Annual Review 2015
Contents
Year in Review
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The President
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Professional Board
6
Membership, Education and Registration Committee
7
Branch Management Committee
9
Technical Group Committee
11
Younger Members’ Committee
12
Institute of Rail Welding
13
Awards 2015
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Accounts 19 Boards and committees membership Professional Board 20 Membership, Education and Registration Committee
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Registration Committee 22 Education Committee 23 Branch Management Committee 24 Institute of Rail Welding 25 Association for Welding, Fabrication, Training and Education Management Committee 26 Younger Members’ Committee 27 Welding and Cutting Editorial Panel 27 Skillweld Committee 28 International Institute of Welding UK Section Committee 29
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Year in Review
The Welding Institute is a Professional Engineering Institution that provides membership benefits for welding, materials joining and materials integrity engineers, technologists and technicians, and is licensed by the Engineering Council to register Engineering Technicians, Incorporated Engineers and Chartered Engineers. As a business unit within TWI Ltd, one of the world’s largest independent research and technology organisations, The Welding Institute provides members with access to information, resources, products and services that develop and sustain professional competence in its range of technologies across all engineering sectors.
Eur Ing Chris Eady CEng MRAeS FWeldI Associate Director of TWI
Registration of professional engineering competence in welding, materials joining and materials integrity is not only recognition of personal achievement in the application of knowledge, skills and behaviour but also provides customer confidence in product quality and product safety. Every member of The Welding Institute is a stakeholder in the competence assurance process and there are many ways in which your stakeholder involvement has influenced and advanced the profession. The governance of The Welding Institute is under the direction of the Council and the Professional Board, with the membership and registration policies and procedures implemented and operated by the Membership, Education and Registration Committee. The assessment and recommendation of applicants for registration is undertaken by professional members, and it is this peer review of professional competence by registered professionals that is the greatest benefit of industry stakeholder involvement; effectively, the members of The Welding Institute regulate professional competence for welding, materials joining and materials integrity. As I hope you will enjoy reading in this review, 2015 was a year that presented challenges and opportunities, setbacks and successes but, overall, reaffirmed the relevance and value of The Welding Institute to the engineering profession, and its continued quality of service to its members and their customers.
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The President
TWI had a historical day on 16 September 2015, when HRH The Princess Royal opened the new laboratories at Granta Park. The Princess Royal’s visit marked the completion of a large-scale construction programme supported by the government, which will allow TWI to extend the scope and scale of the work it carries out for its industry partners in workspace specifically designed for research and education in materials science, joining technologies and engineering processes.
Bertil Pekkari Hon FWeldl President of The Welding Institute
The year 2015 was mixed for TWI, with the first half in particular being a successful period. There were of course many highlights for the year, including the completion of the three new buildings at Granta Park and new headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, the receipt of much-increased planning permission for construction on the development land, significant orders from key clients outside the oil and gas sector, and the order intake achievement for the EU Horizon 2020 programme. TWI Group turnover, results and cash generation in 2015 all ended slightly below target, which must be judged to be fully acceptable, when we take into account the less positive market conditions. It is indeed encouraging to note a continuing rise in the membership statistics for The Welding Institute. The professional age profile for the membership is fairly stable, in contrast to many other organisations which are experiencing ageing members. This positive development is a result of a well-structured strategic plan with defined objectives, annual targets, milestone achievements and aspirational targets looking ahead to 2019. These so-called KPIs (key performance indicators) are regularly followed up. I wish to thank everyone in TWI for their strong engagement, efforts and valuable contributions throughout 2015 to the continuous positive development of the TWI Group.
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A Time to Reflect
‘All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.’
