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Smooth Joints Help Deliver Innovative Pipeline Project
Location: Tweed Shire (Apr 13) Installing Rocla® large diameter steel reinforced concrete pipes on a residential street, without disrupting homeowners, was a challenging task for the Tweed Shire Council team charged with increasing stormwater drainage capacity on Blue Jay Circuit in Kingscliff, New South >
ACP Appointed Exclusive Distributor for BSI
Location: Tweed Shire (Apr 13) Australian Construction Products has been appointed as the exclusive Australian distributor for Barrier Systems Inc (BSI). Part of the Linsday Corporation in America, BSI is recognized as a global leader for the supply of crash cushions, terminals, TMAs and portable barriers. >
Flexible Product on the Right Track
Location: Sydney (Apr 13) The reduced maintenance requirements and high degree of design flexibility of Rocla’s PermaTrak® precast concrete boardwalk system were critical factors in its selection for the Liverpool stage of ARTC’s Southern Sydney Freight Line Project. More than 1,700 units >
A Faster, Simpler Bridge Solution
Location: Penrith (Apr 13) Rocla’s fast and simple to construct M-Lock® Bridge system was used to deliver a 30 metre long, 14.6 metre wide crossing over a natural water course at the Mulgoa Rise Subdivision, near Penrith. Two 15 metre spans were used to complete the modular bridge, along >
Righting a rocky road
Location: Brown Mountain (Aug 12) When a major slip closed the Snowy Mountains Highway at Brown Mountain in early March, New South Wales’ Roads & Maritime Services team turned to Rocla to provide MassBloc® products to shore up the highway and make it safe to re-open. The slip had taken out >
Hydro-Brake® is best solution
Location: Queensland (Aug 12) The only product of its kind on the market, Rocla’s Hydro-Brake® was chosen by MWH as a flood attenuation mechanism on the Jindalee Park’n’Ride project for Department of Main Roads in Queensland. The Hydro-Brake® is an innovative Rocla product >
Piping hot
Location: Warrawandu (May 12) With a remote location, extreme heat and a tight deadline to contend with, Rocla’s team supplying the 30 metre-long, 1.8 metre diameter Plastream® sewerage overflow systems at BHP Billiton’s Warrawandu Village mine camp had its work cut out. Strict safety >
Water-friendly drainage products take off
Location: Sydney (Feb 12) With the requirement that all drainage works must prevent negative impacts on receiving waters, Rocla ecoSep® oil-water separators and ecoWarn® remote monitoring systems were a perfect fit for the project to build the new Qantas Jet Base at Sydney Airport. The new >
In pole position for a smarter network
Location: New South Wales (Dec 11) Electricity network provider Ausgrid’s Smart Grid project is set to revolutionise the way that electricity is delivered and managed for its customers in New South Wales, and Rocla® specialist communications products are playing a key supporting role. The >
Fast tracked delivery
Location: Adelaide (Dec 11) At more than $800 million, Adelaide’s South Road Superway represents the single largest investment ever in a South Australian road project. Once finished, it will form a 4.8km long non-stop corridor, with a 2.8km elevated roadway, that stretches from the Port River >
MassBloc® walls support upgrade of Brisbane bush road
Location: Brisbane (Sep 11) Six retaining walls of various sizes were constructed using the MassBloc® system, as support and erosion prevention on steep embankments alongside the new Gap Creek Road at Mt Coot-tha. Mt Coot-tha Forest is Brisbane’s largest natural area, with more >
Large diameter pipes required to drain development
Location: Melbourne (May 11) Northpoint Enterprise Park, a major industrial and commercial development on the north side of Cooper St, Epping, forms a large section of the City of Whittlesea’s Cooper Street Employment Precinct. CPG Australia, on behalf of Northpoint Enterprise Business Park Pty >
Pre-benched sewer pits a major time saver on subdivisions
Location: Leichhardt (May 11) Currently Civforce is carrying out civil works on stage two of a six-stage AV Jennings residential subdivision, Essington Rise, at Leichhardt, southwest of Brisbane. Brian Kendall, of Civforce, said they had first used the Rocla® sewer access system with >
Concrete Poles Provide Reliable Infrastructure
Location: Postman's Ridge QLD (Apr 11) Rocla Strong Poles Provide a Reliable Infrastructure Solution With South-East Queensland’s western corridor expected to experience substantial population growth in the next 25 years, the Energex project to upgrade an existing 110kV power line between >
Keeping Major Project on Schedule
Location: Melbourne (Mar 11) The M80 Ring Road upgrade is a 5 year $2.25 Billion dollar road upgrade project to increase capacity and reduce congestion of the road which currently carries 142,000 vehicles per day. Being an upgrade project the existing infrastructure is often extended >
Rocla precast pits provide an electric solution!
