Become a Corporate Member
WHY BECOME A CORPORATE MEMBER?
Corporate Membership is for organisations engaged in the manufacture of factory-made precast concrete products in Australia.
BENEFITS
- To network with and learn from other National Precast Members, at quarterly meetings and dinners
- Regular emails, keeping you up to date with industry issues
- National Precaster - submit editorial for publication and be listed as a Member, PLUS receive 30 copies to support your own marketing (circulation 55,000 nationally)
- Precast Concrete Handbook - 20% discount on the purchase price
- Your company profile on the National Precast website, www.nationalprecast.com.au
- To participate in major industry exhibitions
- Member rates for precast seminars and workshops
- To promote your company as a National Precast Corporate Member to architects, engineers, builders and developers
- To participate in forums which affect the precast industry
- To participate in the Member Referral Service.
HOW TO BECOME A CORPORATE MEMBER
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CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION
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Eligibility for admission to National Precast Corporate Membership is in accordance with the Constitution of the National Precast Concrete Association Australia Limited and is based on the Board being satisfied that the following Certification criteria be met so as to uphold the standards and integrity of the Association:
1. Wholly or partly engaged in production of factory precast concrete for minimum of 2 years.
2. Adequacy of facilities appropriate for the product range marketed.
3. Financial stability based on independent assessment and provision of 3 satisfactory credit references.
4. Commitment to service and resources utilising quality assurance methods and systems which meet customers requirements.
5. OHS systems which are compliant with all levels of Government legislations.
6. Technical and engineering competence to provide service ranging from advice , basic shop drawings, etc. on simpler projects to feasibility and engineering design on complex projects.
7. Legal and environmental permits compliance.
For criteria (3) to (7) above, the Board has determined minimum ratings which are required to be achieved as part of the precertification procedure.These are listed below in Table 1.
Admission to full membership is conditional on the following:
- It is mandatory to satisfy criteria (1) and (2).
- Scoring the minimum acceptable points rating in each of the Table 1 categories.
- Scoring a minimum aggregate points tally of 24 to 50 points for all the Table 1 categories.
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| TABLE 1 |
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| Criteria |
National Precast Assessment Guidelines |
Score/Range |
Max. Score |
Min. Score |
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| Financial Stability |
1. Verification of 3 trade references
2. Independent Analysis |
0 to 15
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15 |
8 |
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| QA |
Third party accredidation to ISO 9002
Or
No 3rd party, but competent QA system
Or
No formal system , but demonstrably good quality |
Yes/10
Yes/6
Yes/3
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10 |
3 |
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| OH&S |
Formal system complying with government legislation
Or
System with essential legal elements |
Yes/10
Yes/5
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10 |
5 |
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| Technical competence |
Degree of technical and engineering competence to provide service ranging from advice, basic shop drawings, etc. on simpler projects to feasibility and engineering design on complex projects |
0 to 10
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10 |
5 |
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| Environmental compliance |
Has a formal environmental policy which is administered and audited
Or
Has all required statutory environmental permits |
Yes/5
Yes/3
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5 |
3 |
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| TOTAL |
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50 |
24 |
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SCHEDULE OF FEES
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Corporate Member Fees are based on Member’s previous financial year’s gross $ ex-works sales volume as per scale hereunder. Note that ex-works sales excludes cartage and erection.
National Precast is currently offering reduced membership fees for new Corporate Members’ first and second years of membership, with a 50% reduction applicable to the first year and a 25% reduction applicable to the second year (with full fees payable from the third year onwards). The fees below should be calculated and then reduced accordingly.
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Ex-works $ Turnover
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Applicable Fee |
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Up to $1million
$1- $3million
$3-$10million
$10-$20million
+$20million |
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Flat Fee of $3,000
$3,000 + $1.50 per $1,000 over $1million
$6,000 + $1 per $1,000 over $3million
$13,000 + $0.75 per $1,000 over $10million
$20,500 +$0.50 per $1,000 over $20million (CAPPED To $25,900 for 2011/12, thereafter indexed by CPI) * |
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At the beginning of the fiscal year (July), current Corporate Members and Corporate Member applicants shall provide to National Precast, a return of the company’s previous fiscal year’s annual ex-works precast turnover signed for by a Chartered Accountant (Turnover Declaration). This information will be treated by the National Precast as STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL and will be used only by the Executive Officer for the purpose of calculating annual subscriptions in accordance with the formula above.
* Corporate Members whose annual turnover is over $30,800,009 AND who will be paying the capped fee, need not declare their actual turnover and should indicate that they will be paying the capped fee on the Turnover Declaration.
Note: New Corporate Members who are accepted into the Association after 1 July will be entitled to a prorata fee based on the remaining months in the year applied to the previous year’s certified turnover. However, the minimum payment will be $2,000.
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