Vol 18 | Issue 2 | December 2018
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Jubilee Bridge - Concrete Institute of Australia Excellence in Concrete Awards 2017. See page 10 for full article.
Editorial
Welcome back to another edition of Connections. At the Australasian (iron & steel) Slag Association (ASA), we are committed to providing up-to-date information on industry advancements, events and research. In this edition, we profile Chani Tennakoon, who has recently been appointed as Chair of the ASA Technical Committee. Chani is the Technical Manager at Independent Cement & Lime Pty Ltd (ICL) and a long-standing board member of the ASA. We spoke with her to gain insight into her roles, career highlights and how she got involved in the industry. In line with the ASA’s mission to promote the effective and beneficial use of iron and steel slags, including the collection, research and dissemination of information, the association strives to make our mark in keeping legislation up to date.
Recently, the board have been working to update NSW EPA’s exemption for ladle furnace slag. In this edition, we take a look at the implemented changes. In terms of industry events, Craig Heidrich, Executive Director, and Gavin Tory, ASA Board Chairman, took to the skies to attend the National Slag Association’s 100th anniversary AGM in Maryland, USA in early September. Back at home, two of our ASA team members attended the Construction Materials Industry Conference (CMIC18) in mid-September. Both events provided important networking and member generation opportunities for the ASA. We hope you enjoy this edition of Connections. As the final edition of the year, we wish you all a happy and healthy end to 2018 and we are looking forward to what’s to come in 2019.
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Editorial Member Profile: Chani Tennakoon (ICL) Engineered Construction Materials from By-Products National Slag Association's 100th Anniversary Iron and Steel Slags: Then & Now Changes to the NSW EPA Exemption for Ladle Furnace Slag Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living: Demonstrating the Practical Use of Geopolymer Concrete CMIC18 Report Concrete 2019 2019 Awards for Excellence in Concrete Jamie North: Drifting to Void Technical Note - Roads Guide Write for Connections
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CONNECTIONS EDITORIAL TEAM | December 2018 Edition Connections is published by the ASA The Australasian (Iron & Steel) Slag Association Wollongong NSW 2500 Phone: 02 4258 0160 Fax: 02 4258 0169 Email: info@asa-inc.org.au Web: www.asa-inc.org.au Executive Director: Craig Heidrich Editor: Emma Bruce Design: 101 Design Contributors: Ahmed Al-Tikrite, Muhammad N.S. Hadi, Aiden Chilcott, Emma Bruce, Carol Wilson, Craig Heidrich, Gavin Tory, John Hodgkinson Connections is a biannual publication with an online circulation of 1500 copies
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