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ADAANOV1103UpdateCCPHandbookSecondEditionTheCoalCombustionProductsHandbookwasrstreleasedin2007following15yearsofblackcoalresearch.TheoriginalpublishertheCooperativeResearchCentreforCoalinSustainableDevelopmenthasentrustedADAAtotaketheleadinpublishingasecondedition.x1cThisisamajorhonourgiventhehandbookx19slegacyasx18allthingsCCPx19x1dsaidCraigHeidrichADAAChiefExecutiveOfcerwhoservedasaneditorofthersteditionalongwithLilaGurbaandColinWard.Updateswillencompassnewandrelevantresearchdevelopingmarketsandtrendskeylegislativechangesandorexemptionsandbrowncoalashinformation.Workoverthepastyearhasfocusedonrecruitingnewauthorsreviewestablishingatableofcontentsandcreatingaleadershipcommission.Thenext12monthswillfocusonthepublicationx19svariousdraftstagesandreviewsbytheEditorialReferenceGroup.AimTheeditorsofthisneweditionhaveafewsimpleaimsthatwillbeimplemented.Therstbeingtoupdateandincludenewandrelevantresearchthentoupdatemarketdevelopmentsandtrends.Nexttheyarelookingtoincorporateandupdatelegislativechangesandorexemptionsaswellasincorporatebrowncoalashinformation.Andlastlytheyplantomakeotherminoramendmentswithinthecontextofcoalcombustionproducts.ProgresstoDatePresentlythisprojectisfollowinganagreedtimelineofactions.ThestagesthathavebeencompletedthusfarareTableofContentsreviewEstablishnewcontentCommissionnewAuthorsforcontributionDevelopworkingdraftsThisperiodofaccomplishmentshasapproximatelyoccupiedthelast12months.NextstepsTheupcomingtasksthatwillbeundertakenaccordingtothesuggestedtimelineareCompleteworkingdraftsCanvasdraftstotheEditorialReferenceGroupFinalsign-offofcontentProongandpublishingTheseenvisagedcommitmentsarepredictedforcompletionintheimpending12months.PreviouseditionoftheCCPHandbookunderreviewTheHunterExpresswaya40-kmprojectintheHunterRegionNSWispresentinguniquechallengesfortheRTA.Inonesectionpastminingoperationsleftlargevoidsintheground.Engineersrsthadtopinpointtheexactlocationofeachthencomeupwithastrategy.Voidswithin15metresofthesurfacearegenerallyexcavatedandreplacedwithcompactedsoil.Thosebelow15metresarelledwithayashbasedgroutwhichisinjectedintoboreholes.AnothersectionoftheprojectthroughtheSugarloafRegioninvolvesbuildingthreesetsoftwinviaductsatheightsof3437and42metres.Thesestructuresx19longspanshelpreducethevegetationfootprintminimisingtheimpactonAboriginalheritageatMinmiCreek.Whatx19smorethetechniqueemployedofusingayashbasedgroutprovidedgoodstrengthanddurabilitywhilstreducingcosts.InvestigationworkinSugarloafincludingdrillingstartedinmid-2010andminevoiddrillingstartedinlate2010.GroutinginSugarloafhasalsobeenunderwaysincelate2010.TheconstructionoftheviaductsthroughSugarloafisscheduledforcompletionin2013andtheentireprojectisscheduledtobenishedandopenedtotrafcattheendof2013.InnovativeSolutionforTheHunterExpresswayProjectTheHunterExpresswayprojectunderway