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Agenda

Day One: Wednesday 1st December, 2010
| Day One | Day Two |
8:30
Registration and welcome tea
9:00
Speed networking

Get to know your peers right from the start in this relaxed and informal speed networking session. Bring your business cards!

9:20
Opening remarks from the Chair
PORT DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING
9:30
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Sydney Ports' developments for long term trade growth
  • Strategies to meet future port demands
  • Update on expansion of container handling facilities at Port Botany
  • Community and environment
Graeme Alley, Senior Manager, Botany Projects, Sydney Ports Corporation
10:10
PORT CASE STUDY
Newcastle Port Corporation: Maintaining port assets for efficiency and continued growth
  • Tools and techniques to determine the current condition of our marine structures
  • The affects of corrosion on our marine structures and strategies used to deter or minimise
  • Maximising the service life of critical infrastructure using asset management
  • Using maintenance history and trends to determine asset strategies
Scott Bacon, Maintenance Contracts Manager, Newcastle Port Corporation
10:50
Morning tea
ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR FUTURE PORT DEVELOPMENT
11:20
Future need for port development in Australia
  • What to expect for the future of the port industry
  • Expected changes in trade
  • Funding for ports
Steve Meyrick, Business Leader - Transportation, Economics & Logistics, GHD
PORT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
12:00
Planning, designing and constructing sustainable port and maritime infrastructure
  • Designing ports based on knowledge of the environment
  • Predicting future environmental changes
  • Constructing in a more environmentally sustainable manner
  • Designing ports for long term sustainability and durability
Alan Betts, NSW Regional Manager/Maritime Manager, Scott Wilson
12:40
Lunch
1:40
CASE STUDY:
 Port Botany expansion project
  • Design and construction of over 63Ha of land reclamation
  • Reinforced concrete counterfort structures
  • Key design and construction innovations
  • Design to achieve a 100 year design life
Sam Harris, Manager - Ports & Maritime NSW, Hyder Consulting
DREDGING
2:20
The impact of dredging on the environment, economy and community
  • Sustainable dredging techniques
  • Minimising the impact of dredging on the environment and community
  • Understanding environmental policy
  • Being prepared for economic growth
Doug Oldfield, Principal Ports Engineer, Oldfield Consulting
3:00
Afternoon tea
FENDER SYSTEMS/TECHNOLOGY
3:30
Marine fender systems
  • Selection
  • Repair and maintenance
  • New technologies in fender systems
Constantine Koutas, Sales Engineer, Trelleborg Marine Systems
WORKFORCE SESSION
4:10
Building and improving the workforce
  • Finding people with technical skills
  • Creating a workforce for critical port infrastructure projects
4:50
Closing remarks from the Chair
5:00
Close of day one
Day Two: Thursday 2nd December, 2010
| Day One | Day Two |
8:30
Welcome tea and networking
9:00
Opening remarks from the Chair
Marton Marosszeky, Director, BCRC and Executive Consultant, Evans & Peck
CORROSION MANAGEMENT
9:10
Pretensioned concrete in a marine environment
  • Some case histories of pretensioned concrete
  • Special mechanisms of corrosion and failure of pretensioned concrete
  • Particular risks of pretensioned concrete compared to ordinary and reinforced concrete
  • Why the structures cannot be investigated or repaired
Andrew Patterson, Senior Consultant, Worley Parsons
9:50
SPECIAL FOCUS
Corrosion management: Focus on design and construction of concrete structures

Design

  • Owners influence on design & construction
  • Risk assessment as a design tool
  • Exposure assessment as part of the design process
  • Design based on assessed deterioration mechanisms
  • Interpretation of code requirements
  • Modelling and reliability as an alternative to AS codes
  • Performance and prescriptive specifications
  • Durability enhancement methods

Construction

  • Constructor role as part of design team
  • Training, from the ground up
  • Mix design, a major step to quality
  • Mix trials to assess constructability, durability and strength
  • Pour planning to ensure supplier and placer are on the same page
  • Method statements to ensure quality
  • Pre and post pour performance testing
  • Quality control and quality assurance
  • Remedial measures
Frank Papworth, Managing Consultant, BCRC and Chairman, Concrete Institute Durability Committee
Bob Munn, Director, BCRC
10:50
Morning tea
11:20
INNOVATIONS
Panel Discussion: Coating protection to tackle corrosion
  • Effective application of coatings
  • Overcoming risks through effective protection
  • Elements of good protective coatings
Ted Riding, Technical Manager, Jotun Paints
12:20
Lunch
2:00
Site tour of Port Botany

Sydney Ports Corporation is undertaking a major expansion of its container port facilities at Port Botany to cater for long term trade growth.

The expansion is one of the largest port projects to be undertaken in Australia in the last 30 years.

Sydney Ports Corporation will host a tour for delegates to gain greater insight into the latest developments at Port Botany.

Coach transport will be provided and participants will be taken back to the hotel by 5:00. Please note: The port tour is included in your registration. However, limited places are available so please confirm your attendance on the registration form.

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