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AUSTSTAB ANNOUNCES DATE FOR 2022 AUSTRALIAN PAVEMENT RECYCLING AND STABILISATION CONFERENCE AustStab is very pleased to announce that the revised date for its Australian Pavement Recycling and Stabilisation Conference, which will be held at the Novotel Brighton Beach, Sydney. The new dates are:
Tuesday 9th August 2022
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Golf (details to be confirmed) and Informal dinner - Novotel Brighton Beach Sponsored by Wirtgen
Wednesday, 10th August 2022 at the Novotel Brighton Beach, Sydney •
Australian Pavement Recycling and Stabilisation Conference (commencing at 8:30am AEDT) • AustStab Gala Dinner and Awards Night – Sponsored by Caterpillar (commencing at 7:00pm AEDT) The theme of the one-day technical conference is Pavement Recycling for Sustainable Roads and will cover research outcomes, stabilisation for Local Government, construction excellence and sustainability. This will be a conference not to be missed by anyone involved in pavement design and construction that has an interest in pavement recycling and stabilisation. The conference will be followed in the evening by the AustStab Gala Dinner and Awards Presentation event. The conference and dinner will provide the perfect opportunity to recognise the unique nature of AustStab as an organisation, celebrate excellence in the industry, and to focus on the important attributes of sustainability and resilience that are able to be delivered by pavement recycling and stabilisation processes.
The 27th Anniversary of AustStab gives us the opportunity to recognise the unique nature of AustStab as an organisation and to focus at our conference on the important attributes of sustainability and resilience that are able to be delivered by pavement recycling and stabilisation processes. The one-day conference will feature four speaking sessions and around 20 presentations. Following is an outline of the program and an interim list of presenters – these may be subject to change: •
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Implementation of foamed bitumen in Queensland – a 25 year journey, by Jothi (Rama) Ramanujam, Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads A practical approach to rehabilitate thin existing pavements using base-grade stabilisation, by Scott Young, Stabilised Pavements of Australia Characterisation of fatigue performance of in-situ foamed bitumen stabilised pavements under ALF full-scale pavement testing, by Dr Didier Bodin, ARRB Group Sustainability assessment for innovative pavement materials, designs and processes, by Brook Hall and Louise Dutton, ARRB Group Design of foamed bitumen stabilised pavements for local government engineers, by George Vorobieff, Head to Head International Emulsion treated road base – Bracalba Quarry case study, by Iulian Man, Sami Bitumen Technologies Development of design procedures for lightly bound cemented materials, by Dr James Grenfell, ARRB Group
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Effects of ‘hot storage and duration’ on Class 170 binder properties and foamed bitumen stabilisation performance, by Damian Volker, Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads Foamed bitumen stabilisation and the Airport Pavement Research Program, by Dr Greg White, The University of the Sunshine Coast Canberra Airport – Taxiway Bravo extension, by Tim Jackson, Downer Industry partnerships in national recognised stabilisation operator training, by Marcia Kelly, THE Mining & IS Australia Case study: Northbourne Avenue, Canberra, by Alvaro Amorim, Transport Canberra City Services Circular Economy: Construction of an (almost) completely recycled road in Central Coast Council NSW, by Stuart Baverstock, Central Coast Council NSW (to be confirmed) Rehabilitation of 300 projects in the Campbelltown NSW LGA by pavement recycling and stabilisation to optimize service levels, by Mahbub Hossain, Campbelltown City Council Long-term performance of bound in-situ stabilised pavements in Richmond Valley Council NSW, by Steve Button, Richmond Valley Council (to be confirmed) Managing respirable crystalline silica risks for stabilisation works, by Rohan Davies, Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads
For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.auststab.com.au/ conference-and-agm/
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