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Who's Who in the Cement & Concrete Association of New Zealand

Patrick McGuire - Chief Executive
Patrick's engineering career has spanned over 40 years in Australasia, South East Asia and the UK. Prior to taking up his current position with CCANZ Patrick was Executive Director of the Concrete Pipe Association of Australasia. During his career Patrick has worked in both the Government and the private sector. He is committed to standards, quality and sustainability, and sees his greatest challenge as moving the New Zealand psyche from simply being 'green' to being 'sustainable'.

Angelique Van Schaik - Administrator
Angelique brings a wide range of office skills and experience to the role which supports many of the CCANZ key activities. She also oversees the administration of services to our members, so do not hesitate to introduce yourself when you next call.
admin@cca.org.nz

Cathy Castle - Financial Administrator
Cathy has responsibility for the Association's financial systems and provides administration support for the Association. She also provides valuable accounting and secretarial support to the CCANZ allied associations - NZRMCA, NZCMA and Precast NZ.

Technical Services Team

Adam Leach - Information and Communications Manager
Adam brings considerable experience in various roles. His research skills ensure he can source the latest information from around the world, and make him an integral part of the technical enquiry service. He also co-ordinates all CCANZ communications activities, including project and member communications.

Alan Kirby - Project Manager
Alan is a Civil Engineer, with additional qualifications in Concrete Practice and Technology, who has worked on major construction projects throughout the world, including roads and bridges, dams, power stations, tunnels, airfields, and buildings. In New Zealand he was the Concrete Production Manager on the Clyde Dam project in the 1980's, and more recently, the Quality Assurance Engineer on the Second Manapouri Tailrace Tunnel project. Alan's experience with concrete includes sampling and testing, quality control/assurance, mix design, mass concrete, pavement quality concrete, wet and dry shotcrete, lean cement-bound materials for subbases and roadbases, no-fines concrete, precast and ready-mix concrete.

Rob Gaimster - Project Manager
Rob Gaimster, a senior engineer from the United Kingdom, joined the CCANZ team as Project Manager in late 2006. Rob was previously National Technical Manager with heavy building materials giant Cemex Materials UK and is a Past President of the Institute of Concrete Technology. He is a qualified civil engineer and has broad technical knowledge and experience in concrete technology.