News
-
Planting out to deter graffiti vandals
As an inner city suburban council, the City of Stirling in Western Australia knows the significant effect vandalism has on the feeling of safety and…
-
Monash Council Chambers come to life
The City of Monash is set to turn green, with the announcement of a ‘Living Roof’ to be created atop the Monash Civic Centre. The…
-
Bottle Bubblers flow in Port Macquarie-Hastings
In February, Port Macquarie-Hastings Council turned on its first ‘Bottle Bubbler’ water station, as part of a campaign to reduce plastic water bottle waste. Located…
-
Weighty topic for waste industry
Chain of Responsibility (CoR) is a reality for anyone involved in transportation. For the waste sector, where the chain extends from truck operator to transfer…
-
National asset management and public works conference
The seventh National Local Government Asset Management and Public Works Engineering Conference, auspiced by the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) and Institute of Public Works…
-
Footpaths made safer*
Footpaths! Something we all use and take for granted, but something councils receive a lot of complaints about and can be costly to maintain. Continuous…
-
Fairfield uses recycled road in maintenance innovation
Fairfield City Council is trialling the use of recycled construction waste in a number of road reconstruction sites. If it works well, Council will use…
-
Sediment control – improving stormwater quality*
Unsealed road networks can produce large amounts of sediment and a good proportion of this sediment will end up in our creeks and rivers. Once…
-
Logan cracks down on abandoned trolleys
Queensland’s Logan City Council is set to introduce new laws requiring retailers to have shopping trolley containment systems in place by July, in a bid…
-
Melton synthetic surfaces a hit with the community
Located 19 kilometres west of Melbourne, the Shire of Melton recently launched two synthetic surface reserves, thanks to funding from the Federal Government’s Regional and…
-
Population growth key challenge facing our roads
Having addressed both the Urban Transport World international conference in Sydney and the Australian Roads Summit in Brisbane in the last two months, Australian Local…
-
New infrastructure asset management course*
The Centre for Pavement Engineering Education and the University of Tasmania are offering an industry specific four unit Graduate Certificate in Infrastructure Asset Management. This…
Digital Editions