Eur Ing David Howarth CEng FWeldI Outgoing Chairman, Professional Board
It is appropriate to quote the Bard in the 400th year since his birth. As I enter the sixth age, it is a time for reflection. It is almost a decade since I took over the role as chairman of the Professional Board. I have seen changes to the Professional Affairs Group, organisationally and operationally. Staff retiring, leaving for pastures new, and new starters. I believe there has been a 100 per cent turnover during my tenure. The membership of the board too has also seen many elections, re-elections and completions of the maximum term. I have been part of TWI Council and the Finance and General Purposes Committee and seen the huge changes in TWI in terms of new buildings and the introduction of the National Structural Integrity Research Centre. I have met many interesting people, all of whom have a passion for the industry they support. I have always been amazed at the breadth of knowledge and years of experience which are brought together around the meeting table. From characters who can be quite vociferous to the more reserved individuals who prefer the quiet word in your ear. The jokes that are shared over dinner and the conversations made over a drink afterwards, that put the world to right and the not so! Who can forget the delicious homemade cakes provided by the Women’s Institute when we hired a venue in the village during the new build at TWI? Or taking part in the karaoke as part of the Austrian delegation at one of the IIW meetings? In all this, I must thank all the members and staff for their support and advice, for which as chairman I am grateful. I am sure my successor will also enjoy the role and gain much from it; I wish them all the best.
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Membership, Education and Registration Committee
I am pleased to report on the progress our professional institute has made in preserving its status as a growth institution during the 2015 calendar year. However, sustaining this success over the past two years has not been without several challenges, with TWI staff and volunteers having not only to manage an increase in applications on a global scale, but to do so while TWI’s Cambridge facility underwent a significant transformation into delivering a 21st-century world-class establishment, which I hope many, if not all of you will visit and use many times within your career. Professor Steve Jones PhD CEng FWeldI Professor in Joining and Additive Manufacturing Sciences
As our professional membership continues to grow on both a domestic and an international front, we as a team have needed to adapt to meet these increasing demands. Therefore I am extremely pleased to report to you that in meeting such commitments, which one would expect from a professional institute, we have recruited several new staff and have increased our volunteer base substantially. I hope many of you are already finding this personally advantageous. In terms of this membership support, we continue to strive to provide applicants and existing professional members with improved turnaround times and enhanced benefits respectively. I would like to emphasise to our members that we encourage you to utilise these benefits, which include access to a professional network of industrial and academic personnel, and a first-class IT infrastructure to exploit such systems as ‘Weldasearch’ to support your own research interests. In my professional opinion, obtaining professional membership could be considered akin to acquiring the keys to a welding pracademic environment; what you do when you unlock the door is up to you, but I would encourage all members to exploit this wealth of knowledge and experience to cultivate your growth or maintain your status as a professional engineer. Regarding the challenges our professional community faces with an ageing workforce, I am pleased to report that we are still seeing a favourable statistical shift in professional membership below the age of 50. This positive movement in the demographic profile is further evidence of a continued requirement and endorsement for specialised engineering competency, which our members provide into the manufacturing and mechanical engineering sectors.
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The achievements realised in 2015 continue to place our industry and institution in a healthy state for the future, but we cannot be complacent, and we must maintain our enthusiastic drive for more competent practitioners. Only by permeating a professional and conscious competency into all that we do will our members and our institute prevail in raising the profile of our importance to the manufacturing sector. Finally, I would like to report to you that it has been a great honour and pleasure to have led the MERC for the past six years, through some challenging times encountered within the manufacturing sector. It therefore gives me great pleasure to welcome your new Membership, Education and Registration Committee Chairman Mr Paul Jordinson, who will take the lead of this committee into the next decade. Paul has a wealth of knowledge and experience of welding engineering that is built upon a career both as a practitioner and engineer of the science; he was also vice chairman of this committee for the past six years. With the experience the committee has within both its leadership and wider group as a whole, the future of its membership development is in very good hands. I wish him and the committee well for the future, and sincerely thank them for all their support during my time as chairman.
