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IMCA CEO looks forward To Central & North America meeting

Allen Leatt, Chief Executive of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) is looking forward to meeting members of the global trade association at the forthcoming Central & North America Section meeting being held in Houston on Thursday 21 April. “We have three days of meetings, comprising working sessions with our sub-groups and the regional meeting itself. It is a packed programme, and I am greatly looking forward to meeting members,” says Allen Leatt. The regional meeting is open free-of-charge to members, their guests and all interested in the work of IMCA. “I will be giving a general update on IMCA;

IMCA Central & North America Section meeting in Houston

The next meeting of the International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) Central & North America Section will be held Thursday 24 September 2015 at the Houston Marriott Energy Corridor Hotel. The meeting will start at 08:30 and finish with lunch at 12:00. Registration is essential via [email protected] In addition to general updates on IMCA activity, including reports from the Section’s world-wide committee representatives and discussion of core activity issues relevant to members in the Central and North America region; and a similar update on technical division issues, there will be a presentation on an industry topic. Peter Wallace of the BG

IMCA Central & North America Section meeting in Houston

The next meeting of the International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) Central & North America Section will be held Thursday 24 September 2015 at the Houston Marriott Energy Corridor Hotel. The meeting will start at 08:30 and finish with lunch at 12:00. Registration is essential via [email protected] In addition to general updates on IMCA activity, including reports from the Section’s world-wide committee representatives and discussion of core activity issues relevant to members in the Central and North America region; and a similar update on technical division issues, there will be a presentation on an industry topic. Peter Wallace of the BG

Competence in the spotlight at IMCA Central & North America Section meeting

A series of presentations and discussions session on the all-important topic of competence will be held following the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) Central & North America Section Meeting on 18 June at the Houston Marriott Energy Corridor Hotel. The Competence Seminar, which takes place in the afternoon of 18 June is open to members, potential members and their guests includes a welcome and introduction by Neil Evans, IMCA Technical Adviser and presentations by Katie Hulin of Epic Divers on Establishing a Competence Management System; by IADC on Competence Assessment in the Drilling Industry; and ‘Impacts of SEMS on competence

Jane Bugler to speak at Canadian Underwater Conference

Jane Bugler, Technical Director of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) will be speaking on ‘IMCA Offshore – Changes to Guidance’ at the 2014 Canadian Underwater Conference and Exhibition with its theme ‘Man and Machine Underwater’, being held in Toronto on 6-8 April 2014. “I will be covering our most recent Diving Division guidance documents, all of them designed to aid risk management and to ensure maximum efficiency and levels of safety,” she explains.”First on the agenda will be hyperbaric evacuation. “Although IMCA D 024 – ‘DESIGN (Diving Equipment Systems Inspection Guidance Note) for saturation (bell) diving systems’ contained a