The Erosion & Sediment Control Level 3 course will provide attendees with the opportunity to improve their decision-making process with regards to erosion and sediment management at all stages of the project from planning, design, implementation and finally  through to completion.

This course is delivered in partnership with Terry Clark of Topo.

This course is identified as advanced training with attendee numbers limited to provide the best learning environment, encouraging discussion and engagement. It is not a prerequisite for attendees to have completed the Level 1 & 2 courses, however attendees should have a existing understanding and experience with Erosion and Sediment Control (ESC). Registration for the Level 3 course includes attendance of the Type A, B & D sediment basin design course (day 3).

Attendees will gain knowledge and skills to develop and/or assess an ESC plan against the requirements of the IECA 2008 “Best Practice Erosion and Sediment Control” document and its revised appendices..

The sediment basin design course will provide attendees with valuable design, construction and operational insight into sediment basins including the newly adopted Type A, B & D basins. Aspects covered will include how to size sediment basin varieties (including using Topo’s design tool), how to select appropriate coagulants and flocculants, how to maximise basin performance and efficiency and how to adapt to constrained site conditions.

This course has been developed to support the finalised Appendix B (IECA, 2018) document and updated State Planning Policy (Qld). Attendees will gain an in-depth understanding of key design and operational parameters. The course will also provide guidance on construction and operation of Type A, B & D sediment basins, building on performance assessment and troubleshooting tools provided in the Appendix B document.

Each attendee will be supplied with a jar testing kit to assist in selection and use of coagulants and flocculants. In addition, attendees will be provided with a sediment basin sizing tool to assist in basin design tasks. Content and discussion during the course will include expert experience to assist designers and operators in improving design and effectiveness of sediment basins whilst reducing risk and cost.

Practical information and guidance that will help you review your unsealed roads practices and ensure you are achieving value for money for road users.

The 2-day Unsealed Roads Workshop provides attendees with practical information and guidance on the use of materials, maintenance practices, and management of unsealed roads. Much of the content is based on ARRB’s 2020 Unsealed Roads - Best Practice Guide, and Austroads’ Guide to Pavement Technology Part 6 – Unsealed Pavements, 2009. In addition to these key reference documents, practical knowledge and real-life examples from road authorities are provided.

IPWEA-QNT is offering a two-day workshop to provide support for road authorities and private industry.

Avoiding loose aggregate and sticky bitumen 

(Austroads Part4K)

Sprayed seals are the predominant road surface across the Australian road network, covering over 80% of all roads. Providing a network of sealed roads has necessitated the development of specific skills in low-cost road construction and maintenance techniques, particularly the use of thin sprayed bituminous treatments on pavements constructed from locally available materials (often of marginal quality) or crushed rock. There are a number of factors that impact on the life of a seal, including the choice of treatment, quality of materials, operational aspects of construction, as well as traffic number and type of vehicles.

Acknowledging the importance of sprayed seal surfacings for the Australian road network, Austroads released a new single document titled, “Guide to Pavement Technology Part 4K, Selection and Design of Sprayed Seals” in October 2018. To improve awareness of this new Austroads Part 4K document, IPWEAQ in conjunction with a practical expert in the area of bitumen sealing, is offering a one-day workshop.

In order to facilitate access on our transport network, we often construct structures to support the transport functionality. These assets may be bridges, major culverts, tunnels, retaining walls or large sign structures. These assets typically have a layer of complexity and longevity which requires additional expertise and process to ensure they are effectively managed. The capture of relevant data for management is typically performed via inspections.

The three day workshop, focusing primarily on bridges and major culverts, provides the participants to the opportunity to learn how to conduct inspections in accordance with best practice. The course will cover the processes associate with the two major inspection types, Level 1 and 2.

A key task of the roads manager is to ensure the ongoing integrity of road pavement assets by undertaking appropriate condition assessments at regular intervals. These assessments are used to identify emerging or progressed defects that may affect the safety risk or asset integrity risk of road pavements across the network. Understanding what causes road pavement defects and how to diagnose them is a crucial skill set of the road asset manager to ensure the safe, appropriate, and optimised management of road pavements.

This one-day program is designed to provide the attendee with a solid grounding in the fundamentals of the causes of road pavement defects, how to assess them, and how to utilise the results. The course is built around the methodologies presented in IPWEA Road Practice Note 9 and its Addendums. It combines methodologies, practical examples and exercises for attendees.

The Queensland Urban Drainage Manual (QUDM) is an engineering guideline that addresses the technical, legal, regulatory and environmental aspects of effective drainage systems. It provides details of appropriate design methods and computational procedures and covers both hydrologic and hydraulic procedures.

Asphalt pavements are a pavement and surfacing alternative for the changing environments and increasing demands on the road pavement. These increasing demands requires all aspects of the asphalt construction to be addressed to ensure the expected design life is achieved.

There are a number of factors that impact the life of the asphalt, including the choice of treatment, quality of materials, operational aspects of construction, as well as traffic number, types of vehicle movements and vehicle types.

Acknowledging the importance of asphalt surfacing’s for the Australian road network, IPWEA-QNT in conjunction with a practical expert in the area of asphalt construction and failure review, is offering a one-day workshop to provide support for the practitioners and decision makers for the application of pavement construction and review of failed treatments.