2022 Innovation Award winners, in Queensland Announced

The 2022 CCAA Innovation Awards for Queensland were conferred on 21 October at W Hotel, Brisbane, with over 215 guests attended the event to celebrate innovations across the heavy construction materials industry in Safe & Sustainable Workforces, Sustainable Industry, and Sustainable Products & Services. In 2022, 19 entries were submitted across the three award categories. CCAA wishes to congratulate all the award entrants on their efforts and contributions to improvement and innovation. Further information about all entries is available here. 

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THE INNOVATION AWARD FOR SAFE & SUSTAINABLE WORKFORCES

WINNER: HANSON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD - NORTHERN REGION QUARRIES - REALTIME RCS MONITORING PROGRAM

In partnership with GCG, Hanson has utilised GCG's Realtime Monitoring Application (RTM app) providing user feedback to enhance the applications usability and impact to operations for respirable dust assessments. for respirable dust assessments.

The Hon. Mark Bailey MP (Minister for Transport and Main Roads), David Leahy (Hanson Australia Pty Ltd)

HIGHLY COMMENDED - HANSON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD - GLASSHOUSE MOUNTAINS QUARRY - EDGE PROTECTION HEIGHT MEASURING FLAG

The Hanson Glasshouse Mountains Quarry team have designed and implemented a simple and practical mechanism to reduce hazard exposure for people on site as well as ensuring that edge protection heights can be constantly monitored by light vehicle drivers. Before the change, drivers had to leave their vehicle to measure edge protection by hand. This solution alleviates this safety hazard through the attachment of a durable and visible height gauge to the flexible flagpole already on vehicles and indicates whether the edge height is compliant (green) or non-compliant (red). The gauge consists of durable poly pipe sealed at both ends and provides an easily transferable and cost-effective safety tool.

The Hon. Mark Bailey MP (Minister for Transport and Main Roads), Samuel Johnson (Hanson Australia Pty Ltd)

HIGHLY COMMENDED - CEMENT AUSTRALIA - DIGITISATION OF CEMENT AUSTRALIA FLEET MAINTENANCE

Cement Australia has replaced their previous paper-based system with a digital fleet maintenance platform. The result is a fully integrated solution built-around SAP Plant Maintenance and uses a mobile application (MyPM) which captures key maintenance data for planning, execution and maintenance activity analysis. The solution integrates truck management data into SAP for automated preventative maintenance scheduling, as well as digital service sheets and signoff. Through this new approach, 250,000 documents have been removed from the maintenance system, 100 % of maintenance and defect notifications captured and communicated, and includes the ability for “talk to text” mitigating numeracy, literacy, and handwriting issues.

The Hon. Mark Bailey MP (Minister for Transport and Main Roads), Blair Price (Cement Australia)

THE INNOVATION AWARD FOR SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRY

HIGHLY COMMENDED: BORAL - ORMEAU QUARRY - A SECRET GIANT'S SURVIVAL: CONSERVATION OF THE ORMEAU BOTTLE TREE

A 30 -year partnership with the North-East Albert Landcare Group has to lead to Boral Ormeau Quarry being able to support, enhance and preserve the very rare Ormeau Bottle Tree for future generations. The comprehensive suite of actions has included the establishment of a 77-hectare Environmental Offset Area, dedication of the Boral Environmental Reserve, detailed tree surveys (which found an additional 500 juvenile trees), and contribution to a locally produced short film on Queensland’s most threatened species.

The Hon. Mark Bailey MP (Minister for Transport and Main Roads), Liam Elsworth (Boral)

HIGHLY COMMENDED: HANSON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD - COOPERS PLAIN CONCRETE PLANT - BUZZING WITH EXCITEMENT TO BEE SUSTAINABLE

To remedy the issue of diminishing bee species worldwide, Hanson has introduced a colony of native stingless bees (Tetragonula carbonaria) and established a native flower garden at their Coopers Plains concrete plant. The hives are located in the industrial space, giving a constant water source at the slump stands, with the native plants providing pollination of local flora. The bees are stingless, low maintenance, can travel up to 500m, and pose no health and safety risks to employees. The hive can eventually be split be an apiarist and subsequently introduced to more sites across the region.

The Hon. Mark Bailey MP (Minister for Transport and Main Roads), Mitch Caulfield (Hanson Australia Pty Ltd)

THE INNOVATION AWARD FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES

HIGHLY COMMENDED: WAGNERS - GOLD COAST WONDER REEF, EARTH FRIENDLY CONCRETE® BY WAGNERS

Australia’s first floating dive attraction - the Gold Coast Wonder Reef - is also the first underwater attraction utilising Wagners Earth Friendly Concrete®. To produce this environmental marvel, 50mpa concrete with 35kg/m3 of steel fibre reinforcing was used to create nine 62-tonne pyramid structures which tether the buoyant sculptural reef flutes that form the dive attraction. This innovative product saved 100T of embodied carbon emissions and provides superior durability in the marine environment (including acid and sulphate resistance and chloride ion ingress). This modern marvel is expected to draw 16,000 tourists a year, and more than AUD$32million in tourism investment in the first 10 years.

The Hon. Mark Bailey MP (Minister for Transport and Main Roads), Michael Kemp (Wagners)

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