Location: Queensland (Feb 11) RKO pits, usually considered for stormwater application are sparking into life a new market segment for Rocla, electrical pits. Recently, a high security facility in Queensland, looking to create a forensic centre as an extension to their mental health department, enlisted the >
Rocla® Strong Poles help electricty supplier span river
Location: Brisbane (Nov 10) Two Rocla® Strong Poles (RSPs) provided the height and strength required to support a 33kV line over the Brisbane River at Moggill Ferry Crossing. The 37-metre poles, with 160kN ultimate load, were embedded 7 metres into concrete socket foundations on either side >
Precast bridges help to minimise impact on sensitive site
Location: Kooragang Island (Jul 10) Rocla® precast components helped Energy Australia renew six creek crossings with minimal disturbance to an environmentally sensitive site at Newcastle. Kooragang Island, in the mouth of the Hunter River, is best known as one of the largest coal export terminals in the >
Australian War Memorial goes green with ecoRain®
Location: Canberra (Dec 09) A Rocla ecoRain® rainwater utilisation system has been incorporated into the upgrade of the iconic Australian War Memorial in Canberra. The redevelopment of the eastern precinct of the War Memorial building includes a new coach parking area, a memorial courtyard, underground >
CDS® Unit - the right choice for big pollution trap
Location: Sydney (Nov 09) Blacktown City Council in western Sydney recently installed the largest CDS® gross pollutant trap yet manufactured by Rocla, as part of its comprehensive stormwater management program. The CDS® P3024 Unit is the largest of six new stormwater quality improvement >
McDonalds opts for fast, packaged rainwater harvesting solution
Location: Adelaide (Nov 09) An ecoRain® rainwater utilisation system provided a simple packaged solution for a new McDonalds restaurant at Hallett Cove, south of Adelaide. The Rocla ecoRain20® rainwater utilisation system includes two connected 10kL underground concrete storage tanks, >
Flexibility of Rocla Water Quality products useful in a tight corner
Location: Sunshine Coast (Nov 09) Rocla recently provided an efficient rainwater harvesting solution for a new retail development at Coolum Beach on the Queensland Sunshine Coast. A short lead time and a limited site led to the original specifications being changed to Rocla® products because of >
Concrete boardwalks give tourists a new experience of Uluru
Location: Uluru- Kata Tjuta National Park (Oct 09) Visitors to a new viewing area at Uluru will watch the sun rise from platforms constructed from the Rocla PermaTrak® concrete boardwalk system. The viewing platform is the largest item of infrastructure in the Uluru- Kata Tjuta National Park in the Northern Territory. >
New line replaces twin timber poles with single concrete poles
Location: Port Macquarie (Oct 09) Rocla is supplying spun concrete power poles for the rebuilding of a vital electrical power link on the NSW Mid-North Coast. TransGrid, operator of the NSW high voltage transmission system, is rebuilding the existing 132kV transmission line from Kempsey to Port Macquarie >
Major road upgrade keeps up to speed with precast drainage products
Location: Sydney (Oct 09) Rocla is supplying a wide range of precast drainage products for the upgrade of a major connecting road in Sydney's west, including large box culverts, pipes, stormwater treatment and spill containment tanks. The NSW Roads and Traffic Authority is upgrading Cowpasture >
Substation upgrade provides a foothold for MassBloc® in Tasmania
Location: Tasmania (Sep 09) Tasmania has embraced the Rocla MassBloc® earth retention system, with the first major installation on the island, a 5-metre high wall supporting earthworks at a new substation. Hudson Civil, who manufactures the MassBloc® system under licence in Tasmania, supplied >
Pre-stressed piles provide secure moorings for state-of-the-art marina
Location: Port Phillip (Sep 09) Rocla® concrete marina piles are taking pride of place at a new marina development at Queenscliff Harbour in Victoria. Located on the western side of Port Phillip Bay, in a pristine environment and close to Bass Strait, Queenscliff Harbour is a popular boating >
Greening the seashore with ecoRainPlus®
Location: Brisbane (Aug 09) Rockdale Council is using the Rocla ecoRain® rainwater utilisation system to provide landscape irrigation for a beachside development at Brighton-le-Sands, on the shore of Botany Bay, south of Sydney. The council took advantage of the opportunity provided by >
