Pressure Testing 2017

Paul Grady: HM Principal Specialist Inspector, Health and Safety Executive

Brian Minchin: UK Business Development Manager, Lloyds Register

Brian Minchin is a Business Development Manager who works alongside clients to identify their regulatory compliance requirements for safety in the manufacture of pressure equipment. Having worked for Lloyd’s Register for 17 years as a surveyor, Brian has used his extensive knowledge in production and engineering environments to place focus on ensuring assets are safe for use in operation around the world. He believes in personal safety in the workplace and promoting safety leadership to clients and colleagues.

Starting his career as an apprentice at the age of 16, Brian has seen many positive changes to safety and working conditions within the industry. Completing his apprenticeship and gaining qualifications in Metallurgy from Sandwell College Brian has over 30 years’ experience as an inspection and quality engineer. As an ASME Authorised Inspector Brian’s background is extensive in materials and welding as well as inspection of pressure equipment.

Richard Knowles: International Welding Engineer, Technical Director, QA Weldtech

Paul Jackson: Function Leader Inspection and Integrity Management Team Leader, ABB Consulting

Paul Jackson is an inspection specialist and has over 30 years experience of the design and inspection of pressure equipment. He is Function Leader of ABB Inspection and is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and immediate past Chairman of its Pressure Systems Group Committee.

Charles Byrne: Technical Director, Graham Hart (Process Technology) Limited

Charles Byrne has been involved in the functional design, manufacture and testing of high pressure equipment for almost thirty years. This is a specialist role involving shell and tube heat exchangers, pressure vessels and all manner of bespoke equipment for a number of different industries. He is passionate about developing synergy and connections between all the elements of the pressure equipment industry and his company is a member of the PVMf (Pressure Vessel Manufacturers forum) – a recognised voice for the UK pressure equipment manufacturing industry. Charles is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and sits on the Boards of the Pressure Systems Group and the Pressure Equipment Consultation Forum.

Stuart Turner: Lead Engineer PSSR, BOC UK & Ireland

Stuart started his career as a graduate engineer at BG Group and after completing the 2 year graduate program took the position of Network Officer, looking after maintenance activities on the gas transmission and distribution network. After this Stuart moved on to take on a roll completing major overhauls and construction works as part of the gas networks development and expansion projects. In 2008 Stuart moved to SSE as a gas systems engineer, where he developed engineering standards and procedures required to manage the high pressure gas assets across the SSE fleet. Later in 2011, Stuart moved to a lead engineer role where he recruited a team and is now responsible for asset management practices for oil and gas equipment across the fleet. His responsibilities include fitness for service assessments of high pressure storage equipment and hydrocarbon containing assets.

Simon Earland: Consultant, British Standards Institution

Simon Earland is a specialist consultant in the field of pressure vessel and heat exchanger mechanical design and analysis. He acts as the Consultant on unfired pressure vessels to the British Standards Institution, and serves on the PVE/1 and PVE/1/15 committees for PD 5500. He also serves on the CEN/TC 54 committee and three of the working groups for the European standard EN 13445. He is a member of the Pressure Systems Group Board at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Simon also works with Professor David Nash, developing and presenting training courses on pressure vessel design.

Dean McDermott: Turnaround Director, BP Upstream