



DIARY DATES
11th March 2010
London Branch Meeting and AGM Book Now
8th April 2010
London Branch Meeting (Joint with OCCA) Book Now
13th April 2010
Fabrication and Installation of a Multi-Platform Impressed Current Cathodic Protection System, an Operator’s View. Book Now
21st April 2010
Concrete Repair 2010 More Info
6th May 2010
London Branch Guided Social Walk-About Book Now
10th June 2010
London Branch Golf Day Book Now
28th June 2010
Designing for Corrosion Control (Route to NACE Certification) More Info
5th July 2010
NACE, CP-3 (route to NACE certification) More Info
2nd December 2010
Annual London Branch Luncheon Book Now
27th November 2011
Fray International Symposium More Info
The battle against corrosion, which costs industry billions of pounds each year, took a significant step forward at the UK Corrosion Conference held at the NEC, Birmingham.
Leading experts from across the whole anti-corrosion spectrum gave state of the art presentations to more than 250 session delegates attending the three day event, which was held in conjunction with the Correx and Surface World exhibitions.
Two conference rooms inside the exhibition hall ran lectures concurrently, with topics ranging from the application of coatings on iron and steel bridges to cathodic protection (CP) of offshore wind farm foundations.
Managers representing some of the UK’s most iconic structures, including Barry Colford of the Forth Road Bridge and Martin Earlam of the Thames Barrier, shared their knowledge with consultants, academics, coatings manufacturers, inspectors, transport and pipeline specialists and many others.
The event was the launching pad for a new insurance initiative that will have major benefits for both those practising anti-corrosion activity and the owners of the structures being protected. The ICATS Guarantee Scheme provides indemnity for the cost of repair and reinstatement of insured works to their original condition based on manufacturing defects, unsuitability of works and faulty or defective application of protective coatings.
Paul Lambert, President of the Institute of Corrosion, delivered a fascinating plenary lecture, ‘From Sir Humphry Davy to Sustainability – 185 years of Cathodic Protection’, which concluded that the pioneering work conducted on British naval vessels in the early 19th century still forms the foundation of modern CP techniques today, despite the many technological advances made.
In conjunction with the sessions, the three days featured a number of workshops covering the ICATS scheme, coating instrumentation, British standards for CP and CP in offshore, pipeline and building applications.
For more information on the Conference or the ICATS Guarantee Scheme, visit www.correx.org, email correx@icorr.org or telephone 01525 851771.