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PWI NSW Newsletter – February 2010 Page 1 of 10
Correspondence Peter Boonstra - The Secretary PWI P.O Box 212, Alexandria NSW 1435
0412 424 438 [email protected]
NSW Inc ABN 66.628.202.609
PPPWWWIII NNNSSSWWW PPPrrreeesssiiidddeeennnttt’’’sss MMMeeessssssaaagggeee ––– FFFeeebbbrrruuuaaarrryyy 222000111000 2010 is shaping up as another busy and exciting year for the Rail Industry with many major rail infrastructure projects planned to commence around the country. There is major activity in all capital cities on the suburban and metropolitan networks and a significant number of projects are under construction or being planned in the mining and resource sectors. All this activity is fantastic for our Rail Industry and the PWI will continue to play an important role in keeping our members updated with changes in rail technology, presentations on projects and providing opportunities for our members to get together for networking. The PWI Committee met earlier this month to map out our planned activities for the year and to agree on our business plan for the Association. It is very pleasing to see the level of enthusiasm and dedication shown by the committee, everyone has now taken on specific roles for which they are accountable to the committee. Our first Quarterly Meeting for the year will be held on Thursday 25th February commencing at 4:30pm at the Masonic Centre in Sydney. The Quarterly meeting will be sponsored by Linsinger Maschinenbau GmbH, one of our new corporate members. Linsinger, whose origins are based in Austria, will talk about "Achieving efficient maintenance of the rolling contact profile of railway track". Linsinger have developed world-leading technology to make this maintenance a controlled process, where the profile and surface finish of the track is predictable and consistent. Please come along and support the PWI, following the presentation and questions there will the usual networking session with beverages and finger food. The Annual PWI Golf Day will be held on 12th March at Bankstown Golf Course, again the event has sold out well in advance. There has also been excellent corporate support and a number of great prizes are on offer. Many thanks to Ken Sherwood and George Stamboulis who set up and run our Annual Golf Day. An excellent sponsorship opportunity exists for one of our Corporate Members to support our prestigious PWI Annual Winter Dinner to be held on 25 June 2010. This event is fast coming one of the top social events of the year. It is a fantastic social and networking evening where partners are encouraged to attend. This high profile event gives companies an opportunity to raise their profile in the Rail Industry, for more details please contact Tania Page on 0402 772 974. The highlight of the year will be our Annual Convention, Dave Roberts and his sub-committee are already well advanced in securing 3 international speakers for this year’s event. The convention will be held on Friday 29th October at Darling Harbour and will be followed by networking drinks and the traditional harbour cruise. I encourage all our members to support the many prestigious awards on offer this year including the 2010 Young Achievers Award. Finally, I would like to welcome all the new PWI Members and Corporate Members who have recently joined the PWI and thank them for their support. There are a number of Silver Enhanced Memberships available for Corporate Members who would like to consider raising their company profile within the PWI. If you would like any further details please contact Tania Page the Membership Secretary at [email protected]. I look forward to catching up with many of you at the Quarterly meeting on Thursday 25th February 2010.
Mark Harris PWI NSW President
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Diary Dates
1st Quarterly Meeting – 25th February 2010 - Masonic Centre - 4.30pm Golf Day – Bankstown Golf course - 12th March - 06.30am
Next Committee Meeting - 12 May 2010 - Masonic Centre - 5.00pm
PWI NSW Newsletter – February 2010 Page 2 of 10
Correspondence Peter Boonstra - The Secretary PWI P.O Box 212, Alexandria NSW 1435
0412 424 438 [email protected]
NSW Inc ABN 66.628.202.609
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PWI are looking for Sponsors for our Quarterly meetings in 2010, if you wish to sponsor one of our four quarterlies and provide a speaker and technical paper please contact our secretary:
Peter Boonstra -0412 424 438
Achieving efficient maintenance of the rolling contact profile of railway track is a worldwide problem. The Linsinger company from Austria has developed world-leading technology to make this maintenance a controlled process, where the profile and surface finish of the track is predictable and consistent. The track can generally be processed and finished in one pass, meaning track occupation is minimised. The amount of material removed can be varied from 0.1mm up to 5mm or more, depending on requirements. Processing speeds of more than 25m/min have been achieved. The Linsinger milling method is done dry and there is no risk of fire. The powerful dust collection system evacuates the chips and dust, so the method is very suitable for underground and tunnel applications. Paul Philips from Benson Machines, Linsinger’s Australasian representatives will provide an informative presentation and information at our next quarterly meeting.