Quick precast solution for largest sewage OSD system in East Gippsland
Location: Bairnsdale (Aug 09) East Gippsland Water has installed the largest pipe wastewater retention storage system in the region, using a Rocla® OSD system. The 215kL underground storage, in Howitt Park at Bairnsdale, is part of an ongoing upgrade of wastewater infrastructure across the >
Stormwater harvesting system enhances harbour environment
Location: Sydney (Aug 09) Mosman Council, located on the foreshores of Sydney Harbour, recently installed a new stormwater harvesting system as part of its community environmental program. The program involves a number of environmental projects, including a commitment to enhance the quality of >
Smart rainwater reuse system for new skills training hub
Location: Brisbane (Aug 09) A 100kL ecoRainPlus® rainwater utilisation system has been installed as part of the Queensland Government's $84.6 million dollar upgrade of a TAFE campus in Brisbane to create a comprehensive centralised training facility. Trades training programs at TAFE institutes >
Concrete boardwalk protects and improves urban park
Location: Sutherland (Aug 09) Sutherland Shire Council, south of Sydney, used the Rocla PermaTrak® concrete boardwalk system to enhance an urban park at Caringbah. The PermaTrak® system was originally specified to minimise damage to exposed tree roots. Existing mature trees provided a pleasant >
Rocla Water Quality combines design expertise with market leading products
Location: Sydney (Jul 09) Rocla Water Quality (RWQ) has a team of professionals dedicated to providing expert solutions using RWQ's range of specialist water treatment technologies. The team known as Product Application Design (PAD) has over 30 years combined experience in the fields of civil >
Desalination plant to supply half of Adelaide’s potable water
Location: Adelaide (Jun 09) Construction is underway on the $1.83 billion Adelaide Desalination Plant at Port Stanvac, which will deliver up to 100 billion litres of water a year. A multi-national consortium, AdelaideAqua, won the bid to design, build, operate and maintain the plant for 20 years on >
Rocla® stormwater devices prepare zoo for panda pandemonium
Location: Adelaide (Jun 09) Adelaide Zoo has installed two Rocla Water Quality stormwater devices as part of a $35 million construction and rebuilding program. The zoo is expected to attract many thousands more visitors from late 2009 when two giant pandas arrive from China. The pair is on loan >
Concrete boardwalks protect sensitive dune vegetation
Location: Sarina (Jun 09) Two Rocla PermaTrak® concrete boardwalks are part of an award-winning foreshore restoration project near the Hay Point Coal Terminal in central Queensland. BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) exports coal from Central Queensland mines through the Hay Point Coal >
Queensland culvert bridge ready for the next big wet
Location: Ipswich (May 09) Ipswich City Council in South-East Queensland recently replaced an ageing timber bridge with a culvert-bridge constructed from Rocla® reinforced concrete box culverts. The culvert, on the Thagoona Haigslea Rd at Thagoona, crosses a normally dry gully but is >
Concrete columns support construction efficiency at new convention centre
Location: Melbourne (May 09) Rocla® spun building columns are taking pride of place in the new Melbourne Convention Centre, which hosted its first function in July 2009. Some of the interior columns in the atrium rise to the full roof height of 23 metres between escalators, adding a sense of awe to a >
MassBloc® walls find a role in water-sensitive urban design
Location: Redbank Plains (May 09) The increasing popularity of bio-retention basins in water-sensitive urban design has created a new role for the MassBloc® earth retention system. A MassBloc® retaining wall was recently deployed in the construction of a bio-retention basin on the edge of a >
Large Plastream® pipe doubles as in-line sewage storage tank
Location: Hervey Bay (Mar 09) Rocla Plastream® steel-reinforced polyethylene pipe helped create an efficient, economical sewer storage solution for Wide Bay Water Corporation at Hervey Bay in Queensland. The emergency sewage storage system formed part of a new sewer pump station and associated >
Concrete boardwalks solve vandal dilemma for Parks & Wildlife
Location: Newcastle (Mar 09) Resistance to vandalism is emerging as one of the key benefits of the Rocla PermaTrak® concrete boardwalk system. Although the system was designed principally for durability and low environmental impact, an added benefit of concrete over timber is that PermaTrak® >
