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ARR Seminars

Published on January 23, 2012 in Engineers Australia and Industry Information. 0 Comments Tags: , .

This announcement is a repost from the AR&R team.

Speaker: Grantley Smith, UNSW Water Research Laboratory (WRL)

Grantley Smith is a Senior Engineer at the University of New South Wales Water Research Laboratory. He has over 20 years’ experience in hydrological processes as they relate to flow forecasting floodplain hydraulics, and floodplain management. Prior to joining the WRL in 2009, Grantley was NSW State Manager for DHI Water and Environment where he helped pioneer the use of 2D hydrodynamic models for floodplain inundation. He is currently Chair of the Water Panel for the Sydney Division of Engineers Australia.

Project 15: 2D Modelling in Urban Areas

The presentation will provide an overview of recent research undertaken as part of Project 15 of the Australian Rainfall and Runoff Revision and funded by the Federal Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency and WRL. The research project investigated the application of 2D models in urban areas, with a particular focus on the representation of buildings and other floodplain flow obstacles in numerical models.

A PDF flyer is available.

Project 10: People and Vehicle Stability in Floods

This presentation reviews the early work, collates and discusses subsequent experimental testing, empirical expressions and safety guidelines derived from these studies. The entire data-set of relevant experimental results is re-analysed and tolerable flow conditions related to human and vehicle safety and safe working conditions are presented.

A PDF flyer is available.

Perth
Date: Monday, 13 February 2012
Time: 12.00pm
Place: Auditorium Engineers Australia
712 Murray St, West Perth
RSVP: Not Required
Cost: Free

Hobart
Date: Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Time: 12.15pm (light lunch provided)
12.30pm to 2.00pm Seminar
Place: Old Woolstore Theatrette
1 Macquarie Street, Hobart
RSVP: To Catherine Reading 6234 2228 or HIDDEN EMAIL by no later than
Tuesday, 6 March 2012

Brisbane and Melbourne Seminar dates to be advised

7th International Conference on WSUD

Published on January 17, 2012 in Conferences and Industry Information. 0 Comments Tags: , .

The final annoucements and details are going around for the 7th International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design but as its scheduled for the 21-23 February 2012 you’d better check it out quickly.

Understanding the nexus between sustainable urban water management and the vitality, liveability and prosperity of urban communities is one of the most significant challenges of the 21st Century. Many urban communities are now faced with rising temperatures, longer and more severe droughts, more frequent and devastating floods and increased levels of water borne pollutants; all of which diminish the liveability of our urban areas and degrade our natural environments.

Our cities and communities need to become water sensitive; where water is managed within our urban areas to provide maximum value for a range of functions and users, including the natural environment. A water sensitive city is resilient and is able to cope with extended periods of drought and intense rainfall. A water sensitive community appreciates the scarcity and value of potable water supplies and supports the use of other water sources to enhance amenity, minimise heat island effects and improve their quality of life.

Building a water sensitive community cannot be achieved with traditional urban water management approaches alone. To meet to this challenge, an integrated approach is necessary; we should strive to effectively link the myriad design and implementation cultures of the different disciplines involved in urban water management.

Design Aspects of a SWRO Desalination Plant

Published on June 4, 2011 in Engineers Australia and Industry Information. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

This is a cross post from the Sydeny Mechanical Chapter as the topic may be of interest to the Water Panel’s membership.

Design of a major seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant poses many challenges to engineers of various disciplines particularly those of process and mechanical backgrounds. These challenges include meeting or exceeding the contracted energy efficiency targets, addressing durability of materials in a seawater environment, ensuring safety of piping and equipment operating at high fluid pressures and design to meet sometime conflicting constructability, operability and maintainability requirements. This presentation will briefly outline the design aspects of pressure driven membranes, energy recovery, material selection for protection against corrosion and piping.

The recently completed Sydney Desalination Plant has provided Dennis Cho and Con Sikallos with valuable experiences and insights arising form their involvement for over three years in the bid, design delivery and commissioning phases. Dennis will review the basis of design of a desalination plant and Con will present some of the mechanical challenges.

Dennis is a senior process engineer at SKM and has completed his PhD at UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology at University of NSW. His work is based on over 10 years of engineering experience, largely in the water and wastewater industry.

Con has 20 years of experience in the water and wastewater industry and currently holds a senior mechanical engineering position at SKM. He has been involved in many engineering projects from detail design through to commissioning including the Sydney Desalination Plant.

Date: 16-06-2011
Starting: Light refreshments at 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start
Finishing: 7.40 to 7.50pm
Dinner Option: With the speaker at 8.00pm, at a nearby restaurant (at cost)
Venue: Engineers Australia Auditorium, Ground Floor, 8 Thomas Street, Chatswood

All contact to: Andrew Lowe would be appreciated, phone no (02) 9777 1111 or HIDDEN EMAIL.

