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including the impact of COVID-19 and Brexit. “We discussed a wide range of issues and identified several areas where we could continue to work together on behalf of our memberships. Above all, it was heartening to hear that ECA shares our view that the future is electric and that, together, we must continue to lead the way in skills and training to ensure we have a pipeline of properly qualified electricians in place to deal with the technology of tomorrow. “We have always enjoyed a positive and productive relationship with ECA, and we look forward to our spirit of collaboration and cooperation continuing as we work towards building a strong electrotechnical industry across the UK.” Steve Bratt, CEO of ECA, said: “The meeting was extremely productive and made it clear that we both face plenty of future challenges. Like the hashtag that has become popular during the pandemic, we are very much ‘in this together’. It makes sense to share ideas and pool resources, so we will work together to strengthen both the sector and our respective Members’ interests. “It was particularly useful to discuss the skills agenda and identify ways we can continue to set the pace when it comes to training and apprenticeships. It was also heartening to hear of the positive and engaging relationship both organisations enjoy with their Members, and we shared the many measures we have both taken to help them through the pandemic and support their recovery and restart.” Founded in 1900, SELECT is Scotland’s largest construction trade association. It has nearly 1,250 member businesses who collectively have an annual turnover of around £1 billion and employ over 15,000 people and 3,500 apprentices. SELECT also delivers training courses to more than 3,500 electricians each year and is committed to regulation of the industry for a safer Scotland. ECA is a driving force in the electrotechnical and engineering services industry, and has been since its formation in 1901. Today, it continues to work on improving standards, supporting the industry and creating a sustainable business environment.
ABB teams up with Metegrity to tackle asset integrity management challenges
BB in the UK signs an MoU with asset integrity management business Metegrity to bring a new solution to market that will tackle asset downtime by optimizing asset strategy and increasing visibility of equipment performance in real time to better manage operations and interventions. Combining ABB’s deep domain expertise, data analytics and industrial AI capability with Metegrity’s leading asset integrity management and risk-based inspection software, customers will be able to perform advanced risk analysis on their assets with the intent of increasing asset reliability, reducing maintenance costs and turnaround time as well as boosting up-time. In addition, the new collaboration will streamline compliance reporting, moving away from a traditional paper-based approach or fragmented systems to an integrated digital one, with all asset data stored in a cen-tral, easily accessible database for a single source of truth. This will enable operators to instantly access in-sights on the condition of specific assets, at a micro or macro level, in the event of an incident or ahead of an audit. Martin Fingerhut, CEO from Metegrity said: “Asset integrity management is a critical element of successful operations but remains an area where many businesses are yet to digitalize. Working with ABB, we are now able to provide an end-to-end solution to customers to help them on their digital journey in a way that max-imizes asset productivity and output.” Troy Stewart, lead for ABB Energy Industries UK, commented: “The global pandemic
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has pushed industry to innovate like never before and automation, AI and machine learning is becoming increasingly critical in order to build and ensure resilience of infrastructure and operations.”
The MoU builds upon the success of their first project together with downstream operator MOL Group, an-nounced last September. The new relationship is particularly well suited for midstream and downstream operations, where companies can increase operating cash flow by making the most of their valuable assets. Stewart continued: “There is global demand for this within the process industries and our focus initially will be the rolling out of this solution to customers in the UK and beyond, before then exploring opportunities across other oil and gas, chemicals and power markets.”
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wo of the UK’s leading construction trade associations have held talks to discuss common key strategies and priorities and how they plan to continue their close collaboration to help build a brighter future for the UK’s post- COVID electrotechnical industry.
Skills, training and the green revolution were all high on the agenda as electrical trade bodies SELECT and ECA held a joint virtual meeting to identify priorities for the second half of 2021 and beyond. Senior staff from the two associations also shared knowledge and industry insights on Monday 26 April as they explored potential opportunities and issues, as well as discussing the ongoing campaign for regulation of the electrical industry in Scotland. Alan Wilson, Managing Director of SELECT, said: “I am delighted to have been part of an extremely insightful and productive meeting which showed that we are both helping our members with the very same ongoing challenges,
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