Green council harvests street drainage for water tankers
Location: Sydney (Mar 09) Fairfield City Council in western Sydney has proved its commitment to water sensitive urban design by installing a Rocla ecoHarvest™ stormwater harvesting system in the centre of the CBD. A small area of open land at an intersection provided an ideal location for the >
Major plant expansion boosts pole production capacity
Location: Rockhampton (Dec 08) A major expansion of Rocla's pole plant at Rockhampton in Central Queensland has increased production capacity and reduced lead times on delivery of concrete poles and piles. The $4 million plant upgrade included a factory extension, new pole spinning and computer >
RAAF defends the environment at Amberley base
Location: Amberley (Dec 08) The Department of Defence is showing the way in environmental sustainability in South-East Queensland with a large-scale rainwater harvesting program at its rapidly expanding Amberley RAAF Base. Amberley is the largest RAAF base in Australia, with some 3,500 personnel >
Culverts made to order for Techport Australia naval hub
Location: Adelaide (Dec 08) Rocla's Adelaide facility recently supplied around 300 specially manufactured box culverts to the Techport Australia shipbuilding hub. Techport Australia is being developed by the South Australian Government as a naval industry hub to support the Navy's Air Warfare >
Rocla introduces new pole range for high voltage transmission market
Location: Australia (Dec 08) In late 2008, Rocla developed a new product range to service the high voltage transmission line market. The new range, dubbed Rocla® Strong Poles (RSP) is already proving a great success, with orders to date in excess of a million dollars. Our customers are pleased to have >
Round tank in a square hole easy for lightweight Plastream® tank
Location: Australia (Nov 08) The Rocla Plastream® in-ground storage system turned a very confined site into a comfortable fit for Hurst Plumbing in Adelaide. A 50kL rainwater utilisation system was the last component of a new building at Concordia College in Highgate. There was little room to >
Plastream® pipe finds new niche as underground air-con ducting
Location: Healesville (Oct 08) The unique properties of Rocla Plastream® steel-reinforced polyethylene drainage pipe have seen it used in a number of applications for underground air-conditioning ducting. Meinhardt recently specified Plastream® pipes at the redevelopment of the RACV Country >
Syndal South Primary School
Location: Melbourne (Oct 08) Syndal South Primary School, located in the suburbs of south east Melbourne, was looking for a way to keep their playing fields green during summer and reduce potable water usage. A stormwater harvesting system using the enviss™ Sentinel surface treatment was installed >
Rocla expands in Cairns for major highway upgrade
Location: Cairns (Oct 08) Rocla has reaffirmed its leading role in North Queensland by supplying all the precast bridge and culvert components for a major upgrade of the Bruce Highway between Townsville and Cairns. The $128 million federally funded project provides flood mitigation for the most >
PermaTrak® boardwalk survives baptism by fire
Location: Comet Bay (Jul 08) The Rocla PermaTrak® concrete boardwalk system underwent a baptism by fire in January 2008, when a bushfire engulfed the boardwalk in a native vegetation reserve at Comet Bay, WA. The PermaTrak® boardwalk is part of a walking track through the reserve, which forms >
Rocla meets challenge of supplying four precast bridges
Location: Livingstone (Jul 08) Rocla recently supplied four M-Lock® bridges for Livingstone Shire Council in Central Queensland, with components supplied from as far away as Dubbo in NSW. Livingstone Shire Council, now part of Rockhampton Regional Council, had identified approximately 70 aged >
Laminex achieves water self-sufficiency in parched Ballarat
Location: Livingstone (Jul 08) Rocla helped The Laminex Group achieve water self-sufficiency at its Ballarat production facility with a stormwater harvesting solution that collects and treats 90,000 litres of stormwater and stores it underground for reuse. Over the course of a year, the system is capable >
M-Lock® bridges find niche as subdivision entrances
Location: Sydney (Jun 08) The major application for the Rocla M-Lock® bridge system has been for timber bridge replacements in rural regions; however, over the past few years a niche market has opened in subdivision bridges. Rocla recently supplied two M-Lock® bridges to the Camden >
Rocla takes huge culvert order in its stride
