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2 June 2008 The Society of Operations Engineers has negotiated a huge discount for members to subscribe to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE’s) magazines, Automotive Engineer and Professional Engineering Magazine. - New course boost for SOEHKR - Engineer’s diploma confirms ability
5 June 2008 Roddy Mackenzie and Mark Organ, of SOE’s Membership & Professional Standards (MPS) Committee, recently accredited the Diploma in Automotive Engineering provided by Hong Kong’s West Coast College. - AGM Notice
5 June 2008 Notice is hereby given that the tenth Annual General Meeting of the Society of Operations Engineers (Co. Reg. No. 3667147) will be held at Dartmouth House, 37 Charles Street, London, W1J 5ED on Thursday 3 July 2008, commencing at 16.00 hours, for the purpose of transacting the following business:
- Major hazard plants must learn from experience, says HSE
1 June 2008 The absence of conventional accidents and injuries on major hazards plant in the past few years should not be taken as any assurance of an improvement in process safety. - HMS Sultan on British Energy
1 June 2008 British Energy has signed a seven-year deal with Flagship Training to deliver its apprentice programme. - Huge valves
1 June 2008 Corrocoat Corrosioneering has won contracts worth more than £1 million for large-bore, butterfly valves, for power generation.
- Diesel duty controversy reaches boiling point
1 June 2008 The British government was under intense pressure to cut diesel fuel duty as Transport Engineer went to press this month, with hauliers threatening to blockade fuel terminals unless some government action was forthcoming. As the price of oil soared last month, a report from the government’s own Department for Transport showed the extent to which UK truck operators are already losing out in international haulage. And on top of all this came news of plans to further liberalise European Union cabotage rules in a way that would put UK operators at even more of an unfair disadvantage. - Meritor goes back to its roots
1 June 2008 An eight-year marriage between two US-based giants in the automotive component market is at an end, it was revealed last month. - Longer, heavier vehicles go global, without the UK
1 June 2008 While the UK’s transport secretary apparently remains unable even to make up her mind about onroad trials of longer and heavier trucks, other countries are legitimising them.
- Safety: A tall order
1 March 2008 Sixty-one Engineer Surveyors from many counties descended on Central London in February for an evening lecture on the Code of Practice relating to tower cranes. Tim Watson, Technical Secretary & Advisor to the Construction Plant Hire Association (CPA) tower crane interest group, explained why this Code was necessary. - Three cheers for the BESt in Ireland
15 March 2008 It is an exciting time for the Bureau of Engineer Surveyors as it expands yet again.