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I hope this communication finds you all very well, and many thanks to all our clients, new and old, for continuing support.
During November and December 2023, CORREX was making inroads into becoming one of the ‘approved training providers’ for CITB, Construction Industry Training Board. I am very pleased to say that we gained this status in the last couple of weeks before the close of 2023. What this means is that the ICATS courses are now subject to a levy payment for clients that are registered with CITB and have their own unique employer CITB levy registration number. For example, our main course, ICA, Industrial Coating Applicator, is a Tier 3 course and now has a levy payment of £240 per student.
If you have your own number, please let me know, and when you carry out any training, I can add them to our portal, and then payments are automatic.
Please contact me if you require further information. We will also be introducing a complete suite of new forms very soon. These forms will replace any you have and are ISO 17024 (training provider qualification) compliant. Trainers and companies will also be sent emails updating this information.
I hope you enjoy a really good and prosperous new year.
Kind regards
Kevin Harold CORREX Ltd Managing Director
kevin@paintel.co.uk
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Welcome to the first issue of 2024!
Our present issue is dedicated to the theme “Corrosion in Concrete”. Problems with concrete structures have continued to dominate our headlines of late.
Paul Chess has authored the first technical article, “Recent Advances in understanding of corrosion of steel in concrete”. This article is a condensed and restricted version of his recent book. The corrosion process in reinforced concrete is a lot more complex than previously considered. Paul Chess has described the corrosion of steel in concrete very well. The second article is “The performance and assessment of galvanic anodes in concrete structures,” authored by C. Stone, G. Glass, and D. Bewley.
This article discusses the development of galvanic corrosion control for reinforced concrete structures, taking into account the evaluation and performance of the system through three case studies. Chris Atkins has written the third article, “Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in the UK” which follows on from his recent talk to our North West branch.
We invite industry news, technical articles, and articles for fellow’s corner from you in whichever part of the world you are based please send all your content for consideration to editor@icorr.org
I would like to wish you all the success and happiness in 2024.
Dr Shagufta Khan, FICorr
Consulting Editor
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Dear Members,
Welcome to our New Year edition of Corrosion Management. I do hope you all had a well-earned rest and enjoyed your break. You will have noted from our Nov/Dec magazine that we have a very full diary programme for the next 6 months across our branches, with more events still to be announced by our North-West and Midlands branches. Our training divisions also have very full schedules ahead of them. During 2024, we also expect to roll out more in-company training courses, both in the UK and overseas.
This year marks a very special occasion for the Corrosion World with the 100th anniversary of the publication in 1924 by U. R. Evans: The Corrosion of Metals, the first textbook specifically devoted to the subject. Ulick Richardson Evans studied at King’s College, Cambridge, and was described in the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society as the “Father of the modern science of corrosion and protection of metals.” His major contribution to the subject involved placing on a firm foundation for the electrochemical nature of corrosion. Ulick
continued to publish research papers for the next 50 years, as well as updating his classic text, which was subsequently translated into many languages, including German, French, and Russian. The works of Ulick have been taught to numerous young Corrosion Engineers and for over 60 years, our own institute has continued to educate and train others in the prevention of corrosion.
The prime mover and brainchild for the formation of an Association of Corrosion Engineers in the UK was Dr. John Tiratsoo, who was the owner and driving force behind a magazine called ‘Corrosion Prevention and Control.’ He initially included in this magazine a section entitled ‘Corrosion Engineer,’ which was first issued in April 1959 and he then convened the inaugural meeting on the 21st May of that year at their offices at 97 Old Brompton Road, London. The association was therefore formed on that date, and an announcement was made to the national press at a social event at the Rembrandt Hotel on the 29th May 1959. With that in mind, the Institute has been exploring, of late, the possibility of some new U.K. branches and also further Overseas representation in the Middle East and Far East. The first of these will cover Wales and the South-West Region, which will host its inaugural event and AGM on 21st March 2024, and we are optimistic for a Central Scotland branch following that later in Q2 2024.
I wish you all every success in the year, head, wherever you work and in whatever you do, to help us grow our much-respected organisation.
With my best regards,
Stephen Tate, President: Institute of Corrosion
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Dear Members,
With many thanks to all those who have supported our events in any way during the past year. So many of you we know, work really hard behind the scenes preparing our educational and training activities, writing articles for our magazine and social media postings, encouraging new members, raising new sponsorships and generally helping to grow the institution. We are a unique and very personal organisation that aims to support industry and corrosion professionals towards achieving the best they can in corrosion prevention and corrosion career development.
Our institute has seen many changes this year, with accelerated training provision, new courses being offered and developed, and most importantly, a progressive return to our in-person activities. We shall be careful, however, to retain some hybrid and online event options to continue to engage with our increasing overseas and student membership. The final weekly Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection UK Government update was published on March 24, 2023, almost 3 years exactly after the pandemic was officially announced. It is fair to say that since then, our ‘Face to Face’ calendar has been pretty much in full swing, with many branch-led events and also our key CED/YICorr and CSD Conferences / YEP launches in London and Bristol, respectively, along with our most recent AGM and Science Council events in Birmingham. October 30, 2023, was a very significant milestone in the ICorr calendar with our three-yearly HQ audit for ISO 9001 recertification, for which we are indebted to HQ Staff, Chris Williams our QMS Lead, Bill Hedges who instigated our new Document SharePoint and for Auditing Guidance to Kevin Harold, our CORREX (ICATS Training Arm) Managing Director.
Most recently Brenda Peters and Paul Lambert greatly assisted us with our Science Council Audit. Earlier in the year we welcomed into our fold, of course, Dr. Shagufta Khan as our new Corrosion Management Editor and George Winning our new Treasurer and wish them continued success in their respective roles. This year, we are sadly saying goodbye from the ICorr Council to David Harvey, our Engineering Council Lead/CEng Direct Champion for so many years, and Anthony Collins, our Honorary Treasurer for nearly 30 years. It is rare to see such long and generous service in the voluntary sector, and we wish them both well as they enjoy a well-earned rest with their families.
You will see Dr. Yunnan Gao, our Vice President working increasingly with me over the coming 12 months in support of Events and for taking forward our development plans for the Institute. Also of course, Anthony Setiadi, who will be our new Engineering Council Lead going forward. We do hope you all have a well-earned rest when it comes and ready for the busy new ICorr year ahead. Wishing you all every success in all you do in 2024. Stephen and Yunnan.
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The Institute of Corrosion is very pleased to welcome its newest corporate member, Oceaneering International (OI), a global provider of engineered services and products, primarily to the offshore energy industry, including renewables. Many Oceaneering employees are already ICorr members who have long supported our branch activities. Its Integrity Management and Digital Solutions (IMDS) group combines the strength of our asset integrity segment and our global data solutions business to optimise digital and software solutions for our integrity management services. Oceaneering has long delivered safe, agile, integrated project execution and integrity management across the asset life cycle, across a range of facilities and industries, onshore and offshore.
From remote inspection to capturing and managing data more effectively, Oceaneering offers a range of integrity solutions that optimise inspection and maintenance regimes to deliver significant time and cost savings.
With nearly 60 years of experience in underwater and harsh environments, Oceaneering is committed to advancing technologies that ensure the safety of the people and places where we live and work, and to reduce the carbon footprint of our operations and those of our customers, applying its core capabilities to the offshore energy, defence, aerospace, manufacturing, logistics, science and research, and also the entertainment industries.
CAPTIONS:
Oceaneering – New Aberdeen Support Facility and Warehouse.
Oceaneering – advanced NDT and rope access-based inspection services.
Oceaneering – IMDS services.