Location: Brisbane (May 08) Rocla's engineering and manufacturing expertise were recently challenged by an order for 666 large precast box culverts and 392 link slabs for a new road north of Brisbane. The culverts are being supplied to Queensland Main Roads contractor, the FRH Group, for three >
Concrete pole line delivers power boost to Discovery Coast
Location: Discovery Coast (Apr 08) Rocla® concrete power poles helped Ergon Energy overcome site difficulties during the construction of a multi-million dollar power upgrade on Queensland's Discovery Coast, south of Gladstone. The towns of Agnes Water and 1770 (the site of James Cook's first >
Small shire council with big building program
Location: Tumut Shire (Apr 08) Tumut Shire Council in southern NSW has an impressive infrastructure program that belies its small population. Located in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains, Tumut Shire is mostly national park and forestry, with only a half-dozen towns, but the council has completed >
Large pipes made to order for rail drainage project
Location: Sydney (Jan 08) Rocla® recently supplied special pipes for drainage works along a rail line which were custom designed and manufactured to withstand lateral loadings and aggressive conditions. The drainage pipes were part of the Revesby Turnback project, which will improve the efficiency >
New powerline boosts Bowen Basin electric coal rail network
Location: Bowen Basin (Nov 07) The electricity supply to the rail network servicing the coal mining industry in the Bowen Basin has been reinforced with the completion of a new 58km high voltage transmission powerline and substation by Powerlink Queensland as part of QR Network's Bolingbroke >
Precast products help speed massive motorway
Location: Sydney (Nov 07) Rocla is supplying a range of precast components to Australia's largest urban infrastructure project, the Westlink M7 motorway in Sydney. Rocla® products include concrete pipes, box culverts, headwalls, gross pollutant traps and concrete power poles. Westlink M7 is >
Eco-friendly concrete boardwalk protects mangroves
Location: Gosford (Oct 07) Gosford City Council, on the NSW Central Coast, has constructed its second public boardwalk using the Rocla PermaTrak® concrete boardwalk system. The new pedestrian path and cycleway crosses an area of marine mangroves at Saratoga, on the eastern side of Brisbane >
Rocla Wins A$115m Sleeper Contract
Location: New South Wales (Oct 07) Rocla has won a contract worth in excess of A$115 million to supply 1.35 million concrete sleepers in NSW to the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) over the next two and a half years. The Rocla concrete sleepers will be used on improvements to the main Melbourne to >
Big blocks beat the big wet on lake wall
Location: Lake Eacham (Oct 07) The speed of construction of the MassBloc® earth retention system was critical in the construction of a retaining wall on the banks of Lake Eacham in the Crater Lakes National Park near Cairns. Queensland Parks & Wildlife had only a small window of opportunity to >
Modern GPT connected to the past
Location: Rockdale (Oct 07) Rockdale Council recently discovered a remnant of Sydney's past while connecting a Rocla CleansAll® gross pollutant trap to an existing stormwater pipeline. During excavation, contractors Pan Civil were surprised to find that the stormwater drain was not a concrete >
Rocla to the rescue on emergency culvert
Location: Ryanston (Oct 07) An urgent road culvert replacement in Bass Coast Shire, 100km southeast of Melbourne, could have taken a lot longer if not for Rocla's ability to supply stock pipes and headwalls. Bass Coast Shire found that one of the culverts along Dalyston-Glen Forbes Road at >
Precast solution aids construction of tricky culvert
Location: Sydney (Oct 07) Camden Council, in southwest Sydney, recently installed a large culvert under a busy roadway at Narellan.The triple-cell box culvert was constructed by TJ & RF Fordham using precast Rocla® box culverts and link slabs. The new culvert was constructed beside an >
New Product: First Defense® vortex separator
Location: Lismore (Oct 07) Rocla® Water Quality has introduced a simple, robust device for treating stormwater at source. The Rocla First Defense® vortex separator removes sediment, floatables and other pollutants from stormwater.The efficient unit combines an inlet and separator in one, and >
CDS® Unit a reliable base for stormwater harvesting plan
