We are pleased to advise that Centre for Pavement Engineering Education (CPEE) Chief Executive Officer Ray Farrelly was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours list. The award is “for service to civil engineering” in respect of “significant contribution to engineering particularly the road construction industry through pavement education and skills training". CPEE Independent Chair, Peter Mitchem made the following statement: “This is wonderful news and...

 With the current boost in infrastructure projects across Australia there is increasing demand for skilled individuals in key technical areas associated with the design, construction and maintenance of road and pavements. Now is a great time to consider further study with the Centre for Pavement Engineering Education (CPEE) and take your career to the next level. CPEE is an accredited private provider of tertiary education and offers online higher education courses that provide a unique...

The CPEE Annual Excellence Award in Teaching gives recognition on an annual basis to academic staff (Unit Chairs) who have demonstrated excellence in teaching or related contribution to curriculum enhancement. As CPEE (Centre for Pavement Engineering Education) is committed to programs that provide graduates with a good fit to employment requirements in the roads, pavements and asset management sector it strongly supports excellence in teaching. This Award is one way to recognise those academics...

One of the ways that CPEE helps sustain the pavements industry is through in-kind support of Standards Australia, the leading independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit standards organisation in Australia. CPEE Executive Manager Professional Development, Dr Kym Neaylon holds the volunteer role of Independent Chair for the Standards Australia Committee CH-025 ‘Bitumen and Related Products (for Roadmaking)’, a position he held long before joining CPEE. The role of Independent Chair requires...

CPEE was pleased to meet with Paul Hamer, Member for Box Hill in the Victorian State Parliament, to discuss our role as a not-for-profit and accredited provider of higher education and short courses servicing the road and pavement sector. While the discussion focused on continuity and changes in the engineering and education sectors, we were also pleased to learn about Paul’s considerable engineering experience - he holds a Master of Engineering and worked in a variety of government and private...

Last week, Centre for Pavement Engineering Education (CPEE) Executive Manager: Professional Development, Dr Kym Neaylon, spent a couple of days in Jakarta as a guest of the 11th Global Asphalt and Pavement Summit.  Kym gave a presentation on bitumen use in Australian pavements, also chaired the Advanced Technology session, and finished with a CPEE training session entitled "Road Pavements and Bitumen for non-road people". 

The Centre for Pavement Engineering Education (CPEE) is very pleased to have received such positive feedback following presentation of our updated short course ‘Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation – Understanding and Evaluating Options’ in Sydney last week. “Thank you for a knowledgeable two days of training.” As is usual practice with CPEE courses, delegates were asked to provide feedback to assist us to improve course offerings and to better meet our educational and training objectives....

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Phil Evans to the Centre for Pavement Engineering Education (CPEE) Academic Board, which further enhances the standing of the Board. Professor Evans is Consultant and Professor of Law in the Faculty of Law at Notre Dame University, Western Australia. Professor Evans is a former practicing civil engineer with over 20 years’ experience in local government and as a consultant in the areas of road and bridge design and construction, geotechnical...

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Murray Erbs to the Centre for Pavement Engineering Education (CPEE) Academic Board, which further enhances the standing of the Board. Murray has over 40 years work experience including 30 years working in local government in a range of rural, regional and urban councils in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. The last 22 years before retiring early in 2017 was as the Senior Engineer in his employing council.

The Federal budget’s injection of $24.5 billion dollars in additional funding for major roads and rail infrastructure as part of its planned $75 billion nation-building infrastructure plan will put a big strain on the supply of experienced and qualified engineers.