Murray River Council in NSW is dedicated to maintaining its extensive network of unsealed roads, spanning over 1,700 km. Each year, the Council grade 1,400 km and resheets 25 km of these roads using up to seven grading crews to ensure the community remains connected. To optimize road performance and reduce deterioration, council recently conducted [...]
It’s not every day you see a small council like Shire of Mingenew delivering results that rival some of the largest operations in the country. What sets them apart? A proactive approach to innovation, training, and collaboration. Road maintenance in challenging conditions requires creativity, skill, and teamwork. The Mingenew council team demonstrated all of this [...]
🚧 North Burnett Regional Council: Advancing Road Network Quality 🚧 Maintaining over 2,700 km of unsealed roads, North Burnett Regional Council has been working on budget constraints and listening to residents’ feedback regarding the quality of dry grading, a process used to get across the network quicker. In response, the Council undertook a comprehensive review [...]
🚜 **Optimizing Grading Processes at Balonne Shire QLD: A Success Story** 🌟 Balonne Shire Council boasts over 2,000km of unsealed roads, managed by three dedicated grading crews. To enhance productivity and maintain quality, we undertook a series of grading trials to standardise and optimise the grading process and movements. The new grading standard includes: - De-grassing [...]
🌟 **Enhancing Road Grading Practices at Mackay Regional Council** 🌟 Around 2009, Mackay Regional Council implemented a robust heavy grading technique that included ripping the road to create a windrow height close to the hip (road pavement depth at about 100mm+). This approach, combined with adding adequate moisture mixing and compaction using both multi-tyre and [...]
🛣️ Exciting Update from Warrumbungle Shire's Training Initiatives! 🚜 We're thrilled to share some recent highlights from our training efforts at Warrumbungle Shire, where our focus has been on enhancing grading techniques and improving road performance post-grading. Here's an overview of what we've been up to: 1️⃣ **Comprehensive Unsealed Road Training:** We recently [...]
Recently, I had the privilege of spending eight days at Parkes Shire Council in NSW, where we conducted one of the most comprehensive unsealed roads training courses to date. During the training, we delved into various aspects of unsealed road maintenance, focusing on both medium and heavy grading techniques, including the use of [...]
Recently I had the opportunity to spend a number of days at Golden Plains Council in Victoria, conducting unsealed roads training for both operational and management staff. During this time, we dedicated two full days to fieldwork with grading crews, examining current grading techniques and exploring alternative approaches. Additionally, we had the privilege of [...]
Recently I had the privilege of spending a week with Macedon Ranges Council VIC, conducting unsealed roads training for both operational and management staff. The common theme throughout the week was “one team”, with both operators and management equally engaged and enthusiastic. The collaborative approach led to numerous suggestions for fine-tuning an already mature process [...]
Great week at Upper Hunter Shire Council NSW running unsealed roads training for both operational and management staff. Operational highlight was to see one of the best examples of gravel retrieval from the shoulders of the roads incorporated into the grading process. This approach was seen consistently across the crews and in some cases was [...]
