MID NORTH COAST REGIONAL GROUP MEETING AGENDA Hosted by MidCoast Council
NOTICE OF MEETING CHAIRMAN Venue MidCoast Council’s Administration and Paul Gallagher Customer Service Centre at the Yalawanyi Assistant GM – Engineering Services Ganya building on Biripi Way, Taree 44 Princess Street Macksville https://goo.gl/maps/YbM8BFkuHzRLuxhw9 NSW 2447 Date Friday 7 May 2020 Tel: (02) 6568-2555 Email: Time 12.00 pm -8.00 pm [email protected] SPONSORS: Bioaction – Dinner Sponsor SECRETARY Geofabrics – Lunch Sponsor TBA Coates – Drink Sponsor PROGRAM: COUNCILS:
11.00 – 12.00 Tours of Yalawanyi Ganya MidCoast Council 12.10 - 12.45 Coffs Harbour City Council Lunch Nambucca Valley Council 12.45 - 12.55 Welcome by Adrian Panuccio Port Macquarie Hastings Council Kempsey Shire Council General Manager MidCoast Council Bellingen Shire Council 12.55 - 13.15 IPWEA Group Meeting and Update Francine Binns – CEO IPWEA (NSW & ACT) SPONSORS: IPWEA NSW 13.15 - 13.35 LGEA Update Gordon Brock – Director LGEA 13.35 - 14.05 Presentation on Understanding odour, corrosion and septicity through metrics and modelling.
Larry Botham – CEO Bioaction Lynn Williams – Technical Chemical Manager – Network Dosing, Bioaction Dale Strachan – BDM Bioaction The presentation will cover all aspects of odour, corrosion and septicity, both air and liquid phase. It will increase the understanding of technology options and how key metrics and modelling play a critical role in the correct solution for sewer networks. 14.05 - 14.35 Presentation on Sustainable Products and Case Studies • Pavements • Coastal • Hydraulic Channels • Walls & Slopes • Sports Fields • Erosion Control Bob Cooper – Sales Engineer Rajesh Bhavsar – National Business Development Manager Geofabrics 14.35 - 15.05 Presentation on Coateshire Engineering Solutions Rob Young – Product Specialist Coates 15.05 - 15.25 Water Directorate Update Brendan Guiney – Executive Officer Water Directorate 15:25 - 15:50 Presentation on Controlling projects to get better outcomes. David Spear - Project Manager MidCoast Council 15:50 - 16:05 Presentation on Too important not to tackle: keeping our stormwater and sewer apart Council has recently undertaken a pilot stormwater Inflow and Infiltration (I&I) program in one sewer catchment in Old Bar. Tackling the issue involved
implementing a range of different actions, which were managed and undertaken by a multi-disciplinary Council team. Rachael Abberton – Planning Engineer MidCoast Council
16.05 - 16.15 Young IPWEA Mid North Coast Group Joshua Roberts – Coffs Harbour City Council 16.15 - 17.30 Site Tours – Various MidCoast Council has a list of nearby projects that are available for site inspections. Details will be provided on the day. 17.30- 20.00 Networking session & Dinner MidCoast Council’s Administration and Customer Service Centre at the Yalawanyi Ganya building on Biripi Way, Taree Hosted in our alfresco space
Site tours will be conducted – please bring UV safe hat, steel cap boots, and vest.
RSVP: by 30th April 2021 at Mid North Coast Regional Group Meeting - May 2021 - IPWEA (NSW)