History 1966-2023
an ongoing history of achievement In 1966 companies active in the international pipeline construction industry recognised that they had many common interests and problems which could most effectively be addressed through the establishment of an industry association. That same year the then leaders of the international pipeline construction industry met in Paris and established the International Pipe Line Contractors Association. Originally established as a division of the U.S. Pipe Line Contractors Association, IPLCA became fully independent in 1976 after a significant increase in membership. In 1988 the Membership decided that with the growth of the offshore oil and gas industry the Association should become broader based and include those companies working offshore in the oil & gas industry who were not necessarily pipeliners. On 5 May, 1989 the International Pipe Line & Offshore Contractors Association came into being. The Association’s headquarters were later moved to Brussels, and then in 1992 to Ghent, in Belgium. The Ghent office was closed in June 2005, and the office was re-established in Geneva Switzerland, where it remains today. The aims of the Association today remain the same as they were when laid down in Paris in 1966: - To make membership of the Association a reasonable assurance to the public of the skill, integrity and responsibility of its members. - To maintain the standards of the pipeline and offshore contracting business at the level necessitated by its professional character and to establish members of the Association in the public mind as contractors who fulfil their obligations in all good faith. 172
The IPLOCA Yearbook 2023-2024
- To promote more cordial and co-operative relations among pipeline and offshore contractors and between contractors and those with whom they have to deal or with whom they have contact. - To encourage efficiency among contractors and their employees. - To seek correction of injurious, discriminatory or unfair business practice by or against pipeline and offshore contractors. - To eliminate as far as is humanly possible the occurrence of injury and death to contractors’ employees and others by following sound safety practices and by promoting the continued research and development into new, better and safer construction techniques. - To follow the established Codes of Conduct set out by the industry and others with respect to working within a free and competitive market. IPLOCA maintains a close relationship with its sister associations, APGA, DCA, IMCA, PIG, PLCA, PLCAC, ROGCU and various other allied associations. IPLOCA is also a member of the World Federation of Pipe Line Industry Associations. IPLOCA spans the world and its special and unique universe embraces every discipline associated with the construction of on and offshore pipelines and their associated facilities and installations. Its members include the major international players in the industry both on and offshore. IPLOCA Regular Members: Major contractors involved in large and medium diameter international cross-country onshore pipeline construction and gathering, flowline and small diameter pipelines together with the construction of pumping and compressor stations, ancillary oil and gas field construction, mechanical installations, roads,
