ACLCA Events Program

ACLCA Victoria will host the next membership presentation on Tuesday 7 February 2012 at 5.30pm, at Parsons Brinckerhoff, (Yarra and Murray Rooms), Level 15, 28 Freshwater Place, Southbank.

Malcolm Graham from Parsons Brinckerhoff and Ben Hall from Eartheon will share their hydrogeological experiences in Metropolitan Melbourne.

The majority of hydrogeological science was developed with a focus on resource evaluation, with a lesser focus on contaminant hydrogeology in metropolitan areas. However, there are a range of unique phenomena that occur in urban environments that can significantly influence the groundwater system and in turn our hydrogeological interpretations and remediation efforts. This presentation summarises the experiences of two hydrogeologists who have worked in Melbourne over the last 5 years. In these projects, urban infrastructure was found to variably contribute additional recharge, drain groundwater, change groundwater flow direction or limit the viability of re-using waste water. A better appreciation of these phenomena has the ability to improve our understanding of groundwater resources in urban areas, as well as assisting water utilities with their infrastructure planning. Developing further knowledge in this area has the potential to improve our conceptual models and lead to better assessments of risk, fate and transport, as well as leading to a wider array of viable remediation options.

This is a member-only event and free of charge, however, registrations are required.  Please click on the Event Registration tab on the Events menu on the left.

Numbers will be limited.

Dear colleague,

Registrations are now open for the high profile ACLCA short course on "Advanced LNAPL Site Management and Quantitative Analysis", which was developed in collaboration with the Midwest Geosciences Group and with support from the LNAPL Forum (a CRC CARE initiative).

The 2-day short course was developed for ACLCA by some of the world leaders in the assessment and management of LNAPL sites (i.e. Prof. Randy Charbeneau, Mark Adamski and Prof. Tom Sale*) and will be presented in a road show in four centres around Australia mid to end of March 2012:

12 and 13 March 2012 - Perth - Pattersons Stadium
15 and 16 March 2012 - Adelaide - Stamford Plaza
19 and 20 March 2012 - Melbourne - Karstens
22 and 23 March 2012 - Sydney - Karstens

The cost to attend is $1,200pp (incl GST) for members of  ACLCA, ALGA, LNAPL Forum and CRC CARE, and $1,400pp (incl GST) for others.

Click here for further details and course program.

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ACLCA has been working with the Midwest Geosciences Group (www.midwestgeo.com) for a number of years and they have presented a number of successful short courses in Australia since 2008.

This course will be aimed at intermediate to advanced level professionals (i.e. practitioners, project managers,  regulators and site owners) specialising in the assessment, remediation, auditing and management of LNAPL impacted sites.  The course is aimed to provide the technical foundation for improved technical assessment, remediation, management and policy approaches for LNAPL sites (in the context of technical impracticability, CUTEP, RTEN and similar policy requirements).

This unique education experience begins with the basic behaviour of petroleum hydrocarbon liquids. It builds upon how LNAPL behaves in the subsurface and compares and contrasts that to what we observe in the field. The course presents the latest advances in how our understanding of NAPL behaviour has improved over the recent years and how this together with innovative LNAPL assessment techniques can be used to inform remediation decisions, clean up goals and remediation end points and site close out decisions. Many concepts and tools will be discussed in detail together with detailed real world case studies.

Presenters:
Prof. Randy Charbeneau, Jewell McAlister Smith Professor in Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
Mark Adamski, Hydrogeologist, Senior Technical Specialist with BP America in Houston, Texas
Prof. Tom Sale, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Contaminant Hydrogeology, in Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University

For further information please contact Louisa Nicholls on 0407 360780 or info@aclca.org.au.

12 and 13 March 2012 - Perth.

Pattersons Stadium
Subiaco Rd
SUBIACO   WA 6008

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15 and 16 March 2012 - Adelaide

Stamford Plaza
Terrace 3
150 North Terrace
ADELAIDE   SA   5000

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19 to 20 March 2012 - Melbourne

Karstens
123 Queen St
MELBOURNE   VIC   3000

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22 to 23 March 2012 - Sydney

Karstens
111 Harrington St
SYDNEY   VIC   3000

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ACLCA Victoria will hold the 1-day OHS Awareness course on Wednesday 14 March 2012 from 8am to 3pm at CFMEU Education and Training Unit, 2nd Floor, 500 Swanston St, South Carlton.  The course will be delivered by Rose Nechwatal, CFMEU and will be presented at the CFMEU Training Facility, 500 Swanston St, Carlton South.  The cost to attend for ACLCA members is $250.00 (incl. GST) per person.

Participants will be limited to about 15-20.  Whilst morning tea and refreshments will be provided, participants will be responsible for purchasing their own lunch in Carlton.

The 1-day OHSA course aims to provide an update to our members who have previously attended 3-Day occupational health and safety course relevant to contaminated land works. Please note that it is expected members who register to attend this one day refresher will have previously completed OH&S training for site contamination works of three days duration.  ACLCA recommends a 1-day OHS Awareness course be completed as a refresher every two years.

Non-ACLCA members - Registrations will be considered.  Please direct enquiries to Louisa Nicholls on 9509 5949.

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ACLCA Victoria will hold the next 3-day OH&S Awareness course from Wednesday 21 to Friday 23 March 2012 at CFMEU Education and Training Unit, 2nd Floor, 500 Swanston St, South Carlton, commencing 8am.  The course will be delivered by Rose Nechwatal, CFMEU and incorporates the Construction (OH&S Induction) Card and specialist industry presenters. ACLCA has designed this long running course to focus on site assessment and remediation activities in the Victorian legislative setting. ACLCA recommends that employees not work unsupervised on a site without having first attended this or a similar course.

Please register via the ACLCA website - course numbers are limited to 16.  ACLCA reserves the right to cancel or postpone courses, should there be insufficient numbers to proceed.

FEES:
ACLCA members - Early bird rate (for registrations received with payment prior to Tuesday 1st February 2012)
- AUS$670.00

ACLCA members - Standard rate
- AUS$720.00

Non-ACLCA members - Registrations will be considered.  Please direct enquiries to Louisa Nicholls on 9509 5949

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