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This month has seen the long awaited ‘buried pipe’, which will allow candidates on the CP Course to carry out testing of instrumentation on a live piece of buried pipe, installed at the IMechE Training facility in Sheffield.   This has been a labour of love and frustration for many over a long period of time, but it is also a symbol of what can be achieved when two organizations with some very determined people put their heads together. This will bring an enhanced learning experience for people attending CP training in Sheffield. There has also been much time and effort put in by many in recent months looking at how we can be the best in class at the training we offer.
The other wonderful news this month is that we are now in possession of our new home, 5 Saxon Court Northampton. My sincerest thanks go to Trevor Osborne for the hard and diligent work that he has put in to make this possible. It has been the wish of Council for some time to see us in a permanent location and that has now been realised. There are some changes that need to be made to the property, but we are looking at a move in date of November, and we would welcome a visit from you all.
I was lucky enough this month to have a tour of the Sir David Attenborough polar vessel just prior to the hull being launched, but the weather made it feel like a shipyard in Singapore rather than Birkenhead!
We have held productive PDTC and Council meetings, there is good progress being made in our efforts to provide up to date and interesting new courses, and you should see the results of this in coming months. Council was as ever a lively debate with good progress being seen by the Membership committee.  I would like to take this opportunity to thank Bob Crundwell for his years of service to the Institute as a Past President and active role in the institute, Bob has decided to stand down from Council and we wish him all the best.
I hope you all continue to enjoy the summer.
Sarah Vasey, ICorr President
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Dave Griffiths being awarded a plaque and certificate by ICorr President, Sarah Vasey in recognition of his contributions to training.
The Institute of Mechanical Engineers training centre in Sheffield (Engineering Training Solutions) has confirmed that Dave Griffiths has retired from his consulting role in support of the ICorr courses provided by IMechE.
Dave’s role with IMechE, and previously ARL, was multi-faceted and has been a key part of the ICorr training provided first in Rotherham, and latterly in the brand new training centre in Sheffield. Dave delivered training to many of the Painting Inspector groups but also acted as Scheme Manager and provided invaluable support to ICorr’s Professional Development Training and Certification (PDTC) Committee over a considerable number of years.
Dave was recently awarded a plaque and certificate by ICorr President, Sarah Vasey, in recognition of his contribution to training, and all at ICorr take this opportunity wish him well.
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It has been a very busy few months since I last wrote to you. I recently returned from a week in Houston where I attended the Offshore Technology Conference, and it was encouraging to see the number of attendees were once again up and people I spoke to all seemed buoyant about the state of the industry.
I have also had the pleasure of attending the CEOCOR conference, which was a wonderful success, with delegate number exceeding our initial expectations, and the level of discussion and debate at the conference was first class. Our thanks must go to the organizing committee who have been hard at work on this for over 12 months, also to the CEOCOR Chairman, Brian Wyatt, for partnering with ICorr for such a mutually beneficial event to be held in the UK. I am sure that this will have helped to cement the working relationship between CEOCOR and ICorr. Undoubtedly the organizing committee will not thank me for this, but if you do have any joint conferences that you would like to work with ICorr on, please let me know.
Another very successful CED Working Day was held by Nick Smart and his committee, and I had the pleasure of presenting the second Paul McIntyre award to the worthy recipient, Dr John Broomfield.
Plans continue to move, under the watchful eye of Trevor Osborne, to a new permanent home for the Institute, and we are at advanced stages in discussions for a property in Northampton, but as you can all appreciate this is not a done deal until we have the keys in our possession.
PDTC have recently had a lively committee meeting that was kindly hosted at Elecometer, and I do believe that the future of our training offerings looks bright. All details of upcoming courses are on the website or you can contact the office for more detailed information. We have a Fundamentals of Corrosion course scheduled for next month.
The passion which is displayed by our volunteers continues to be what drives the Institute forward, and with passion comes strong commitment, which can only advance our aims further. Â Â
Finally there is another PDTC meeting and a Council meeting schedule for next month, and I will update you on the outcome of these in the next issue.
Sarah Vasey, ICorr President
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