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Branch Management Committee
The Welding Institute Branch Management Committee meets twice a year in Cambridge, where we discuss many important topics and, when appropriate, implement them for the benefit of the branches and members. I am pleased to report that the vast majority of our branches remain active, with the exception of a few who have struggled over the last year. However, we have managed to encourage new voluntary committee members, who I know will inspire the membership in these branches to attend and support the lectures the branches provide. Colin Galbraith AWeldI Chairman of the Branch Management Committee
In the few locations where branch activities have been reduced, much blame can be allocated to the drop in the price of oil in 2015. This trend is continuing, and this has massively reduced the amount of UK members employed in the welding and cutting and supporting industries. Both onshore and offshore oil and gas industry contracts have reduced significantly, causing loss of employment among our membership and affecting attendance levels at branch and technical meetings. Technical meetings and lectures are extremely important and attended by many members and non-members. They provide excellent lecture content and the professional guest speakers are of great value – thanks to them once again for supporting The Welding Institute’s industrial and individual members with updates on all the latest developments. Our annual conference, ‘Developments in fabrication with CRA materials’, held in Newcastle upon Tyne, was attended by a large number of varied delegates, who provided excellent feedback regarding the conference’s content. Global branches are doing extremely well and recruitment of new members is excellent. TWI Cambridge’s new buildings and facilities were officially opened by HRH The Princess Royal in September 2015. The management committee suggests visiting this impressive new build should be arranged by all.
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Young member recruitment is slow. The Welding Institute encourages branches to offer free membership to students for 12 months, and ‘welding with chocolate’ demonstrations and visits to technical centres. Branch representatives are encouraged to contact companies, universities, colleges, all schools and any other training centres where representatives from the branches can arrange a suitable day and time to give a lecture and inspire the attendees on the benefits of joining The Welding Institute. Finally, many thanks to the many unpaid volunteers who represent us and present at our branch lectures, technical meetings and annual conference – their involvement is essential and any success we have is due to their inspiring others to become members.
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Technical Group Committee
The year 2015 was a most satisfying time for the technical groups, with eight meetings taking place and one particular group meeting twice during the year. Meetings were held at four locations, namely Cambridge, Rotherham, Manchester and Aberdeen. The total number of attendees at these meetings exceeded 450; one group, Structural Integrity, registered just below 100 participants (a record). Details of the formation of the new Manufacturing Technical Group (replacing the Advanced Structures Technical Group) were finalised, with a target for the first meeting to take place in spring 2016. Two successful meetings of the technical group chairmen and secretaries where held at Abington, both of which were very well attended. Overall it was a most successful year for technical groups. Special thanks are due to the chairs, secretaries and, particularly, the speakers, without whom the technical groups could not function. Technical Group secretaries and chairs
David Ellis CEng FWeldI Technical Group Committee Chair and Coordinator
Younger Members’ Committee
In 2015, the Institute was able to continue the good work of the past few years in promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) across the UK. Our most popular workshop has continued to be welding with chocolate. We ran a number of these workshops at local schools over the course of the year, as well as at STEM fairs and Easter holiday events for schoolchildren. There has also been increased involvement from the branches in organising events and workshops in their local areas, further increasing our reach. Matt Haslett Chairman of the Younger Members’ Committee
In addition, we have also been involved in many other events, including engineering workshops for secondary school students, careers events and tours and visits to TWI’s lab facilities and new buildings. These events have been organised and supported by the Institute’s Younger Members’ Committee and I am grateful for the time and effort put in by everybody involved. We will continue to try to increase our contribution to the promotion of our technologies among the younger generation, as they will help determine and shape the future path for welding and joining.
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Institute of Rail Welding
The Institute of Rail Welding (IoRW) is a corporate membership organisation focused on rail welding. It is a technical body supported by the UK’s two major rail infrastructure controllers, Network Rail and Transport for London. The IoRW aims to raise the awareness of track welding and provides focus for good practice, competence and rail welding development. As the drive for faster train speeds, heavier freight and higher traffic density continues, coupled with the national aim of a 24/7 railway, the need for smarter working practices, innovation and novel solutions increases. This presents ongoing engineering challenges, particularly as rail and track component materials become more and more sophisticated.
Eur Ing Bob Sawdon CEng FWeldI Vice Chairman IoRW
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Each member company is entitled to a seat on the IoRW management committee, which brings together infrastructure controllers, welding suppliers, welding contractors, safety experts and training specialists. A key benefit of membership is the opportunity to receive high-level industry briefings, updates on standards and key safety information. Recent achievements have included the successful adoption of ISO 3834 ‘Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials’. This standard has been adapted by the IoRW to suit the needs of rail welding. The system is managed under the TWI CL Welder Fabricator Certification Scheme. Some 15 companies have successfully achieved ISO 3834 status, giving confidence to the country’s infrastructure controllers that every aspect of rail welding is accompanied by highlevel quality assurance.
