Course
Assuring Structural Integrity: Learning from Failures and Incidents Involving Structures and Components
Warrington, UK
Late 2026/Early 2027
This course is planned to be held late 2026/early 2027.
If you might be interested in attending please contact Amanda Rabbich (without commitment) so that we can gauge likely numbers.
The ability of a structure or component to withstand the loads during its life without failing is vital in all industry sectors, particularly where safety and reliability are paramount. Ensuring structural integrity requires proactive management to provide the necessary assurance to stakeholders and regulators, particularly as structures age.
This one-day course, to be presented by Harry Bainbridge and John Wintle, explores a series of incidents and failures where structural integrity was threatened or compromised and, in some cases, recovered. The case histories, drawn from a regulator’s experience, illustrate both good and poor practices of structural integrity management and are designed to enable better recognition of emerging problems and threats and the solutions available.
The course will also include a brief overview of the fundamental principles of structural integrity management, the relevant UK safety regulations, the role of codes and standards, and sources of guidance.
Engineers, scientists and other duty holders involved with safety critical structures and components will gain greater awareness, knowledge and understanding of the challenges to structural integrity and how they should be managed. The course will also be useful to those early in their careers and MSc and PhD students, as well as those with an active academic, industrial or regulatory practicing role.
There will be ample opportunity for discussion and to learn from the experience of others.
Location
Amentum Building 305,
Bridgewater Place, Birchwood Park,
Warrington,
Cheshire WA3 6XF
Our course presenters both have a broad knowledge and wide experience in all aspects of structural integrity.
Harry Bainbridge
Harry spent many years in an industrial role as a designer of nuclear components before joining the Health and Safety Executive Technology Division responsible for the process and chemical industries and latterly with the Office for Nuclear Regulation where he was a member of the nuclear fuel cycle team.
John Wintle
John is a consultant mechanical engineer working mainly in support of the nuclear, offshore and process and process sectors. He is the author of many reports on aspects of structural integrity published by the Health and Safety Executive, the Energy Institute and industrial clients. John’s career includes significant periods as a Technology Fellow at TWI and as a Visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde.
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