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The CPAA is proud to announce that another Line Pumping Course will be held at the end of this year. Confirmed your spot now!

The 29th Biennial National Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia, was held at the International Convention Centre in Sydney, NSW. Taking place from 8th of September to 11th of September 2019. The focused theme for Concrete 2019 was: Concrete in Practice –Progress through Knowledge.

SafeWork NSW released Concrete Placing Equipment Operations; Fact Sheet.

The Concrete Pumping Association of Australia (CPAA) has been working with the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) and Transport for NSW (RMS) to deliver an updated NSW Class 1 Special Purpose Vehicle and Combination Operators Guide removing restrictive travel times for SPV less than 2.5 meters in width.

Concrete Pumping Association of Australia's eLogbook App brings together safety, reporting and maintenance of concrete pumps into a simple accessble app for use on all electronic devices using the advantages of the cloud.  Developed to complement our exisiting and highly valued hard-copy logbooks sold by the CPAA. Our new eLogbook will provide operators, supervisors, owners, inspectors and repairs access anywhere and anytime from the convenience of your all your electronic devices (smartphone or tablet)!  

The search is on for the cover of the 2019 Concrete Pumper's Annual Magazine!

The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) is Australia's independent regulator for all vehicles over 4.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass. Join this free online session to learn how you can apply for an access permit through the NHVR Portal.

In early May, the CPAA Hosted the 3rd Line Pump Training Course for Aussie Pumpers, to get formal training, upskill to the best industry practices and get hands on experience.

You can view the draft and any incoming comments through The Pump Line blog after entering your Standards Hub login details.  All comments are to be submitted on the Standards Hub.

In this seminar, speakers will provide information on concrete mix designing, proper pumping practices and an update on MRTS70. The presenters will explore the process of creating a concrete mix to meet specification for various applications, including trade-offs of performance vs prescriptive specification detail.