The Welding Institute Annual Awards 2015
The Welding Institute’s Annual Awards and Dinner took place on 30 June at King’s College, Cambridge, with over 200 invited guests from industry and academia. The evening began with an awards ceremony introduced by TWI Chief Executive Christoph Wiesner. Grahame Nix, David Howarth and Peter Bateman presented a series of awards in recognition of major contributions made in welding, joining and engineering related technologies. Guest speaker Professor Andrew Sherry, Chief Science and Technology Officer at the National Nuclear Laboratory spoke about welding as the common theme in every engineering activity and acknowledged the breadth and significance of welding knowledge as gathered through fundamental research for industry over more than 70 years. In referring to Allan Ramsay Moon, the first Director of Research at the British Welding Research Association (later The Welding Institute) and his early investigations in welding research and shipbuilding challenges, Andrew stressed the importance of solid theory joined up with innovation and ‘business brilliance’ in answer to today’s engineering integrity challenges. He went on to highlight developments in the nuclear industry – in design, in materials, and in manufacturing; including novel joining techniques that are key to engineering integrity in engineering structures – noting that many of these advances were made by TWI. Andrew paid tribute to TWI’s most recent work to establish the National Structural Integrity Research Centre, a postgraduate educational establishment embedded at its headquarters in Cambridge, to develop the industrial knowledge and skills base of the next generation of engineers. He concluded: ‘It is these seamless teams, the industry-academia collaborations, which will make this work. The key to it all is in the interface.’ TWI Chief Executive Christoph Wiesner thanked Professor Sherry and the guests, notably the Professional Members of The Welding Institute, Industrial Members and customers of TWI, academic partners and business associates, acknowledging those who continue to serve and support the organisation. The Welding Institute Awards are awarded by the Council of The Welding Institute on an annual basis. To read about the background to each award or for a nomination form, please visit www.theweldinginstitute.com. The Armourers and Brasiers’ Company Awards series is a regular feature at this event.
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Except where otherwise stated, the awards were presented by Grahame Nix, Chairman of TWI Council. Dr Jonathan Parker, EPRI The Brooker Award (donated by Johnson Matthey plc) is awarded annually in recognition of the recipient’s personal contribution to the science, technology and industrial exploitation of metal joining. It recognises the high industrial, research or educational responsibility of a character who has beneficially influenced the advancement of metal joining technology. Presented by Jack Willingham, Johnson Matthey. Teresa Waller, Brunel University The Bevan Braithwaite Award for Enterprise is made in recognition of the recipient’s enterprise to the benefit of welding and joining. It recognises enthusiastic and passionate promotion of a vision, and strategic drive to make that vision a reality.
Sullivan Smith, TWI The Leslie Lidstone Award is awarded annually to the person under 40 years of age who is deemed to have made the most significant contribution, not associated with the manufacture and supply of welding consumables and equipment, to the advancement of welding technology during the five-year period preceding the year of the award.
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Brian Whitney, Network Rail The Larke-Lillicrap Award is made annually to the individual or team who has had most influence or impact upon the practical application of novel welding or joining knowledge or technology. The subject may be presented in a published academic or research paper but the nomination will be assessed on its practical application value and impact on welding and joining in real-world engineering. Honorary Fellowships Prof Luisa Coutinho, Instituto Superior Tecnico Lisbon Ian Laing (not present)
Distinguished Service Awards are offered in recognition of outstanding contributions to The Welding Institute on a national basis, as a result of which the position of the Institute has been significantly advanced. Eur Ing David Howarth, Lloyd’s Register
Prof Steven Jones, Coventry University
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The TWI Commendation Award provides recognition for special achievements by a member of TWI staff. Nick Farrant, TWI (not present) Steve Willis (pictured) and Dr Mike Troughton, TWI (not present). The Richard Weck Award is an annual award made to the TWI author(s) of the Industrial Members’ Report from the Core Research Programme considered most worthy in the year of issue.
