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EVENTS
SAFETY FIRST

Safety is paramount for every gas engineer and underpins how the framework was developed and
much of what we do at IGEM. For this reason, we held our expected future developments.
Presenting next, and building on
first ever virtual Safety Conference in June, bringing together Ian’s presentation, was Rodney Hancox,
health and safety professionals from across the industry. IGEM IGEM/G/5 Panel Chair. He discussed
Marketing Assistant Jodie Shepherd reports the need for a safety case in private
gas networks following Dame Judith
Hackitt’s review of the sector. He also
IGEM’S FIRST EVER Safety Conference, programme for the day. outlined several key outcomes from
supported by GISG, took place on 9 June. Presenting first was IGEM volunteer the Grenfell review that will impact
More than 180 people attended the fully Ian Aldridge, who discussed higher risk the industry moving forward and the
virtual event, which was split into three buildings and the need for a sector- rationale behind these changes.
sessions (with Session Two having two specific contextualised framework for The final presenter in Session
streams) and bought together speakers the engineers who work within them. One was Dave Bendle, IGEM/GL/11
from various sectors of the industry. Ian spoke about the development Panel Chair, who used his time to
Session One focused on regulation process for the framework and register, outline changes to the Gas Industry
and was chaired by IGEM’s Head of having been personally involved with Unsafe Situations Procedure. In his
Technical and Policy, Ian McCluskey, this project for two years. He discussed presentation, Dave made note of those
who began the session by welcoming who is involved, who the contextualised contributing to the panel, saying “we
attendees and running through the framework and register would affect, have the people who will certainly

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