Chairman's note

Welcome to another year of Pressure Systems Group events and activities.

In this Olympic year, the UK is honoured to be hosting the 13th International Conference for Pressure Vessel Technology in London. The organisation of this prestige event is by member of PSG who look forward to seeing you in May.

The 2012 Technical Programme has a series of topical seminars including Management of Ageing Plant, Developments in NDT and look at the legal implications "when things go wrong". Once again we will also be organising a prestige lecture which will be free to all.

Look out for the restructured website which will be full of useful information and details of how you can get involved in the group. There is also a discussion forum giving you an opportunity to communicate with other pressure systems engineers. Once again Strathclyde University is offering a range of short courses on pressure system design to supplement those available in the commercial sector.

The PSG Board  monitors and disseminates developments to national and international pressure equipment codes and standards, as well as UK legislation and guidance. We work closely with organisations such as BSI, the Health and Safety executive and EEMUA who are all represented on the committee. Pressure Systems are a vibrant Group; your support of events in 2011 was one of the best ever. We are keen to further increase participation, so please encourage your company and colleagues to come to our 2012 events or get more involved in some other way.

Should you have any ideas or want to make a contribution you can contact me through the PSG Executive, Alison Roddam, psg@imeche.org or +44 (0)20 7304 6829.

 

Paul Jackson
Chairman, PSG Board