Full details: PDF Flyer.

WSUD and Flooding: 35th EEA Stormwater Management Workshop

Published on February 25, 2011 in Engineers Australia, General Information, Industry Information and Training. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

A 2-day Workshop entitled “Stormwater Management (source control)” has been organised by EEA (Engineering Education, Australia) for Thursday/Friday 17/18 March, 2011 in Sydney. The Notes provided in the course are based on content of the award-winning manual “WSUD: basic procedures for ‘source control’ of stormwater – a Handbook for Australian practice” edited by Professor John Argue (University of South Australia). This document is endorsed by Stormwater Industry Association (SIA), Australian Water Association (AWA) and by Dept of Water, Western Australia. The Notes have been regularly updated since first publication in 2004

The content features a balance between the three domains of WSUD (stormwater) practice – quantity control, pollution control and stormwater harvesting. Serious issues of stormwater management in Australia are posed by the prospect of 35 million population by 2050. How will Sydney’s existing stormwater infrastructure cope with change to selected regions under the ‘high rise’ option being proposed as the likely re-development scenario? What strategies can be adopted to enable existing (competently-performing) infrastructure to cope with this scenario without expensive upgrade? How can re-development in catchments with existing under-performing stormwater infrastructure be managed to enable the in-ground works to progressively meet greater capacity demand without expensive upgrade? Must the creeks and natural waterways on Sydney’s northern, western and southern perimeters be sacrificed to hard-lining in the wake of the proposed expansion? Positive, strategic answers to these and many other questions based on WSUD ‘source control’ practices will be provided in the Workshop.

The Workshop will also include results of hydrological modelling that provides a ‘design front-end’ for use in the MUSIC model. The pollution control practice presented takes advantage of enhanced treatment available in parent soil masses. The fate of dissolved pollutants is singled out for particular attention.

The short course includes: design procedures based on state-of-the-art analyses and best overseas practices adapted to Australia-wide conditions; case study illustrations drawn from field installations with between ten and 18 years of Australian operational history; design ‘worked examples’; introduction and access to rainwater tank sizing software applicable across Australia. The Workshop will be led by Professor John Argue.

Attendance at the Workshop earns 32 hours credit for continuing professional development purposes with Engineers Australia. More information about the workshop including course content, cost and Registration Forms may be obtained from Ms Ann Ellis on (03) 9326 9777 or HIDDEN EMAIL

Maritime Panel: Half Day Seminar on Legislation and Impacts

Published on July 28, 2010 in Engineers Australia, General Information and Industry Information. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

The Institution of Engineers Australia – Sydney Division Maritime Panel in association with PIANC, present:

Half Day Seminar: Changes to NSW Coastal Protection Legislation and Implications for Coastal Protection in NSW

  • Session 1 – Policy and Legislation
  • Session 2 – Emergency Measures
  • Session 3 – Coastal Protection and the Courts

DATE & TIME: Monday 23 August 2010, 12:30pm start (Lunch provided from 12.00 noon) finishes 5:30pm.

VENUE: Engineers Australia Auditorium Ground Floor, 8 Thomas Street, Chatswood, NSW, 2067.

ENQUIRIES: Indra Jayewardene (Chair Maritime Panel 2010) HIDDEN EMAIL

Timetable and registration details can be found in the attached PDF. Please note payments can only be processed online.

ARR Reports Released

Published on May 10, 2010 in Industry Information. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

The ARR Technical Review team has just released a series of reports and would like feedback, see their email below:

The Australian Rainfall and Runoff (ARR) Technical Committee (TC) would like to make sure practitioners are aware that stage 1 reports for projects 5, 7 and 11 are now available. Reports can be downloaded from www.arr.org.au. Reports for Project 4 Continuous Rainfall Sequences at a point has recently been made available. The Project 10 report will be online shortly. The TC is interested in industry comments on these reports, which can be sent to HIDDEN EMAIL.

To date over 90 practitioners from all states have made significant contributions to the ARR revision. The TC would like to reiterate its invitation for individuals to get involved in projects and the whole ARR revision process. Individuals who are interested should contact ARR revision team at HIDDEN EMAIL or contact individual members of the TC or project leaders directly (this information is available on the website).

We have also established an email list where you will get email notification when new project reports are uploaded to the website or when events are on. Simply email HIDDEN EMAIL to join. Please forward this information on to anyone who may be interested.