Location: Sydney (Sep 07) The outstanding performance and design flexibility of the CDS® gross pollutant trap provided North Sydney Council with an efficient solution that cleans runoff to Sydney Harbour while furnishing a more secure water supply for irrigating the Cammeray Golf Course. The >
Quick and simple pollution solution
Location: Sydney (Jul 07) During the upgrade of Sydney Airport in preparation for the Airbus A380 super jumbo, a stormwater trunk drainage line was installed to carry runoff from new runway aprons and carpark areas. Rocla Pipeline Products supplied steelreinforced concrete drainage pipes in 1200mm and >
Partnership approach means better service for all
Location: Perth (Jun 07) Rocla Pipeline Products in Perth is currently supplying precast drainage products to civil contractor Ertech for two new residential developments by Peet & Company. Peet is a household name in WA and Perth's oldest property developer. It was established in 1895 and >
Rocla® tilted columns help solve construction challenge
Location: Brisbane (Jan 07) Rocla® steel-reinforced spun concrete columns helped simplify a difficult structural challenge for Queensland builder Adco Constructions. The design of the new Port of Brisbane Corporation's headquarters, Port Office, called for a cluster of four inclined columns >
Jumbo drainage upgrade for new terminal
Location: Adelaide (Dec 06) Rocla Pipeline Products in Adelaide supplied a range of precast drainage products for the new $240 million terminal under construction at Adelaide Airport. The 750-metre-long terminal building will service all domestic and international travellers at a rate of 3000 >
Multi-cell headwalls a Rocla record
Location: Yethra (Dec 06) Rocla Pipeline Products in Dubbo supplied this multi-cell headwall for a rail siding at Yethra, 560km west of Sydney. The two headwalls (one on each side of the rail embankment) feature 25 cells with 750mm diameter pipes. This is the most cells ever manufactured in one >
Precast box culverts help speed upgrade of historic road
Location: Sydney (Dec 06) Rocla Pipeline Products in Sydney is currently supplying a large quantity of precast concrete box culverts for the upgrade of the historic Windsor Road. The NSW Roads & Traffic Authority is upgrading this major north-western link between Parramatta and Windsor under >
Rocla® culverts the first step in massive project
Location: Latrobe Valley (Dec 06) Rocla® products contributed to the on-time completion of the first stage of one of the largest civil projects ever undertaken in Victoria's Latrobe Valley.The four-year project involves major earthworks, including the diversion of a river and construction of a >
Longest M-Lock® bridge baptised
Location: Carnarvon (Aug 06) The longest Rocla M-Lock® bridge in Australia, a 456-metre flood plain crossing near Carnarvon in WA, underwent a baptism by flood in January and came out looking as good as new. The Bibbawarra Road crossing replaced a gravel road across the dry bed of the Gascoyne >
Total Precast Bridge Solution
Location: Lachlan (Aug 06) Upper Lachlan Shire Council, in the NSW Central West, took full advantage of the speed and economy of precast concrete construction when building a new bridge on the main road from Crookwell to Bathurst. The new three-span bridge is constructed entirely from Rocla® >
M-Lock® system speeds replacement of Victorian bridge
Location: Bass Coast (Aug 06) Bass Coast Shire Council in Victoria recently completed its first M-Lock® precast bridge - and the longest precast M-Lock® bridge in the State so far. The 3-span, 36-metre bridge crosses the lower Powlett River near Wonthaggi, south-east of >
High class pipe provides reliable escape route
Location: Hunter Valley (Aug 06) Rocla recently supplied specially designed Class 6.5 steel-reinforced concrete pipe for use as escape tunnels at a coalmine in the NSW Hunter Valley. The Newpac No. 1 Colliery, 20km northwest of Singleton, is the largest remaining semi-soft coking coal reserve in the >
Rocla® device simplifies flow regulation in sedimentation pond
Location: Adelaide (Aug 06) Five Rocla® Water Level Controllers are playing a key role in a program to improve the quality of Adelaide water sourced from the Mount Lofty Ranges. The devices are being used to regulate flows in a sedimentation basin on Cox Creek in the Piccadilly Valley. The basin will >
Council keeps ahead of population growth
Location: Phillip Island (Aug 06) Population growth in Victoria's coastal towns is putting increasing pressure on drainage infrastructure, causing some councils to take decisive action. Bass Coast Shire has major works underway at Cape Woolamai on Phillip Island, the popular holiday destination 140km >
