Blog | Category: News Briefs (Page 9)
The Good and the Uninsured!
26-02-2016
In this article we feature one of our newest 'Service Provider Members', Insuregroup. This case study hightlights risks associated with concrete pumping equipment and the need to ensure that your business investment is protected. At Insuregroup, understanding your business and focusing on providing you with specialist plant and equipment insurance is their business.
Competitive New AJG Greenslip Offer
07-12-2015
AJG Insurance has some competitive new Greenslip Rates on offer for Concrete Pump Trucks.
VicRoads Online Access Portal
23-07-2015
VicRoads launched a new online method on Monday 20 July 2015, for submitting permit applications for Class 1 oversize and/ or Over Mass Heavy Vehicles (OMHV), Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV) and agricultural vehicles for travel within Victoria.
Concrete Pumper's Annual Magazine
29-06-2015
The Concrete Pumpers Annual Magazine is on schedule to be published in October 2015. This publication provides your company with the opportunity to gain increased exposure to our growing database of 1,300+ readers, Australia wide.
$580 Million Construction Project
25-06-2015
With the Gerringong Omega Bridge now complete, the $580 million construction of the Foxground/Berry Bypass has broken ground, with construction of the long awaited investment beginning in January this year. If you are lucky enough to reside on the South Coast of NSW, then you have most likely visited the beautiful, quaint town of Berry.
Omega Bridge, Gerringong, NSW
16-03-2015
The Omega Bridge on the south coast of NSW (Gerringong) opened to traffic on the 13th of February 2015. The Bridge is over 340 metres long and is the centrepiece for the $329 million Princess Highway upgrade between Gerringong and Gerroa. The Bridge is a 7-span concrete box girder bridge. Interestingly, the Bridge was constructed using the method known as incremental launching, in which segments are pushed and added to the Bridge so to connect with the previous segment.
Not shaken or stirred, but pumped! the Martini Glass Aquarium
16-03-2015
As cool as James Bond may be, he doesn't quite measure up to the 1.9 million litre Martini Glass Aquarium, which is currently under construction at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science in Miami, Florida. The pour was overseen by Skanska and took 300 workers 25 hours to complete. The workers we broken up into two shifts and managed to pump the 917 cubic meters of concrete in the timeframe provided without a single crack. As the concrete had to be set in one pour, the project required 131 concrete trucks.
Check out our newest members
16-02-2015
The Concrete Pumping Association of Australia would like to congratulate the new members on their decision to join the CPAA. We look forward to a great year working with you all! Want to find out more check out our membership directory here
See a need, fill a need with a concrete pump!
05-02-2015
UK -- Approximately 50m3 of liquid floor screed was pumped through a 43-metre Schwing pump and 50 linear meters of static line to infill the floor. The solution to installing a new floor inside Wembley Stadium’s Bobby More Suite was to park a pump truck pitch-side and extend the boom up into the stands.
One Stop e-Shop
02-02-2015
The new Concrete Pumping Association of Australia (CPAA) website provides a ‘one-stop-shop’ for concrete pumping members and industry stakeholders with easy access to technical and educational information, membership renewal and a streamlined online store for the ordering of safety products and prompt delivery.
