Maroochy Shire – Unsealed Road Quarterly Review
Complete quarterly review of completed works verses budget. Staff meeting to review completed works and works for programming.
Nebo Shire – Implementation of the Unsealed Maintenance Management System
Started on the implementation of the maintenance management system. Include staff training and system implementation.
The MAC Group – Service Road Review
Complete a site review and report of an unsealed road service road for the MAC group. The report included items for repair to the road and preparation of a budget estimate.
Mackay – Unsealed Roads End of Financial Year Review (Sep07)
Complete the annual review of key performance indicators on the delivery of the unsealed roads service levels for the Mackay City Council. Also complete review with staff on the outcomes.
Unsealed Road Training Course – Toowoomba (Sep07)
Completed the Unsealed Roads 3 day training course covering Best Practical operational Techniques, Defining Sevices Levels, Budgeting for Defined Service Levels on limited Budgets. Nanango, Beaudesert shire and Harvey Bay Shires Attended.
IPWEA National Conference – Cairns (Aug08)
Attended the conference. Excellent papers were delivered: www.ipwea.org.au
Broadsound Shire -Review of Unsealed Road Management System
New staff had arrived. Training and system development was completed.
Broadsound – Quarterly Review
Working with council to review related infrastructure expenditures and reporting to Councils Works and Plant Committee. We also implemented the use of the Plant Utilisation funtions for Plant Reporting in the Practical Accounting System this month. This is a very simply to do, yet with powerful results.
IPEAWQ State Conference: Grading Standards Success in Richmond
The presentation covered the following; The training process– all staff and contractors completed our Best Practice and Operational Techniques Day 1 Course The UR auditing process, with six key criteria required for a successful grade was used to drive consistency and continued improvement Problems encountered and the lessons learnt 12 month outcomes, they are seeing [...]
Grading Technique – using as grid roller in maintenance grading
Just Had the opportunity to review a NSW Council using a grid roller for maintenance grading. The purpose of using the roller was to break down the grass matter that was in the material retrieved off the shoulders, rather than wasting both the grass and gravel present. I'm currently reviewing the possibilities of this techinique [...]