The Welding Institute Branch Loyal Service Awards are given by The Welding Institute’s Professional Board, in recognition of outstanding service to the Branches. Presented by Eur Ing David Howarth, Lloyd’s Register.
Left to right: David Howarth (presenter), Eoghainn Macleod (Scottish Branch), Dr David Harvey (South Wales Branch), Richard Waud (North Scottish Branch).
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SkillWeld Trophy 2014 Dean Macdonald, Doosan Babcock (not present) The Armourers and Brasiers’ Company Awards series, supporting education and innovation in metals and materials: All awards presented by Peter Bateman, Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers
Technician of the Year Matt Spinks, TWI
Best PhD Student Laura Vivar, TWI
Best TWI/OU Foundation Degree Student Karl Nicholson, Tata Steel
Best STEM Ambassador Joanna Nicholas, TWI
Best STEM Ambassador Runner-up Jenny Crump, TWI
Best STEM Ambassador Runner-up Nicholas Brown, TWI
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Accounts
Accounts for the year to 31 December 2015 Income Professional subscriptions WJS subscriptions Engineering Council External project work Management fee IIW/EWF audits Institute of Rail Welding Meeting income
2015 £000s
2014 £000s
490.2 32.5 45.8 72.0 18.7 21.0 12.3
320.9 83.0 37.7 19.9 63.0 0.1 34.5 11.2
692.5
570.3
407.0 0.9 1.5 1.9 68.5 62.0 12.2 45.8 18.1 59.9 9.7 14.5 4.6 3.0
369.4 0.2 4.9 2.0 42.6 43.8 11.1 37.7 20.0 43.2 7.8 14.5 8.9 1.9
709.6
608.0
(17.1)
(37.7)
Expenditure Salaries Repairs, renewals and computing Direct materials/event costs Consultants’ fees Travel and subsistence Branch costs Promotional costs Engineering Council Stationery, printing and office equipment Welding and Cutting Postage and telecoms Rent, rates and service charge Recruitment and training VAT disallowed
Net profit/(loss)
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Boards and committees membership
Professional Board Chairman
Eur Ing
David
Howarth
CEng FWeldI
Vice Chairman
Mr
Stephen
Webster
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Donald
Atkinson
EngTech TechWeldI
Dr
Graham
Barritte
CEng FWeldI
Dr
Stephen
Beech
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Vikas
Bhandari
CEng MWeldI
Dr
Peter
Boothby
FWeldI
Mr
Iain
Boyd
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Herbert
Buckingham
CEng FWeldI
Eur Ing
Andy
Byne
CEng SenMWeldI
Mr
Alan
Caborn
CEng FWeldI
Dr
Daniel
Clark
CEng FWeldI
Eur Ing
Mark
Cozens
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Bernard
Dawe
MWeldI
Eur Ing
Alan
Denney
CEng FWeldI
Eur Ing
Jacqueline
Dixon
CEng SenMWeldI
Mr
Colin
Galbraith
AWeldI
Mr
Jeffrey
Garner
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Roy
Hadfield
IEng MWeldI
Eur Ing
Ian
Hogarth
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Matthew
Inglis
CEng SenMWeldI
Mr
Peter
Jackson
CEng MWeldI
Mr
Paul
Madin
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Eric
Martin
CEng FWeldI
Eur Ing
David
Rowe
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Adam
Saxty
CEng MWeldI
Mr
Wisdom
Simenda
CEng SenMWeldI
Mr
Joseph
Small
EngTech MWeldI
Eur Ing
David
Taylor
CEng FWeldI
Professor
