Roads Australia
ConnectEast and the Australian Asphalt Pavement Association (AAPA) are the latest organisations to join ARF’s growing membership of road industry stakeholders.
ConnectEast is the owner and operator of Australia’s largest road project, Melbourne’s EastLink tollway, due to open in 2008, while AAPA is a non-profit organisation which promotes the economic use of asphalt and bitumen bound products based on sound technical and commercial grounds.
In the space of two and a half years, ConnectEast has grown to become a top 150 ASX-listed company, managing the delivery of the EastLink project.
ConnectEast now has more than 80 staff and this will increase next year to around 300 people to manage the day-to-day operations and customer service requirements for the 39 km tollway.
The future headquarters of ConnectEast along with operations centre is in Ringwood, with staff expected to gradually move in over the coming months. ConnectEast’s current home at Pinewood Shopping Centre, Mount Waverley will remain the base for customer service operations.
Since its formation in 1969, AAPA has maintained as its major objective the dissemination of technical knowledge aimed at continuing improvement in asphalt technology.
AAPA members include virtually all manufacturers of asphalt and other bitumen bound products, as well as state road authorities, local government, paving consultants, material suppliers, plant and machinery manufacturers, paving and sealing contractors and individuals interested in asphalt technology.
Integral to AAPA is its training activities, with the AAPA Training Centre regarded as Australia’s foremost provider of quality training courses on all aspects of asphalt and bituminous surfacing.
The Training Centre presents a program of around 90 courses each year in all capital cities and many regional centres, in addition to customised courses for member companies and local government.
AAPA is currently planning for its 2007 Pavements Industry Conference, to be held in Sydney from October 21-24.
Submitted by Mark Bowmer on Monday August 13th 2007 11:41am