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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Tree preservation in order for Hornsby
On 31 March, Hornsby Shire Council celebrated the 50th anniversary of its Tree Preservation Order – a motion put forward in 1960 by then Councillor…
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Sniffers protect polluters from prosecution*
Odour pollution accounts for over 60 per cent of complaints from the community, according to Local and State Government environmental protection agencies. A smell invading…
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Technical skills training delivered to your desk*
Technical staff must keep up to date with advances in the design, construction and maintenance of road pavements and their asset management and environmental impacts.…
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Tidy Towns People’s Choice Awards
Tidy Towns, the iconic competition that has been putting Australian towns on the map for more than 40 years, has announced that for the first…
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