Innovation

Novel Construction Fall Session

The Novel Construction Fall Session took place on 23-24 October 2024 at the DoubleTree Fontana Park hotel in Lisbon, Portugal.

We were delighted to welcome more than 85 delegates from around the world to the two-day event, which focused on new technologies, energy transition and sustainable development. The following subjects were presented in the morning of the first day by IPLOCA members and a guest speaker:

- Insight into Digital Trenchless Crossings

Sagar Sheth, Ramboll things that we do for safety. These include validated worker opinion surveys (often called safety culture or safety climate surveys) or tools that measure the quality of things like leadership engagements, rather than just the quantity. We should use the right tool for the right job, and perhaps stop chasing ways to capture safety culture through simplistic and unscientific approaches.

Safety culture is a great concept for talking about safety; it certainly exists and is something we can all feel. But as a management tool it quickly becomes problematic. Don’t waste the time, resources and energy of your safety professionals trying to measure ‘safety culture’ in one go –it’s just not scientifically or practically possible.

To find out more about the science behind the statements made in this article, please visit: www.sciencedirect.com

The peer-reviewed paper was published in the journal Safety Science. As with all CSRA work, this paper is open access and free to download.

- End-to-End Geological Survey and Trenching: A Case Study by Tesmec *

Flavio Villa & Angela Latronico, Tesmec S.p.A.

- Net Zero at the Speed of Trust

Chris Beech, Worley

- Innovative Coating Solutions that Play by the Rules

Somaieh Salehpour, Seal for Life Industrues

- How to Prevent and Resolve Disputes

Virginie Colaiuta, LMS Legal

- Improving Pipeline Hydrotesting with IoT

Alejandro Aguirre, Techint Engineering & Construction

- The Implications of Digitalisation, Automation and AI in Pipeline Engineering and Construction in Light of the Energy Transition

Abhay Chand, Petro IT

- Efficient Modulated Power Generation: Smart Solution for Off-Grid Power Supply

Jason LaValley, LaValley Industries

A workshop was held in the afternoon and participants were divided into small working groups for brainstorming. The group discussions were related to the following subjects:

AI Transformation, Skills & Resources, Standards & Compliance

– Material codes, Energy Transition, Net Zero Construction.

On the second day the following presentations were made and the conclusions from the workshop were presented:

- Net Zero AGI Design & Construction

Zakir Amin, J. Murphy & Sons Limited

- Potential of Decarbonisation of Pipeline Construction Job Sites

Boris Böhm, MAX STREICHER GmbH

- AI-Powered Construction Progress Tracking *

Pierre-Yves Hanson, Denys & Dariusz Ciesla, Al Clearing Inc.

- Hydrogen Pipeline – A FEED study journey

Geoff Cox, Bechtel Energy Inc.

- Achieving ‘Right First Time’ Welding for Hydrogen & CCUS Pipelines

Murdo MacAngus, SERIMAX

* Articles on these topics follow this report.

The presentations are available at www.iploca.com/event/ iploca-novel-construction-fall-session-2024

We would like to thank our generous sponsors, Maats Pipeline Professionals, Monter-strojarske montaže d.d., Seal for Life Industries and SICIM S.p.A., for their support of the event, as well as all those who participated in the Novel Construction Fall Session.

We look forward to our next session which is planned for 1617 April 2025 in Palermo, Italy. The hotel is yet to be defined.