RAILWAY HERITAGEGlenreagh Mountain Railway is seeking urgent assistance from the community to save an
important part of the Coffs Coast Railway Heritage. They urgently need $13,000 to undertake repairs to the roof of the heritage listed Lowanna Railway Station. They have already raised
$20,000 towards the $33,000 total replacement cost of the damaged asbestos tiles. The roof has weather damage and repairs are urgently required to stop the weather undoing all the hard
restoration work Glenreagh Mountain Railway has undertaken over the years. If you can help donations can be sent to Glenreagh Mountain Railway, PO Box 104, Glenreagh NSW 2450 or by
contacting the Secretary, David Page on (02) 6654 5350 email [email protected]. For further information please refer to www.gmr.org.au SOS - Appeal for Funds
PWI NSW Newsletter – February 2010 Page 3 of 10
Correspondence Peter Boonstra - The Secretary PWI P.O Box 212, Alexandria NSW 1435
0412 424 438 [email protected]
NSW Inc ABN 66.628.202.609
The Golf Day is now fully booked and any enquiries are now going onto a 'wait list'.
Breakfast will be provided, and a golf pro will be available before the game for those last minute playing tips. There will be a sausage sizzle at the halfway mark and a drinks cart will travel the course during play with plenty of refreshments for all. After the game there is a buffet style lunch and open bar followed by presentations.
Date: 12 March 2010 Bankstown Golf Course Ashford Avenue Bankstown Contact: Ken Sherwood, Pandrol Australia Pty Limited 7 Bessemer Street, Blacktown NSW 2148 Ph: 9852 2521 Email: [email protected]
ANNUAL PWI GOLF DAY 12th March 2010
PWI Golf Day is fully booked and is being held at Bankstown Golf Club on Friday 12 March 2010. There will be a shotgun start at 7.30am sharp and everyone is asked to be at the course no later than 6.30am for registration and registration bag.
PWI 2010 Winter Dinner Corporate Sponsorship for this year’s event is available.
Planning is underway for this year’s event on 25 June 2010.
The evening includes: pre-dinner drinks, a three course meal and beverages. There is a small sponsor speech during dinner and entertainment will be a feature of the night.
PWI will again seek a new venue to host this year’s event. The Cost is $80 per person (all inclusive).
Invitations will be emailed out to all members prior to the event. If you would like to discuss sponsorship opportunities please contact Tania Page on 0414 362 223
or email [email protected]
PWI NSW Newsletter – February 2010 Page 4 of 10
Correspondence Peter Boonstra - The Secretary PWI P.O Box 212, Alexandria NSW 1435
0412 424 438 [email protected]
NSW Inc ABN 66.628.202.609
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“The Global Perspective”
Venue: The Sydney Convention Centre
Darling Harbour This year our Convention ‘takes a peek over the garden wall’ and looks at new ideas, practices, materials and equipment from around the world. International speakers will present ‘perspectives’ from UK, US and Asia. In response, local speakers will be presenting on projects being conducted by PWI NSW Members overseas and some of the World’s best practice being driven from within Australia. A full programme of papers and exhibition are currently being developed – for more information, please contact David Roberts on 9200 0230.
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We should mention that due to rising events costs that there will be an increase in the convention cost this year. PWI has absorbed the majority of these increases over the last 5-6 years and it has now come time to pass some
of this cost on to our members. This year’s full day event will be at a cost of $80 inclusive of all food and beverages and GST.