Regards
The ARR Revision Team

The 5th Annual Water Symposium – Legalwise Seminars

Published on February 9, 2010 in Conferences, General Information and Industry Information. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

The 5th Annual Water Symposium is being held in Sydney, on 26th February, 2010. You’ll learn about recent policy, regulatory and legislative changes in the water industry to assist with managing your investment and playing your part in working toward a sustainable future for water in Australia.

Hear from an eminent panel of water industry experts, to assist you in reducing your risks and optimising your opportunity to grow with the industry. Their extensive experience will be evident throughout this interactive program. Speakers include:

  • James Horne, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
  • Professor Mike Young, Member, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
  • Michael Bullen, Chief Executive, Sydney Catchment Authority
  • Chris Davis, Sustainability Business Development Manager, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

Full details are available at the program website.

32nd Presentation Of EEA 2-Day Stormwater Management Workshop: Sydney, 2010

Published on February 2, 2010 in Industry Information and Training. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

A 2-day Workshop entitled “Stormwater Management (source control)” has been organised by EEA (Engineering Education, Australia) for Thursday/Friday 18/19 March, 2010 in Sydney. The Notes provided in the course are based on the content of the award-winning manual “WSUD: basic procedures for ‘source control’ of stormwater – a Handbook for Australian practice” edited by Professor John Argue (University of South Australia). This document is endorsed by Stormwater Industry Association (SIA), Australian Water Association (AWA) and, recently, by Dept of Water, Western Australia. The Notes were updated in February, 2009.

The content features a balance between the three domains of WSUD (stormwater) practice – quantity control, pollution control and stormwater harvesting. Serious issues of stormwater management in Australia are posed by the Federal Government’s goal of 35 million population by 2050. How will Sydney’s existing stormwater infrastructure cope with change to selected regions under the ‘high rise’ option being proposed as the likely re-development scenario? What strategies can be adopted to enable existing (competently-performing) infrastructure to cope with this scenario without expensive upgrade? How can re-development in catchments with existing under-performing stormwater infrastructure be managed to enable the in-ground works to progressively meet the government’s goals without expensive upgrade? Must the creeks and natural waterways on Sydney’s northern, western and southern perimeters be sacrificed to hard-lining in the wake of the proposed expansion? Positive answers to these and many other questions based on WSUD ‘source control’ practices will be provided in the Workshop.

The Workshop will also include results of hydrological modelling of high-performing filter-bioretention systems enhanced by treatment taking place in parent soil masses; the fate of dissolved pollutants is singled out for particular attention.

The short course includes: design procedures based on state-of-the-art analyses and best overseas practices adapted to Australia-wide conditions; case study illustrations drawn from field installations with between ten and 18 years of Australian operational history; design ‘worked examples’; introduction and access to rainwater tank sizing software applicable across Australia. The Workshop will be led by Professor John Argue.

Attendance at the Workshop earns 32 hours credit for continuing professional development purposes with Engineers Australia. More information about the workshop including course content, cost and Registration Forms may be obtained from Ms Ann Ellis on (03) 9326 9777 or HIDDEN EMAIL

2010 Water Sensitive Urban Design Workshop

Published on January 5, 2010 in Industry Information. 2 Comments Tags: , .

On behalf of The Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority, GEMS Event management are running a number of Water Sensitive Urban Design Workshops over 2010. The first is scheduled for the 17th or 18th March 2010, details:

Construction and Establishment of Vegetated Stormwater Systems

Effective civil construction and landscape establishment of bioretention systems, wetlands and swales is required to minimise costs and timeframes and realise the stormwater management benefits of these systems.

This one-day course provides detailed step by step guidance on the construction and establishment of bioretention systems and stormwater wetlands in order to address the key issues faced during on-ground delivery. It covers construction methods that respond to the phases of development (i.e. civil construction, landscape establishment and house building) and protocols (inspection requirements, sign-off forms) that ensure successful construction and establishment.

Workshop Dates: Wednesday 17th March, 2010 or Thursday 18th March, 2010.

Venue: Sydney Masonic Centre
66 Goulburn St
Sydney NSW 2000

Local Government Officer fee – $390 per person including GST
Consultants or Industry fee – $550 per person including GST

Full details please contact: Julie McGraw on (02) 9744 5252

Groundwater Short Courses Change of Name

Published on December 4, 2009 in Industry Information. 0 Comments Tags: , .

The Groundwater Short Courses, formerly managed with outstanding success for twenty years by the Centre for Groundwater Studies (CGS), will continue to be managed by the same staff on the same business model, but now under the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT). We will now be known as: “NCGRT Groundwater Industry Training”.

To view the NCGRT Groundwater Industry Training Program for 2010, please visit our website: industrytraining.groundwater.com.au.

All staff emails and phone numbers remain the same, and general course enquiries can now be sent to:
Email: HIDDEN EMAIL
Phone: +61 8 8201 5632