Losing Ground

Venue: The Ballroom, Ramada Pelican Waters, 38 Mahogany Drive,
Pelican Waters (Sunshine Coast).

EIANZ-SEQ are holding a one day forum focusing on Erosion and Sediment Management in South East Queensland. The forum has been brought to the SEQ Region by popular request and is based on the three day Down to Earth conference held in Cairns, September 2005.

Û To explore the impacts that erosion and sediment have on the natural environment, infrastructure and resources;

Û To highlight the gap between current and best practice and explore impediments to achieving best practice;

Û To understand the current regulatory and policy environment and explore alternative approaches;

Û To

build awareness and promote competency among construction, building and mining sectors;

Û To identify appropriate benchmarks for erosion and sediment control in Queensland and explore the means to move towards those benchmarks.

To download the presentations, please click on the speaker below. Please note that Grant Witheridge's presentations are not available.

8:45	Welcome			Deputy Mayor, Caloundra City Council
8:55	Message from the Environmental Protection Agency			Mark Williamson
	SESSION 1 – Challenges
9:05	Where we are at now – modelling of current loads and challenges for the environment.			Fiona Chandler – Healthy Waterways 1.4mb
9:30	Challenges for the development industry			Grant Witheridge
9:55	Challenges and standards facing regulators			Scott Paten - Brisbane City Council 130k
10:15	MORNING TEA
	SESSION 2 – Reality
10:45	Construction industry perspective			Bill Gardyne – IECA 240k
11:10	Local government perspective on regulation and best practice			Peter Armstrong – Maroochy Shire Council 280k
11:35	The fundamentals of construction site erosion and sediment control – what is best practice? IEAust Guidelines.			Grant Witheridge
12:00	Panel give their views on the challenges raised. Peter Armstrong, Fiona Chandler, Simon Cavendish, Scott Paten			Chaired by Bill Gardyne
12:30	LUNCH
	SESSION 3 – Case Studies
1:30	Speaker: Achieving best practice in Auckland – Paul Metcalf			Paul Metcalf – Auckland Regional Council 560k
2:00	Best practice case study –Sediment & Erosion Control delivering WSUD, Coomera Waters	Shaun Leinster, Ecological Engineering 700k	Best practice case study – for $10 you can save thousands – soil management issues.		Rob Loch, Landloch 235k
2:25	Best practice case study – Main Roads Erosion and Sediment control guidelines	Ross Fryar - GHD 230k	EPA Regulators view on infringements		Gary Kane, EPA 100k
2:45	AFTERNOON TEA
	SESSION 4 – Ways Forward
3:15	State Government perspective - Policy and regulatory tools. Including outcomes from the Down to Earth Conference – Cairns			Mark Williamson and Warren Muller, EPA 55k
3:45	Urban Design Manual, IEAust Guidelines			Grant Witheridge
4:05	Certification and training			Bill Gardyne, IECA 45k
4:25	Audience discussion / questions of panel – where to from here?			Rob Loch, Grant Witheridge, Mark Williamson, Ross Fryar
4.55	Close