ICorr NW Branch held a joint meeting with the Institute of Asset Management at the University of Manchester on 1st April 2025. The event explored the theme of infrastructure asset failures, with speakers presenting various case studies—particularly highlighting the impact of corrosion to infrastructure.
Dave Champness (Post-Graduate Researcher and Previous Water Industry Engineer) opened the session with a personal story related to asset management and aspects of corrosion in his talk “Concepts of Asset Management and How Corrosion Features”. Paul Russell, Product Manager Concrete Repair and Composites at Mapei (UK) Ltd then spoke on product environmental sustainability, sharing case studies on extending the lifespan of structures in his presentation “Re-Lifing Structures to Extend Service”. Paul covered the carbon reduction gained in the products Mapei employs and also how they’ve sympathetically restored heritage buildings. Darren Henson (Workshop Manager at United Utilities) spoke about how corrosion can affect key assets such as pumps and the challenges of maintenance and prevention of shutdowns. Carlos Sanchez Senior Materials Scientist at The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) also contributed, using case studies to illustrate his presentation, “How Corrosion can Result in Catastrophic Asset Failure”.
This was a very well attended event that attracted many questions from the Audience.
Presentations
All presentations will be uploaded soon to: https://www.icorr.org/northwest/ under Local Technical Programme.
Forthcoming Events
UK-China Corrosion Summit – 3rd-4th September 2025
Institute of Corrosion National AGM – November 19th.
Planning continues for these exciting events. Further details will be released to the NW Branch website, mailing list and ICorr members in due course.
Future NW Branch Committee meetings are planned for:
• 12th August 2025
• 14th October 2025
If you would like to know more about our activities or become involved with the NW Branch, please contact: nwchair@Icorr.org