Walkway gives residents access to water treatment lakes
Location: Hoppers Crossing (Aug 06) A recent installation provided an elevated boardwalk over an artificial wetland at the heart of a sustainable residential development in Victoria. The track includes 258 metres of boardwalk in a T-shaped plan, 2 metres wide, supported on piers constructed from Rocla® >
Remote crossing sets new record for M-Lock® bridge
Location: Carnarvon (Oct 05) The longest Rocla M-Lock® bridge in Australia (and the second longest in the world) was completed in WA. The 456-metre long road bridge provides a reliable two-lane crossing over a flood plain near Carnarvon. The Bibbawarra Road crossing replaces a gravel road >
Tough little bridge shrugs off major flood
Location: Kiama (Oct 05) Two days before this Rocla M-Lock® bridge was opened to traffic it suffered a textbook "one in one hundred year" storm event. The bridge, over the Minnamurra River near Kiama on the NSW south coast, was overtopped by two to three metres of fast moving >
Huge OSD system quick to install
Location: Wollongong (Oct 05) A modular Rocla® on-site detention (OSD) system provided a fast and efficient solution for Edgewood Estate residential development in Woonona, near Wollongong. The huge OSD system can hold more than 400,000 litres. The original design was made with precast box culverts >
Turning a precast bridge into a landscape feature
Location: Sydney (May 05) A Rocla M-Lock® bridge system with custom-made fascia panels provided an attractive entrance for a new residential development in western Sydney. Twin Creeks is a unique rural residential development set around a golf course at Luddenham in the Nepean Valley. The >
Durable concrete pipe for sewerage upgrade
Location: Milton Ulladulla (May 05) Rocla Pipeline Products recently supplied 540 metres of pressure pipe as part of the upgrade of the Milton- Ulladulla Sewerage Scheme on the NSW South Coast. The 750mm diameter steel-reinforced concrete pressure pipes supplied by Rocla were used in a reclaimed water main >
Culvert OSD provides quick fix for floods
Location: Perth (May 05) The City of South Perth turned an unsightly open drain into an attractive grassed reserve by installing an underground stormwater detention system constructed from Rocla® reinforced concrete box culverts. The shallow drain at the bottom of a hill was causing flooding >
Bunnings goes green with ecoRain®
Location: Brisbane (May 05) The Rocla ecoRain® rainwater utilisation system helped Bunnings to "go green" at its latest Brisbane store by capturing stormwater runoff for reuse. The new Bunnings Warehouse and Garden Centre at Stafford includes two separate ecoRain® systems. One is for recycling >
OSD easy as 1, 2, 3
Location: Traralgon (May 05) Rocla® recently supplied a large sewage detention tank to the Ellivale residential estate at Traralgon, Victoria, for emergency on-site storage. Supervising engineers Beveridge Williams & Co. appointed Smolenaars Plumbing to construct the sewage works. Smolenaars >
Athletes’ village lifts the bar on eco-friendly urban development
Location: Melbourne (May 05) The Commonwealth Games Athletes Village in Melbourne is aiming to set an example for environmentally friendly design of urban developments when it is released for public sale after the games. Houses and apartments built for the athletes will form the basis of a new suburb >
Durable concrete pipe for sewerage upgrade
Location: Milton-Ulladulla (May 05) Rocla Pipeline Products recently supplied 540 metres of pressure pipe as part of the upgrade of the Milton- Ulladulla Sewerage Scheme on the NSW South Coast. The 750mm diameter steel-reinforced concrete pressure pipes supplied by Rocla were used in a reclaimed water main >
MassBloc® handy in a tight corner
Location: Adelaide (Mar 05) The Rocla MassBloc® earth retention system recently helped a South Australian Council out of a tight corner during a road-widening project in the Adelaide Hills. After excavating the steep roadside embankment, the City of Tea Tree Gully's geotechnical engineer >
Quick earth retention solution for sloping site
Location: Batemans Bay (Dec 04) Rocla's MassBloc® earth retention system provided two quick, permanent retaining walls at Long Beach Estate, a residential development at Batemans Bay on the NSW south coast. The walls were built to retain earth on a steep slope in a council reserve and were >
Concrete poles provide quick solution for power line lift
