The 2015 CMPA Annual Dinner was held at the Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre in Wangaratta. JACINTA GALL, CMPA Administration Support Officer reviews a fantastic weekend. The weekend began with fifteen CMPA members participating in Down the Line and Skeet shooting…
GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Member Services Manager, provides a summary of the CMPA Annual Report. Chairperson’s Report – Garry Cranny Over the last year the CMPA has continued to represent and service the needs of Members by providing advice, advocacy in…
The CMPA has made a submission to the State Environment Protection Policy (Waters) Review which is given below. The State Government approval process for quarries is long, expensive and complex. No thought is given by Government to the impact of…
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager of the CMPA provides a brief outline of CMPA’s latest guideline. The CMPA held a workshop in February 2015 on “Safe Working Distances from Quarry Faces”. Out of that Workshop we are pleased to outline…
Member’s workshop and tour of William Adams, Clayton. GAVIN MOREIRA, Member Services Manager, CMPA reports on the successful workshop held at William Adams, Clayton. A Traffic Management Workshop was held on 7th May 2015 in Clayton at the site of…
MICHAEL Steel, CEO of Bamstone, reports on the development of the family business as well as its positive future growth in the stone industry. A family owned and operated business. Bamstone started supplying Dimension Stone Bluestone to the world on…
The elected State Government gave a commitment to review the native vegetation permitted clearing regulations. Below are the Terms of Reference for which the CMPA was not consulted. Terms of Reference Background The Victorian Government has committed to review the…
NATA policy change and its adverse impact on smaller laboratories Dr Elizabeth Gibson and Mark Wagner (Conundrum Holdings) had a meeting with the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) in June 2015. The opportunity was taken to inform NATA of…
Meetings with VicRoads Dr Elizabeth Gibson attended the VicRoads/CCAA Strategic Liaison Committee in May 2015. It gives an opportunity for information exchange at a strategic level between the construction materials industry and VicRoads. Of particular note was the National Heavy…
Risk Based Work Plan Form and Guidelines Dr Elizabeth Gibson provides an update on the development of Risk Based Work Plans. The Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee (EDIC) Inquiry into Greenfi elds Mineral Exploration and Project Development in Victoria recommendation…