Boral Deer Park Quarry
The main activities at the quarry include:
Stripping - the removal of 'overburden' (soil, sub-soil and other material which sits on top of the hard rock resource);
- Drilling and blasting - use of controlled implosions to expose the hard rock for processing;
- Loading and hauling - transfer of rock to the processing plant;
- Crushing and screening - to produce the various grades of aggregate; and
- Stockpiling, sales and transportation - storage and movement of products to market.
On-site maintenance on plant and equipment is also carried out as part of daily operations.
Boral Deer Park Asphalt
The main activity at the asphalt plant is the production of asphalt as customers require it.
The production process requires the use of aggregates from the neighbouring quarry, sand from the Boral Bacchus Marsh Quarry, and bitumen from oil refineries around Melbourne.
A quality assurance laboratory is also located at the asphalt site. Several Boral Logistics transport vehicles are kept at the plant, and contract compaction testing is also managed from the site.
Boral Deer Park Asphalt
The main activity at the asphalt plant is the production of asphalt as customers require it.
The production process requires the use of aggregates from the neighbouring quarry, sand from the Boral Bacchus Marsh Quarry, and bitumen from oil refineries around Melbourne.
A quality assurance laboratory is also located at the asphalt site. Several Boral Logistics transport vehicles are kept at the plant, and contract compaction testing is also managed from the site.
Boral Deer Park Concrete
As with the asphalt plant, the concrete plant's primary activity is the production of pre-mix concrete for building and construction.
This production process also relies upon aggregates from the neighbouring quarry and sand from the Boral Bacchus Marsh Quarry. Cement from Boral's Waurn Ponds Works is the differing 'ingredient'.
The site houses several Boral Logistics 'agitators' (concrete trucks) for the delivery of product to customers.
Boral's Deer Park Operations play a key role in the ongoing growth, development and management of the Melbourne metropolitan area.
To make this contribution, a wide variety of activities take place at each of the sites.
One of the primary channels of communication between Boral's Deer Park Operations, surrounding residents and other stakeholders is the QERC.
The QERC consists of community members, representatives from Government and departmental regulators, and the three Boral businesses located in the precinct.
Its purpose is to share information about the latest happenings at Boral's business sites, review operational and environmental performance, and discuss any matters of concern.
The QERC was re-formed in 2015 after the sale of the neighbouring landfill business to Transpacific Industries required a change to community engagement in the precinct (an Environment Review Committee had previously operated between 2010-12).
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