Conference Program
IPWEA NSW Division 2014 Annual Conference
Conference Program ‘An Engineering Tool Box’ Wednesday 15 October 2014 2:00pm – 4:00pm 4:00pm – 6:00pm 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Site Tour Registration commences Welcome Reception
Attire: Smart casual
John Roydhouse, Executive Officer, IPWEA NSW (House Keeping) Bill Woodcock, Events and Roads, Transport and Road Safety Director, IPWEA NSW
Exhibition Area
Thursday 16 October 2014 8:00am – 9:00am
Registration commences
9:00am – 10:30am
Opening Ceremony
9:00am – 9:15am
Welcome & Opening Greg Moran, President IPWEA (NSW)
9:15am – 10:30am
Craig Emerson
Jetty Harbour Room
An economist’s and former politician’s view on funding public infrastructure 10:30am – 11:00am
Morning Tea
11:00am – 1:00pm
IPWEA NSW Forum Jetty Harbour Room TBA
Road Safety Forum Marina Room TBA
11:00am – 11:30am
Matt Potter Implementing mobile solution – blink mobile
Iris Dorsett Kindy Kitts
11:30am – 12:00pm
Bill Woodcock & Gordon Hooper New technology for the collection of asset condition data
Melanie Suitor & Jayne Bleechmore The ‘free cuppa for the driver’ scheme
12:00pm – 12:30pm
Rod Eckels Achieving engineering accuracies using mobile laser scanning
Kylie Kerr & Renee McMillan Community consultation with the heavy vehicle industry
12:30pm – 1:00pm 1:00pm – 2:00pm
IPWEA NSW 2014 Annual General Meeting Lunch
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Jetty Harbour Room
Marina Room
Board Room 3
Chairs:
TBA
TBA
TBA
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Gary Pearse Environmental removal of oil spills without damage to infrastructure materials
Ben Lawson Talking apples and apples about infrastructure
Paul Gallagher The overseas perspective on local government engineering 2013 IPWEA national overseas study
Chairs:
IPWEA NSW Division 2014 Annual Conference
Conference Program ‘An Engineering Tool Box’ 2:30pm – 3:00pm
Peter Shields TBC – Green square
John Earls Asset stewardship – defining asset ownership
Greg Blaze Transportable engineering skills – Mogadishu to Maitland
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Ian Grieves & Paul Knox A new face, a new approach – Auburn Town Centre Redevelopment
Mike Brearley Writing successful grant applications for infrastructure projects
Iris Dorsett Study tour
3:30pm – 4:00pm
Afternoon Tea
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Jetty Harbour Room
Marina Room
Board Room 3
Chairs:
TBA
TBA
TBA
4:00pm – 4:30pm
Anthony Ogle Compliance – affordable? Sustainable? Right? Our technical standards are failing us and what we can do about it
Hamish McLauchlan Waverly and Woollahra administration and depot facility – designing from the ground up
Young session TBC
4:30pm – 5:00pm
Ben Lawson Why are we here?
Rolly Lawford From little things, big things prosper
Young session TBC
6:30pm – 11:30pm
Engineering Excellence Awards Dinner Keynote TBA
Attire: Formal Business Suit or Black Tie Optional
6:30pm – Pre dinner Drinks in the Exhibition area 7:30pm Dinner Engineering Excellence Awards
The Reef Room
*Category 1: Design and Construction of a Local Government/Public Works Project *Category 2: New or Improved Techniques including: Innovation and/or Introduction of Techniques or Outstanding Management Initiatives or Outstanding Achievement in Asset Management *Category 3: Innovation in Water Supply and Wastewater *Category 4: Workplace Health and Safety *Category 5: The Three R’s: Recovering, Recycling and Reusing Award *Category 6: Excellence in Road Safety Engineering *Category 7: Environmental Enhancement Project or Initiative *Category 8: Local Government Excellence in Road Safety Awards *Category 9: COMPLETE Multi-Disciplinary Project Management *Category 10: The David Abbott (Under 35) Award *Category 11: Public Works Leader of the Year Friday 17 October 2014 9:00am – 10:30am
Jetty Harbour Room
Marina Room
Boardroom 2
Chairs:
TBA
TBA
TBA
IPWEA NSW Division 2014 Annual Conference
Conference Program ‘An Engineering Tool Box’ 9:00am – 9:30am
Road safety TBC
Ross Ioakim Christmas island runway resurfacing
John Kirkcaldy Planned maintenance capabilities of ‘split stator’ progressive cavity pumps
9:30am – 10:00am
Road safety TBC
Dave Stella Topic TBC
Mike Brearley & Gary Woodman Sustainable solution for critical infrastructure in a western NSW shire
10:00am – 10:30am
Road safety TBC
Josh Devitt Topic TBC
Simon Cassidy Yass dam upgrade
10:30am – 11:00am
Morning Tea
11:00am – 12:00pm
Jetty Harbour Room
Marina Room
Chairs:
TBA
TBA
Water Directorate Forum Boardroom 2 TBA
11:00am – 11:30am
Roads TBC
Prof. James Ball TBC – Australian rain fall and runoff
Bill Woodcock Assessing 50m pools as potential aquatic centres (or not!)
