A practical workshop designed to assist local government, and others working in local streets, with practical cost-effective TTM solutions which deliver safe WHS outcomes. This workshop will demonstrate how to significantly improve the efficiency of TTM application at your sites.

Temporary Traffic Management (TTM) arrangements applied in the local road environment are frequently reported / observed to be excessive and lacking in common sense for the scale of the works and level of risk. Combined with the TTM costs consequently representing 40 to 80% of the actual job costs, a clear need exists for more appropriate solutions.

Dr Dan Sullivan has assisted local authorities and utility organisations since publication of the Guides to Temporary Traffic Management in identifying / developing cost and risk effective solutions for TTM in these environments. Observations on site with clients confirms that in many cases “conservatively safe” practices are being applied by others. However, these practices are typically time consuming to implement, reduce productivity and increase TTM costs. Perversely they often introduce more safety risks than they mitigate.

Documented relaxations and practices exist for exactly these situations. There are also opportunities to develop risk based solutions which are more practicable, improve works efficiency, reduce TTM costs and reduce the WHS risks at the site.

This half-day workshop provides a practical overview of the documented relaxations and application in these local street environments and includes the opportunity to develop case examples for the TTM at your works activities.

IPWEA-QNT in conjunction with Solutions in Transport, is offering a half-day workshop to provide support for local governments and others working in local streets.

Local government officers and senior executives face increasing scrutiny in Work Health and Safety (WHS) prosecutions

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.

Recent cases have highlighted the risks of the two roles being conflated and, in particular, allegations of Principals and other ‘contracting’ parties engaging in conduct which calls into question the Superintendent’s independence.

QUDM – lawful point of discharge

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.

Drainage systems are an important and integral consideration in the planning and design of road infrastructure.

There are a variety of aspects that must be considered to provide an appropriate and economical drainage system on all road projects, irrespective of location, size, cost or complexity. 

This  two-day workshop on drainage based on the Austroads Guide to Road Design Parts 5, 5a & 5b. These guides will provide designers with information to appropriately manage stormwater run-off through the design of efficient and effective road drainage systems.

Reduce the risk of failures, maximise your value for money and minimise liability by constructing and designing a sprayed seal which will suit the traffic, pavement and environmental conditions using a rational, reliable, proven approach.

This course focuses on when and where sprayed treatments can be used by introducing participants to the strengths and weaknesses of the various types of sprayed treatments commonly used including the types of surface defects that may be corrected. It will also cover how to bitumen sprayer works and limitations and also covers a number of different failures and their causes