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PLUMBING CONNECTION
SUMMER 2015
CONTRIBUTORS
See Pump School on page 58.Ron Astall is a Mechanical Engineer
with long pump industry experience.
With his consultancy, Astech
Pumping Services and through
Strategic Achievement, he has also
been an active provider of pump
industry training. Ron is the current
President of Pump Industry Australia.
RON ASTALL
See Legal Matters on page 20.Paul Cott LLB (Hons), Grad Dip Legal
Practice, LLM is a Senior Associate of
trans-Tasman lawyers Lovegrove Smith
and Cotton. Paul has been in commercial
litigation with a wealth of experience in
building and construction litigation and
advice for a number of years.
PAUL COTT
Roger is a registered plumber and
gasfitter and has been involved
in gas appliance approvals,
investigated gas related incidents
and set up gas spares sales for
Reece plumbing. Eventually Roger
became the Gas Safety Officer for
Energy Safe Victoria.
ROGER LAMBIE
See Gas Matters on page 68. See Solar Fix on page 74.Mathew Briggs has built up a passion
for all things related to solar hot
water parts over the years, including
sourcing parts, installing new
systems and repairing existing units.
Mathew is a commercial plumber and
director of
www.solarhotwaterparts.com.au.
MATHEWBRIGGS
Cecelia is the director of Marketing
Elements, which specialises in PR for
the building and environmental sectors.
She has over 20 years’ experience with
many well-known brands in Australia,
New Zealand and Southeast Asia. Cecelia
develops and delivers PR courses
and she is the chair of the Registered
Consultancies Group Committee for PRIA.
See Business Promotion on page 82.CECELIA HADDAD
Peter Jackson is the Director of
h2o Design Ltd, Deputy Chair of Site
Safe New Zealand and the Plumbers,
Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board.
Peter is also a director of New
Zealand Plumbers Merchants and a
Trustee of Apprenticeship Training
Trust.
PETER JACKSON
See Design Time on page 84.