11:30am – 12:00pm
Roads TBC
John Gould Adventures in storm water
Stephen Johansson Moss Vale war memorial aquatic centre – a new age of design
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm – 5:00pm
Jetty Harbour Room
1:00pm – 1:45pm
Presentation Terry Alford Innovative infrastructure maintenance delivery - preparing for the future
1:45pm – 2:30pm
2:30pm – 3:00pm
IPWEA Q&A Forum Panel session An opportunity for delegates to bring forward issues, areas for discussion or concerns that IPWEA can assist with into the future. (Delegates will be encouraged to pre submit their questions, ideas, discussion topics during the Conference) Moderated by John Roydhouse, Chief Executive Officer, IPWEA NSW IPWEA NSW Board Members Afternoon Tea
3:00pm – 4:30pm
Keynote address TBC
4:30pm – 5:00pm
Closing Ceremony President IPWEA (NSW) Clr Keith Rhoades AFSM President Local Government NSW
IPWEA NSW Division 2014 Annual Conference
Conference Program ‘An Engineering Tool Box’ (I)
Invited, not yet confirmed
*Correct at time of printing
Conference Program ‘An Engineering Tool Box’ Wednesday 15 October 2014 2:00pm – 4:00pm 4:00pm – 6:00pm 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Site Tour Registration commences Welcome Reception
Attire: Smart casual
John Roydhouse, Executive Officer, IPWEA NSW (House Keeping) Bill Woodcock, Events and Roads, Transport and Road Safety Director, IPWEA NSW
Exhibition Area
Thursday 16 October 2014 8:00am – 9:00am
Registration commences
9:00am – 10:30am
Opening Ceremony
9:00am – 9:15am
Welcome & Opening Greg Moran, President IPWEA (NSW)
9:15am – 10:30am
Craig Emerson
Jetty Harbour Room
An economist’s and former politician’s view on funding public infrastructure 10:30am – 11:00am
Morning Tea
11:00am – 1:00pm
IPWEA NSW Forum Jetty Harbour Room TBA
Road Safety Forum Marina Room TBA
11:00am – 11:30am
Matt Potter Implementing mobile solution – blink mobile
Iris Dorsett Kindy Kitts
11:30am – 12:00pm
Bill Woodcock & Gordon Hooper New technology for the collection of asset condition data
Melanie Suitor & Jayne Bleechmore The ‘free cuppa for the driver’ scheme
12:00pm – 12:30pm
Rod Eckels Achieving engineering accuracies using mobile laser scanning
Kylie Kerr & Renee McMillan Community consultation with the heavy vehicle industry
12:30pm – 1:00pm 1:00pm – 2:00pm
IPWEA NSW 2014 Annual General Meeting Lunch
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Jetty Harbour Room
Marina Room
Board Room 3
Chairs:
TBA
TBA
TBA
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Gary Pearse Environmental removal of oil spills without damage to infrastructure materials
Ben Lawson Talking apples and apples about infrastructure
Paul Gallagher The overseas perspective on local government engineering 2013 IPWEA national overseas study
Chairs:
IPWEA NSW Division 2014 Annual Conference
Conference Program ‘An Engineering Tool Box’ 2:30pm – 3:00pm
Peter Shields TBC – Green square
John Earls Asset stewardship – defining asset ownership
Greg Blaze Transportable engineering skills – Mogadishu to Maitland
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Ian Grieves & Paul Knox A new face, a new approach – Auburn Town Centre Redevelopment
Mike Brearley Writing successful grant applications for infrastructure projects
Iris Dorsett Study tour
3:30pm – 4:00pm
Afternoon Tea
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Jetty Harbour Room
Marina Room
Board Room 3
Chairs:
TBA
TBA
TBA
4:00pm – 4:30pm
Anthony Ogle Compliance – affordable? Sustainable? Right? Our technical standards are failing us and what we can do about it
Hamish McLauchlan Waverly and Woollahra administration and depot facility – designing from the ground up
Young session TBC
4:30pm – 5:00pm
Ben Lawson Why are we here?
