Upcoming Welding Institute Technical Group Meeting

The Welding Institute’s Structures and Infrastructure (TG1) Technical Group will be hosting their upcoming Technical Group webinar event, from 9:30am – 1:00pm (UK time) on 15 May, 2025, online (Teams).

The event, which is titled, ‘Structural Fastenings – The Choices and Challenges,’ will cover some of the pitfalls using structural fasteners and how to avoid them. Attendees will gain an insight into some of the options available for fasteners and non-conventional bolting systems.

Who Should Attend?

Structural steelwork managers at all levels, especially site erection managers/supervisors, steelwork designers, civil engineers, structural engineers. Aimed at all structural steelwork, including wind generation, and the offshore structures industry sectors.

Speaker and Presentations:

• Neil Cruickshank, Associate/ Project Engineer, Sandberg LLP - Recent Issues with Preloaded Structural Joints
• Dr David Moore, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, BCSA (British Constructional Steelwork Association Ltd.) - Specification, Installation and Inspection of Structural Bolts
• Arnie Glausiusz, Sales Manager, Tension Control Bolts Ltd. - Tension Control Bolts and their Use
• Dr Marcio Militisky, Materials; Welding and Corrosion Technical Authority, SSE - Large Diameter Fasteners and the Challenges of Offshore Wind Structures
• David Briggs, Chief Technical Officer, Cooper Turner Beck Ltd. - Standards for Bolt Manufacture

• Dr.-Ing Christoph Blunk, Senior Customer Engineer Europe, Howmet Fastening Systems Ltd. - What is a Lockbolt?

• Tom Cosgrove, Consultant, Sandberg LLP – TBC

Discover more: https://www.theweldinginstitute.com/event-6127893