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Location: Noah’s on the Beach, Pacific Room West, Cnr Shortland Esplanade &
Zaara Street, Newcastle
Agenda: 2.45 pm Arrival, 3.00 – 5.00 pm Presentation/Meeting, 5.00 – 7.00 pm
Drinks/canapé’s, 7.15 pm Dinner
Please note we require RSVP’s for Dinner, Could the RSVP’s be sent to me no later then 19th March.
Rebecca Whackett - 0437 015 981 - Email: [email protected]
PWI NSW Newsletter – February 2010 Page 5 of 10
Correspondence Peter Boonstra - The Secretary PWI P.O Box 212, Alexandria NSW 1435
0412 424 438 [email protected]
NSW Inc ABN 66.628.202.609
PPPrrrooogggrrraaammm ooofff AAAccctttiiivvviiitttiiieeesss fffooorrr 222000111000 Quarterly Meetings 25 February 2010 Sydney Masonic Centre 4.30pm 27 May 2010 Sydney Masonic Centre 4.30pm 26 August 2010 Sydney Masonic Centre & AGM 4.30pm 25 November 2010 Sydney Masonic Centre 4.30pm Committee Meetings 12 May 2010 Sydney Masonic Centre 5.00pm 11 August 2010 Sydney Masonic Centre 5.00pm 16 September 2010 Sydney Masonic Centre 5.00pm 10 November 2010 Sydney Masonic Centre 5.00pm Winter Dinner 25th June 2010 Venue to be advised Golf Day Annual Golf Day – 12th March Bankstown Golf course 0630am Annual Convention 29 October 2010 Darling Harbour Convention Centre 07.30am Newsletter 1st Newsletter 12th February 2nd Newsletter 14th May 3rd Newsletter 13th August 4th Newsletter 24th September 5th Newsletter 10th December PWI Country meetings Country meeting (North) Newcastle 26th March Country Meeting (South) Need venue 9th June
Sponsorship for our Quarterly meetings is available, if you wish to sponsor a quarterly meeting and present a technical paper please contact our secretary: Peter Boonstra -0412 424 438
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WWeebb ssiittee eennhhaanncceemmeennttss The PWI Committee is seeking assistance from a member who has some expertise in web based applications
as we wish to incorporate membership utilities and on line event booking facilities. We will be engaging professional designers to assist however expertise is required to assist in reviewing functionality and
overseeing development. Any members who consider they are suitably qualified to provide such assistance should contact Tania Page at [email protected].
PWI NSW Newsletter – February 2010 Page 6 of 10
Correspondence Peter Boonstra - The Secretary PWI P.O Box 212, Alexandria NSW 1435
0412 424 438 [email protected]
NSW Inc ABN 66.628.202.609
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Corporate members are reminded that there are still 10 silver enhanced Corporate Memberships available. The cost of Silver Membership is $3,000 however this is offered at a prorated rate through to
June 30, 2010 so this is a great opportunity to raise your profile in the Permanent Way Industry. Benefits include promotion at all PWI events, additional Convention and Golf day tickets plus other
benefits, a full list of Enhanced Corporate Member benefits is available from the Membership Secretary Tania Page.
Tania can be contacted at: [email protected].
Enhanced Corporate Members of the PWI
The Permanent Way Institution would like to specially acknowledge the enhanced corporate members. Please contact the Membership Secretary on 0402 772974 or [email protected] for further information.
