Youth – and the Benefit of not Knowing what’s Possible
IChemE past-president Nigel Hirst says we need to harness the fearlessness of young engineers in ...
Features
What You’ve Been Saying About AI
We asked the TCE Reader Feedback Panel, what impacts, positive or negative, has your use of AI ha...
Ethical Project Management in the Wake of Grenfell
IChemE past-president Nigel Hirst asks whether you really know your suppliers and what their true...
‘Nobody got Fired for Buying IBM’ – But Many Should Have!
In the first in a series of viewpoints from Nigel Hirst, the IChemE past president says bigger is...
Why we are Wrong to Overlook the Cinderella of Hazard Studies
Britest’s Rob Peeling argues that despite its reputation as a dowdy workhorse, Hazard Study One i...
Customer Viewpoint: IChemE Forms of Contract
IChemE’s The Blue Book provides a standard reference point for the engineering, procurement, and ...
Navigating IR35 in the Engineering Sector
Matt Tyler, IR35 consultancy manager at Kingsbridge, sheds light on the evolving attitudes toward...
Vendor Viewpoint: Unlocking Constrained Projects for a Greener Future
Decarbonisation must be the end goal for industry but getting there can sometimes be a source of ...
Volunteer Spotlight: Adriana Vargas-Colwill CEng MIChemE
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Process Consulting and the Problem with AI-fed ‘Experts’
Grant Wellwood provides tips on how to discern between superficial knowledge and a deep understan...
Tackling the Project Management Crisis
Loss of manufacturing has led to a lack of practical hands-on experience for young engineers. Joh...
Rules of Thumb: Scale-up
In the latest instalment of this practical series, Jamie Cleaver looks at the principles of scale...
Safety Critical Task Analysis
Andrew Livingston, Shaista Bibi and Conor Crowley provide practical advice on this key risk manag...
Delta Force
Trish Kerin explains the power of using Delta HAZOP, a new method for revalidating previous HAZOPs
The Sustainability Hub: Why? What? Who? & How?
Trish Melton looks at IChemE’s new Sustainability Hub for members
Controlling Your Maintenance Turnaround Scope, from Kick-Off to Closeout
Gordon Lawrence discusses the need to keep scope to a manageable size and avoid excessive scope g...
Book Review: Chemical and Process Plant Commissioning Handbook 2nd Edition: A Practical Guide to Plant System Equipment Installation and Commissioning
Martin Killcross; ISBN: 9780128240496; Butterworth-Heinemann; 2021; £99
Turnaround Kick-Off
Gordon Lawrence explains how to get your maintenance turnaround off on the right foot
Happy Endings
Mine closure is not just an environmental issue, say Anna Littleboy, Guy Boggs and Glen Corder
Improving Cost Estimating for Maintenance Turnarounds
We must do better, says Gordon Lawrence
Giving a Client Value: Whatever That Is
John Downer explains how teams can understand and provide value to projects for clients
Continuing in a Crisis
Robert Walker explains the lessons he learned in successfully enabling critical gas supplies to c...
Integrating Capital Projects into a Turnaround Event
Early, timely input and support is key, says Gordon Lawrence
Documenting Your Turnaround Estimate
Gordon Lawrence discusses the value of a basis of estimate document for a maintenance turnaround ...
Turnaround Scope Optimisation
Gordon Lawrence discusses the importance of prescriptive scope criteria in a turnaround premise d...
Zero to Hero
Tolulope Martin gives three reasons why you should think of applying a zero-based approach to you...
Solids Flow: Prevent the Problem
Eric Maynard and McKinnon Ray explain how to identify and mitigate bulk solids flow risks
Oils & Fats: Essential Engineering
Qua Kiat Seng charts the evolution of vegetable oil production
Accelerating Innovation with DOE
JMP invites engineers to explore an alternative way of experimenting that can increase your effec...
Engineering Pharma
Huai Nyin (Grace) Yow and colleagues discuss the engineering challenges specific to pharmaceutica...
Systems Engineering and Chemical Engineering Design
Rob Kirkpatrick explains teaching of soft skills
Money Matters
Why process industry economics should be taught in undergrad chemical engineering
Webinar: The Digital Transformation of Process Engineering
ON 28 October, The Chemical Engineer is hosting a webinar to discuss the digital transformation o...
Solids Flow: Piece by Piece
Everything is interdependent, say Eric Maynard and McKinnon Ray
Bulk Solids Flow: Know What you’re Dealing With
A look at what should go into a proper Basis of Design document for a solids handling system
Solid States
You may not be able to control the world, but you can control the flow of your bulk solids, says ...
Bulk Solids Handling: Perspective on a Professional Blind Spot
A topic often overlooked and misunderstood, Grant Wellwood looks at the prevalence of bulk solids...
A Flawless Start
Demystifying the art of successful commissioning
Chemical Decommissioning: Safety Challenges
What are the most significant safety hurdles in chemical decommissioning?
Decommissioning Challenges
The 10 biggest challenges when decommissioning a chemical site
Take it Apart; Put it Back Together
How do you dismantle a chemical plant for re-erection at the other side of the world? Richard Van...
A Clean Bill of Health
James Finn describes the development of an award-winning setup for sterile filtration of APIs
Keeping it Local
David Simmonds explains the challenges of pursuing major projects sustainably
Redundant Asset Management Planning
The chemical industry's five biggest considerations for redundant assets
Managing ALARP in Major Engineering Projects
How to identify threats and achieve ALARP on a big scale
Deal or No Deal?
No deal is now the base case – are you ready for Brexit?
Sadara: Lessons Learned
How to stay on budget with large, complex projects
Industrial Aftermath: Project Ends Toxic Pesticide Legacy
Mag Sim of Pure Earth takes us inside the collaborative effort that cleaned up a polluted industr...
News
Shell halts construction of one of Europe’s largest biofuels facility
SHELL has announced that its subsidiary, Shell Nederland Raffinaderij, will “temporarily pause” c...
UK’s Redcar ‘hydrogen village’ trial cancelled due to insufficient feedstock supply
THE UK government will not be proceeding with a controversial hydrogen trial in Redcar. Northern ...
EDF awards Jacobs and Costain contracts for support across its UK nuclear fleet
JACOBS and Costain have each been awarded two-year contracts to support energy provider EDF’s act...
Magnox rebrands to Nuclear Restoration Services as its decommissioning portfolio expands
Magnox has become Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) ahead of taking ownership of closing EDF nuc...
BP awards KBR contract for global hydrogen project management
BP has named KBR the primary integrated project management contractor across its global hydrogen ...
Hinkley Point C costs rise again to £26bn
THE COST the UK’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power station has risen again, this time by £3bn (US$3....
What is causing AstraZeneca’s vaccine production woes?
WITH Covid-19 vaccine manufacture making headlines for all the wrong reasons, I spoke with expert...
Shell resumes production at massive floating LNG plant
SHELL has resumed production of LNG from its huge floating processing plant – Prelude – following...
Project to convert medical waste into hydrogen fuel gets funding from Welsh Government
A PROCESS being developed by researchers in the UK and India to convert medical waste – such as P...
Petrofac awarded contract for Acorn project
PETROFAC has been awarded a contract for engineering and project support for Pale Blue Dot Energy...
UK set to see surge in biomethane plants
THE UK is set to see a 50% rise in biomethane plants operating by 2020, with as much as £400m (US...
Nuvia wins contract for Dounreay Site Restoration Limited
NUVIA (UK) has won a multi-million-pound contract with Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL) t...