Rolly Lawford From little things, big things prosper
Young session TBC
6:30pm – 11:30pm
Engineering Excellence Awards Dinner Keynote TBA
Attire: Formal Business Suit or Black Tie Optional
6:30pm – Pre dinner Drinks in the Exhibition area 7:30pm Dinner Engineering Excellence Awards
The Reef Room
*Category 1: Design and Construction of a Local Government/Public Works Project *Category 2: New or Improved Techniques including: Innovation and/or Introduction of Techniques or Outstanding Management Initiatives or Outstanding Achievement in Asset Management *Category 3: Innovation in Water Supply and Wastewater *Category 4: Workplace Health and Safety *Category 5: The Three R’s: Recovering, Recycling and Reusing Award *Category 6: Excellence in Road Safety Engineering *Category 7: Environmental Enhancement Project or Initiative *Category 8: Local Government Excellence in Road Safety Awards *Category 9: COMPLETE Multi-Disciplinary Project Management *Category 10: The David Abbott (Under 35) Award *Category 11: Public Works Leader of the Year Friday 17 October 2014 9:00am – 10:30am
Jetty Harbour Room
Marina Room
Boardroom 2
Chairs:
TBA
TBA
TBA
IPWEA NSW Division 2014 Annual Conference
Conference Program ‘An Engineering Tool Box’ 9:00am – 9:30am
Road safety TBC
Ross Ioakim Christmas island runway resurfacing
John Kirkcaldy Planned maintenance capabilities of ‘split stator’ progressive cavity pumps
9:30am – 10:00am
Road safety TBC
Dave Stella Topic TBC
Mike Brearley & Gary Woodman Sustainable solution for critical infrastructure in a western NSW shire
10:00am – 10:30am
Road safety TBC
Josh Devitt Topic TBC
Simon Cassidy Yass dam upgrade
10:30am – 11:00am
Morning Tea
11:00am – 12:00pm
Jetty Harbour Room
Marina Room
Chairs:
TBA
TBA
Water Directorate Forum Boardroom 2 TBA
11:00am – 11:30am
Roads TBC
Prof. James Ball TBC – Australian rain fall and runoff
Bill Woodcock Assessing 50m pools as potential aquatic centres (or not!)
11:30am – 12:00pm
Roads TBC
John Gould Adventures in storm water
Stephen Johansson Moss Vale war memorial aquatic centre – a new age of design
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm – 5:00pm
Jetty Harbour Room
1:00pm – 1:45pm
Presentation Terry Alford Innovative infrastructure maintenance delivery - preparing for the future
1:45pm – 2:30pm
2:30pm – 3:00pm
IPWEA Q&A Forum Panel session An opportunity for delegates to bring forward issues, areas for discussion or concerns that IPWEA can assist with into the future. (Delegates will be encouraged to pre submit their questions, ideas, discussion topics during the Conference) Moderated by John Roydhouse, Chief Executive Officer, IPWEA NSW IPWEA NSW Board Members Afternoon Tea
3:00pm – 4:30pm
Keynote address TBC
4:30pm – 5:00pm
Closing Ceremony President IPWEA (NSW) Clr Keith Rhoades AFSM President Local Government NSW
IPWEA NSW Division 2014 Annual Conference
Conference Program ‘An Engineering Tool Box’ (I)
Invited, not yet confirmed
*Correct at time of printing