PWI NSW Newsletter – February 2010 Page 7 of 10
Correspondence Peter Boonstra - The Secretary PWI P.O Box 212, Alexandria NSW 1435
0412 424 438 [email protected]
NSW Inc ABN 66.628.202.609
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Corporate Member Name Corporate Member Name
ABIGROUP CONTRACTORS MOMENTUM RAIL (NSW) PTY LTD
AECOM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD MORSON INTERNATIONAL
ALCOA FASTENINGS MULTI CIVIL & RAIL SERVICES PTY LTD
ARENCO MUSGRAVE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING PTY LTD
ATLANTIC CIVIL MVM RAIL PTY LTD
AURECON ONESTEEL WHYALLA STEELWORKS
AUSTRAK OPUS INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS (NSW) PTY LTD
AUSTRALIAN RAIL TRACK CORPORATION PACIFIC RAIL ENGINEERING PTY LTD
BOVIS LEND LEASE PANDROL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
BROOKFIELD MULTIPLEX PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF
BULL HEAD SERVICES PTY LTD PIDGEON CIVIL ENGINEERING
CARDNO MBK (NSW) PTY LTD PLASSER AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
CATALYST COMMUNICATIONS PLATEWAY PTY LTD
CLEXAN-PEAK QUEENSLAND RAIL
COATES NATIONAL HIRE RAIL & ROAD PROFESSIONAL
CR RAIL RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION
COFFEY RAIL PTY LTD RAIL PERSONNEL PTY LTD
DEGOTARDI SMITH & PARTNERS RAIL PLANNING SERVICES
DELKOR RAIL PTY LTD RAILCON PTY LTD
DESEC LIMITED RAILCORP
DOWNER EDI WORKS PTY LTD RAILTECH AUSTRALIA LIMITED
ENCOMPASS CREDIT UNION RAILTRAK SYSTEMS PTY LTD
EVANS & PECK PTY LTD ROBSON RAIL SERVICES
FLUOR GLOBAL SERVICES ROCLA CONCRETE SLEEPERS
FULTON HOGAN RAIL SYSTEMS ROSENQVIST RAIL TECH AB
G13 PTY LTD RT HEALTH FUND
GEMCO RAIL PTY LTD SINCLAIR KNIGHT MERZ
GHD PTY LTD SINE INDUSTRIES
HALCROW PACIFIC PTY LTD SPENO RAIL MAINTENANCE (AUST) P/L
HARD & FORESTER PTY LTD TAYLOR RAIL TRACK
HATCH INFRASTRUCTURE TENIX ALLIANCE
HAYS ENGINEERING THERMIT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
HEGGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD TRACK AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
HYDER CONSULTING PTY LTD TRADE WEST
JOHN HOLLAND GROUP TRANSFIELD SERVICES (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD
KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
KH1 – ROBEL TTG TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD
KINGSTON INDUSTRIES TURNER & TOWNSEND
LAING O’ROURKE UNION RAILTRACK & INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES PTY LTD
LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS UNITED GROUP RAIL
LJ WALLACE GROUP VAE RAILWAY SYSTEMS PTY LTD
LINSINGER MASCHINENBAU GMBH VOSSLOH COGIFER AUSTRALIA
McLACHLAN LISTER PTY LTD WESTRAY ENGINEERING
MEADOWS CONSULTING PTY LTD WORLEYPARSONS RAIL
PWI NSW Newsletter – February 2010 Page 8 of 10
Correspondence Peter Boonstra - The Secretary PWI P.O Box 212, Alexandria NSW 1435
0412 424 438 [email protected]
NSW Inc ABN 66.628.202.609
Welcome to New Corporate Members Brookfield Multiplex Date Joined: Jan 2010 Benson Machines Date Joined: Jan 2010
Welcome to New Personal Members
ANNETTE LARIA OCT - 9 SKM DANIEL TADIC OCT - 9 SKM ABHIJIT KIRPAN JAN - 10 PARSON BRINCKERHOFF TOM DYSON JAN - 10 LAING O’ROURKE STEVE JONES JAN - 10 LAING O’ROURKE EVAN HUGHES JAN - 10 LAING O’ROURKE PHILIP BLUNDY JAN - 10 CARDNO NSW PTY LTD KUI PINK HEE JAN - 10 CALIBRE ENGENIUM PAUL DIXON JAN - 10 LAING O’ROURKE
Welcome to our new members and corporate members, take a look at our attached calendar and book the events in your diaries for 2010.
PWI NSW Newsletter – February 2010 Page 9 of 10
Correspondence Peter Boonstra - The Secretary PWI P.O Box 212, Alexandria NSW 1435
0412 424 438 [email protected]
NSW Inc ABN 66.628.202.609
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