Steven
Jones
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Julio
Tolaini
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Nicholas
Marshall
AWeldI
Mr
Matthew
Haslett
CEng MWeldI
Ex Officio Members
20
Boards and committees membership
Membership, Education and Registration Committee Chairman
Professor
Steven
Jones
CEng FWeldI
Vice Chairman
Eur Ing
Paul
Jordinson
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Iain
Boyd
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Alan
Caborn
CEng FWeldI
Eur Ing
Mark
Cozens
CEng FWeldI
Eur Ing
Jacqueline
Dixon
CEng SenMWeldI
Eur Ing Professor
Robert
Fenn
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Max
George
CEng FWeldI
Eur Ing
David
Godfrey
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Owen
Gorton
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Roy
Hadfield
IEng MWeldI
Eur Ing
Ian
Hogarth
CEng FWeldI
Eur Ing
Crawford
Lochhead
CEng FWeldI
Eur Ing
John
Marlow
CEng FWeldI
Eur Ing
David
Millar
CEng FWeldI
Dr
Philippa
Moore
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Greg
Morrison
IEng MWeldI
Mr
Alan
Rodgers
IEng FWeldI
Eur Ing
David
Rowe
CEng FWeldI
Eur Ing
Robert
Sawdon
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Joseph
Small
EngTech MWeldI
Mr
Julio
Tolaini
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Raju
Vulla
CEng SenMWeldI
Mr
Andrew
Wilby
CEng SenMWeldI
Mr
David
Hodgson
AWeldI
Mr
Stephen
Norrish
EngTech TechWeldI
Mrs
Joanna
Nicholas
CEng MWeldI
Mr
Karl
Nicholson
IEng MWeldI
Engineering Council Liaison Officer
Mr
Jeffrey
Stansfield
Ex Officio Members
Mr
Nicholas
Marshall
AWeldI
Professor
Bill
Lucas
CEng FWeldI
21
Boards and committees membership
Registration Committee Chairman
Eur Ing
Paul
Jordinson
CEng FWeldI
Vice Chairman
Mr
Alan
Caborn
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Iain
Boyd
CEng FWeldI
Eur Ing
Jacqueline
Dixon
CEng SenMWeldI
Eur Ing Professor
Robert
Fenn
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Max
George
CEng FWeldI
Eur Ing
David
Godfrey
CEng FWeldI
Eur Ing
Ian
Hogarth
CEng FWeldI
Professor
Steven
Jones
CEng FWeldI
Eur Ing
Crawford
Lochhead
CEng FWeldI
Eur Ing
John
Marlow
CEng FWeldI
Eur Ing
David
Millar
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Alan
Rodgers
IEng FWeldI
Mr
Joseph
Small
EngTech MWeldI
Mr
Jeffrey
Stansfield
Engineering Council Liaison Officer
22
Boards and committees membership
Education Committee Chairman
Professor
Bill
Lucas
CEng FWeldI
Dr
Geoff
Booth
CEng FWeldI
Eur Ing Professor
Robert
Fenn
CEng FWeldI
Dr
Alex
Galloway
Professor
Steven
Jones
CEng FWeldI
Rolls-Royce
Dr
Cem
Selcuk
CEng FWeldI
Brunel Innovation Centre
Professor
Jeremey
Smith
Dr
Paul
Colegrove
Dr
John
Francis
Dr
Bin
Wang
Dr
Richard
Moat
Open University
Dr
Sally
Organ
Open University
Tom
Ridgeman
Engineering Council
Alan
Smith
Sheffield Hallam University
Professor
Strathclyde University
Liverpool University CEng SenMWeldI
Cranfield University
23
Boards and committees membership
Branch Management Committee Chairman
Mr
Colin
Galbraith
AWeldI
Northumbria
Vice Chairman
Dr
Richard
Johnson
CEng FWeldI
Manchester
Dr
Graeme
Barritte
CEng FWeldI
North Scottish
Dr
Daniel
Clark
CEng FWeldI
