Overview

The mechanical assets used across all industries have an integral function for manufacturing or storage of valuable products. These assets should be designed, Installed, commissioned, operated and maintained correctly to ensure continued safe and efficient use.

This presentation starts with an introduction of the regulator and the regulatory framework, the recent regulatory changes to the mechanical aging plant strategic topic as it moves towards asset integrity and the expectation of mechanical maintenance from a regulatory point of view.

The presentation will also cover some recent mechanical and maintenance-based examples of where things have gone wrong.

Presenter

John Armstrong, Health and Safety Executive

John is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with a Master’s degree in Engineering. Prior to joining the HSE John worked in the chemical / pharmaceutical high hazard industry working across a number of roles in engineering (maintenance, technical support, management, project delivery). He is currently part of a national team of mechanical engineers working in the Chemical Explosive & Microbiological Hazards Division of the HSE.

The material presented in this webinar has not been peer-reviewed. Any opinions are the presenter’s own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the Hull and Humber Members Group. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE. 

Format

A one-hour online session, approximately: 40 minutes' presentation + 20 minutes' Q&A.

Intended audience

This webinar is open to all, but may appeal more to asset engineers, mechanical engineers, maintenance engineers, process and process safety engineers working in processing plants.

Webinar archive

This webinar is free of charge and open to all to attend, but if you wish to access the recording to replay on demand then you will need to be a Member of IChemE and the Hull and Humber Members Group.