Milestones

Training

The first three organisations to achieve certification under the rail section of the Certification Scheme for Welder Training Organisations were presented with their certificates at the 5th Technical Meeting (see separate article).

Left to right: John Radnedge (for Phil Beckett), Jon Goodchild & Lee Janczyszyn of Amey Rail received certificates from Bill Mosley of Network Rail

Left to right: Chris McCormack, Allen Pavey, Mick Gallagher of Bridgen Enterprises received their certificates from Bill Mosley of Network Rail

Left to right: Bill Mosley Network Rail presented certificates to Joe Small, Lee Howard & Keith Flavell of Vital Rail

Membership

The 1000^th IoRW member signed up in March 2004. This was Laura Coates of Balfour Beatty Rail Technologies.

Bill Mosley, Network Rail presents Laura Coates, Balfour Beatty Rail Technologies with 1000^th member certificate

After graduating from Loughborough University in 2001 in Mechanical Engineering Laura took time out to travel the world and think about where her career should lie. Laura joined Balfour Beatty Rail Projects in the summer of 2002 as a design and development engineer working on their embedded slab track project. This role has exposed her to many areas of the rail industry but more specifically, the development of a new rail profile which is currently undergoing product acceptance testing for aluminothermic and flash butt welding techniques. By joining the IoRW, Laura tells us that she hopes to expand on her currently limited knowledge and experience on this subject.