this category.

Winners Profile

Main Roads Western Australia (Main Roads) are one of three key transport agencies in Western Australia (WA). Representing one of the world’s most expansive road networks, they are responsible for 18,500 kilometres of road spread over 2.5 million square kilometres. Their role is to support the needs of all road users across the State by providing an integrated world-class road transport network.

Main Roads’ formal sustainability policy ‘Keep WA Moving’, in effect since 2006, makes a commitment to “develop a sustainable transport network that meets social, economic and environmental needs”, and has the aspiration “to provide world class outcomes for the customer through a safe, reliable and sustainable road-based transport system”.

This policy identifies four key-focus areas: Customers, Movement, Safety, and Sustainability. Of these, sustainability is recognised as crucial to achieving the government goal of providing WA with an integrated transport solution and creating an efficient and user-friendly state-wide transport network.

A member of ISCA since 2009, they were the first organisation to register for an IS Version 2.0 (ISv2.0) Planning rating in 2018, with a further five upcoming projects set to undergo ISv2.0 planning ratings.