Location: Sydney (Dec 04) Rocla® Concrete Poles supplied 16 Duraspun® concrete power poles to Enerserve (a division of Energy Australia) to raise existing 132kV power lines along the southern part of the Westlink M7. The existing lines, which cross over the M7 route, had to be raised to >
Malaysia’s big rains mean big sales for Rocla® GPTs
Location: Malaysia (Dec 04) Rocla CleansAll® gross pollutant traps are setting the standard for water quality at Malaysia's huge Putrajaya development. Putrajaya, the new administrative centre of the Malaysian Government, is a "green" city with 40% devoted to parks, waterways and >
Industrial OSD system with storage to spare
Location: Sydney (Dec 04) This massive 105,000 litre twin-tank detention system is one of three similar installations at a new industrial development that will store stormwater for reuse. Developer ING is constructing office and factory facilities on a 16.5-hectare site at Rosehill Industrial >
Precast columns speed construction of offices
Location: Melbourne (Jul 04) Melbourne builder-developer CGA Bryson recently selected Rocla® building columns to speed up construction of two multi-level commercial buildings at Mt Waverly. Rocla Building Products is supplying 84 steel-reinforced concrete columns up to 11.2 metres high >
Rocla MassBloc® a valuable complement to Rocla M-Lock®
Location: Cowra (Apr 04) The Rocla MassBloc® retaining wall system has proven to be a valuable complement to Rocla M-Lock® precast bridges, providing a quick and easy solution to abutment protection. Cowra Shire Council in Midwestern NSW recently replaced an ageing timber bridge over >
Precast columns speed up construction
Location: Australia (Apr 04) Rocla® Building Columns can dramatically speed up construction and reduce associated costs in all types of buildings, from single to multi-storey. These hollow-core concrete columns are 30% lighter than solid columns and offer high strength on a small >
Efficient construction delivers lengthy M-Lock® Bridge at lowest cost
Location: Wentworth (Apr 04) Wentworth Shire Council in NSW has completed one of the longest precast concrete Rocla M-Lock® bridge in Australia over the Great Darling Anabranch in the far southwest corner of the State. Comprising nine spans of 12 metres each, the 108-metre Wentworth Bridge is >
Sustainable irrigation for ‘world’s best address’
Location: Wentworth (Apr 04) A rainwater recycling system has boosted the sustainability of Twin Waters Coastal Community on the Queensland Sunshine Coast, which was voted best residential address in the world by the International Real Estate Federation in 2004. The Lend Lease master-planned development >
MassBloc® system provides fast rock fall barrier
Location: Rocky Point (Jan 04) Douglas Shire Council in Far North Queensland has found a new application for the MassBloc® earth retention system, as an economical and effective rock fall barrier. The council constructed a 60-metre-long wall at Rocky Point, 12km north of Mossman on the road to >
Efficient construction delivers lengthy M-Lock® Bridge at lowest cost
Location: Wentworth (Dec 03) Wentworth Shire Council in NSW has completed one of the longest precast concrete Rocla M-Lock® bridge in Australia over the Great Darling Anabranch in the far southwest corner of the State. Comprising nine spans of 12 metres each, the 108-metre Wentworth Bridge is >
MassBloc® dams assist temporary river works
Location: Blayney (Aug 03) When faced with the challenge of carrying out piling work in the middle of the river, the council realised that a row of MassBloc® units would make an effective cofferdam to provide scour protection for the drilling platforms. By combining the blocks with a backfill of >
MassBloc® retaining wall meets need for speedy construction
Location: Narooma (Apr 03) The Rocla MassBloc® permeable retaining wall system was used recently to create two attractive retaining walls behind a shopping centre car park at Narooma on the NSW South Coast. Contractors Narooma Earthmoving planned to use a gabion retention system but time constraints >
Rocla introduces world renowned Naylor Hathernware to the Australian market
Location: Narooma (Jan 70) By far the biggest single threat to ceramic pipes in the process industry is temperature change. When a pipeline is subjected to a rapid change in temperature on a regular basis, the ceramic body can quickly be destroyed by thermal shock. Hathernware is the >
Sleepers – Our track record
Location: Narooma From our first contract in 1971 to supply 125,000 sleepers for the Port Augusta — Whyalla rail link, Rocla has supplied several million sleepers worldwide. Sleepers have been manufactured from one metre, cape (1067mm) standard, and broad (1600mm) gauge track >