East Midlands
Mr
Eric
Darley
IEng MWeldI
Leeds
Mr
Dave
Ellis
CEng FWeldI
Technical Groups
Mr
Stuart
Fraser
MWeldl
North Western
Mr
Jeff
Garner
CEng FWeldI
Sheffield
Eur Ing
Ian
Hogarth
CEng FWeldI
Teesside
Mr
Matt
Inglis
CEng SenMWeldI
Scottish
Mr
Alan
Langford
AWeldI
West Midlands
Eur Ing
Crawford
Lochhead
CEng FWeldI
Highlands & Islands
Mr
Hugh
McPhillips
IEng MWeldI
South West
Mr
Deedah
Shah
AWeldI
Middle East
Mr
JC
Shahani
IEng FWeldI
India
Mr
Tommy
Walker
TechWeldI
Northern Ireland
Mr
Daniel
Weeks
AWeldI
London
Dr
Neville
Williams
CEng FWeldI
South Wales
Mr
Bernard
Dawe
MWeldl
Kent
Mr
Ray
Sheldon
IEng MWeldI
London
Mr
Alan
Shand
AWeldI
Eastern Counties
Mr
Stephen
Billing
AWeldI
Manchester
Mr
Steve
Webster
CEng FWeldI
Sheffield
Eur Ing
Norman
Baldwin
CEng SenMWeldI
Kent
Eur Ing
John
Weston
CEng SenMWeldI
Eastern Counties
Mr
Aydin
Turhan
CEng MWeldI
London
Eur Ing
David
Howarth
CEng FWeldI
Professional Board
Mr
Matthew
Haslett
CEng MWeldI
Younger Members
Ex Officio
24
Boards and committees membership
Institute of Rail Welding (IoRW)
25
Chairman
Mr
Brian Whitney
AWeldI
Network Rail
Vice Chairman
Eur Ing
Bob Sawdon
CEng FWeldI
Second Vice Chairman
Mr
Joe Small
EngTech MWeldI Representing Volker Rail
Eur Ing
Chris Eady
CEng FWeldI
Executive Officer TWI Ltd
Mr
Peter Stevens
AWeldI
AmeySersa
Mr
John Oates
CEng AWeldI
Babcock Rail
Mr
Peter Taylor
AWeldI
Balfour Beatty
Mr
Jonathan Hawthorn
AWeldI
BOC Ltd
Ms
Ann Platt
AWeldI
BOC Ltd
Mr
Dale Rourke
AWeldI
Sky Blue
Mr
Ian Hillman
AWeldI
Cheema Services
Mr
Mark Waters
AWeldI
Cheema Services
Mr
Allan Macdonald
AWeldI
EAL Ltd
Mr
Peter Wilkins
Mr
Chris Haigh
AWeldI
Haigh Rail Ltd
Mr
Mick Downing
AWeldI
Haigh Rail Ltd
Mr
Bob Taylor
AWeldI
Infrastructure Training Services
Mr
Gary Felton
AWeldI
Infrastructure Training Services
Mr
Carl Nash
AWeldI
Keltbray Rail
Mr
Matt Taylor
Lloyd Rail (IE) Ltd
Mr
Raj Suchak
London Underground Ltd (incl. Metronet)/ (incl. Tube Lines)
Mr
Marc Clarke
AWeldI
London Underground Ltd (incl. Metronet)/ (incl. Tube Lines)
Mr
Kelvin Leung
AWeldI
MTR Corporation Ltd
Mr
John Hempshall
AWeldI
Network Rail
Mr
Richard Kyte
AWeldI
Railtech (UK) Ltd
Mr
Nicholas Penverne
AWeldI
Railtech (UK) Ltd
Mr
Geoff Chapman
AWeldI
Renown Rail Welding Services
Mr
Ashley Turkhud
AWeldI
Renown Rail Welding Services
Mr
Robert Hammerton
AWeldI
Sonic Rail Services Ltd
Mr
Steve Warman
Mr
Sean Gleeson
AWeldI
Tata Steel
Mr
Allan Binstead
AWeldI
Thermit Welding (GB) Ltd
Mr
Mick Wainwright
Mr
Terry Askham
AWeldI
Mr
Joe Small
EngTech MWeldI Representing Volker Rail
Mr
Evan Mitchell
AWeldI
ESAB Group
Sonic Rail Services Ltd
Thermit Welding (GB) Ltd Truflame Welding Equipment Ltd
Welding Alloys
Boards and committees membership
AWFTE Management Committee Chair
Mr
Nicholas
Marshall
AWeldI
Grimsby Institute
Vice Chair
Mr
Kevin
Scott
IEng MWeldI
Retired
Mr
Donald
Atkinson
EngTech TechWeldI
ECITB
Mr
Steve
Fitzgerald
IEng MWeldI
Fitzgerald Welding Solutions Ltd
Mr
Andrew
Hewison
Mr
Allan
MacDonald
AWeldI
EAL
Mr
Drew
McNeice
AWeldI
SQA
Mr
Bruno
Porter
Mr
William
Roffey
AWeldI
Proactive Gas Safety
Mr
Sante
Susca
EngTech TechWeldI
Lincoln Electric
Mr
Keith
Temperley
MWeldI
Keiths Welding Ltd
Ms.
