ABB joined representatives from Penspen and Noble Denton at an integrity management workshop focused on Centrica Storage Limited’s (CSL) Rough assets, both onshore and offshore.
The focus of the day was building a team approach to integrity management ensuring clear boundaries with appropriate roles and responsibilities.
The team produced a vision for integrity; “To be a leading organisation in understanding and managing integrity related risk using an integrated team approach and robust cost effective strategies to ensure asset performance and life.” A workshop exercise was led by Kevin Walls, ABB inspection group manager, “we focussed on identifying potential gaps in the integrity management process and pulled on the team’s extensive knowledge and experience to prioritise these opportunities for improvement.”
The outcome was a clear action plan for dealing with the key issues ensuring consistency across the disciplines and assets. A key theme for the day was ‘pinch with pride’ with the team sharing best practises from a wide range of sectors, disciplines and organisations. The day included a team building exercise and the opportunity to share each company’s service provision and vision.
“This was a fantastic opportunity, as the new integrity manager for CSL, to bring the whole CSL integrity team together. Teamwork amongst our key integrity management providers is essential in building the collaborative approach we need to ensure the integrity
of Rough is maintained. A great day was had by all with open and honest discussions; everybody came and left with a real energy and enthusiasm for improvement.” - Steve McKenny, Centrica Storage.
The next integrity workshop will be held at ABB’s head office at Daresbury and will build upon the success of the first event.