Denise
Sedgewick
Mr
Michael
Scarrott
Mr
Paul
Turnbull
Mr
Stephen
Fleming
AWeldI
New College Lanarkshire
Eur Ing Jim
McIlwrath
CEng SenMWeldI
GE Power Ltd
Mr
Mark
Hele
AWeldI
Mr
Jon
Pearsall
MWeldI
City & Guilds
HSE
ABC AWeldI
EAL SEMTA
Pearsall Training & Consultancy
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Boards and committees membership
Younger Members’ Committee Chairman
Mr
Matthew
Haslett
CEng MWeldI
Vice Chairman
Ms
Jenny
Crump
AWeldI
Mr
Daniel
Moss
AWeldI
Ms
Dorothee
Panggabean
AWeldI
Mr
Callum
Picken
IEng MWeldI
Ms
Sofia
Del Pozo
AWeldI
Eur Ing
Emilie
Buennagel
CEng MWeldI
Mr
Muhammad
Shaheer
MWeldI
Welding and Cutting Editorial Panel Chairman
Eur Ing
Chris
Eady
CEng FWeldI
TWI Ltd
Eur Ing
Norman
Cooper
CEng FWeldI
BAE Systems Marine Ltd
Eur Ing
Alan
Denney
CEng FWeldI
Ms
Anya
Labussek
Eur Ing
David
Millar
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Bertil
Pekkari
HonFWeldI
Dipl Ing
Dietmar
Rippegather
DVS
DVS
Dr
Paul
Woollin
CEng FWeldI
TWI Ltd
DVS NST Welding (UK) Ltd
27
Boards and committees membership
Skillweld Committee Chairman
28
Eur Ing
Chris
Eady
CEng FWeldI
Mr
Don
Atkinson
EngTech TechWeldI
Mr
Mike
Chalmers
Mr
David
Cleghorn
Mr
Alan
Edmunds
ECITB
Mr
Alan
Fergusson
Air Products Plc
Mr
Martyn
Fletcher
CEng FWeldI
Doosan Babcock
Mr
Adrian
Hawkins
AWeldI
Weldability Sif
Mr
Gareth
Hawkins
Weldability Sif
Mr
Stephen
Haymes
Workshop Manager
Mr
Kevin
Jones
AWeldI
Doosan Babcock
Mr
Allan
Macdonald
AWeldI
EAL
Eur Ing
Jim
McIlwrath
CEng SenMWeldI
GE Power Ltd
Ms
Joanne
O'Brien
Mr
Jon
Pearsall
MWeldl
Pearsall Training
Mr
Kevin
Sherry
EngTech TechWeldI
Air Products Plc
Ms
Sue
Shore
Mr
Clive
Slocombe
Mr
Gary
Brooks
Ms
Katie
Bracher
ECITB Lincoln Electric
IEng MWeldI
WorldSkills UK Training Manager
SEMTA
IEng MWeldI
Boards and committees membership
International Institute of Welding UK Section Committee Chairman
Eur Ing
Norman
Cooper
CEng FWeldI
BAE Systems Marine Ltd
Eur Ing
Chris
Eady
CEng FWeldI
TWI Ltd
Mr
Jim
Fieret
Eur Ing
David
Howarth
CEng FWeldI
Professor
Steve
Jones
CEng FWeldI
Mr
David
Jordan
CEng FWeldI
Ms
Sarah
Meagher
Eur Ing
David
Millar
CEng FWeldI
NST Welding (UK) Ltd
Eur Ing
David
Smith
CEng FWeldI
Downham Technology
Dr
Paul
Woollin
CEng FWeldI
TWI Ltd
Dr
Zhuyao
Zhang
AWeldI
Metrode Products
BOC Ltd
Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering
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