CONTENTS
News.............................................. 1-2
17th WCNDT......................................3
Asia-Pacific Regional Group...............4
European Regional Group.............. 5-7
Pan-American Regional Group....... 8-9
Directory of Societies................. 10-11
Calendar of Events............................12

The World Organisation for NDTVolume 7 Issue No 5O

September 2006

CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

ver the last fifty years, the general knowledgeof non-destructive testing has not been welldisseminated, however this is changing as aresult of the general public’s need to know what safety
precautions are being implemented to protect their safety.
The impact of this need to know can be seen in theincreasing use of non-destructive testing and applications
for it. Today, we see engineered components designed
to address inspection requirements not only for public
safety purposes but for equipment reliability and life
extension. Subsequently, the NDT industry has noticed
a shortage in certified NDT personnel to accommodate
the increase in inspections. Combine this shortage of personnel with an ageing workforce
averaging 47 and the problem magnifies. A recent survey published in NDE and Material
Characterization indicated that less than 50% of inspection staff will be available to meetplant needs within 5 years.
A crisis is coming, therefore. Look around and you will see an immediate needfor some succession planning in our field. My question to the NDT community andindustry is: ‘What level of knowledge should the new generation of NDT Technicianspossess?’ We must remember that since the development of the ISO9712 Standard for
Qualification and Certification of Non-Destructive Testing Personnel there has been asignificant change in assumption prior to certification. The primary change is our culture.
Our shared belief before was that a potential candidate for NDT certification was exposed
to NDT through practices and skills developed through training and education prior tocertification. However, this is not the situation that we face today. These days the NDTcandidates have limited prerequisite knowledge, no prior experience requirement andchallenge exams prior to meeting the experience requirement.
With the above said, I believe it is time that we, the NDT community, address raising
the bar for our future certified NDT technicians. This could be accomplished by company
apprentice programmes, post secondary training at NDT Institutes, colleges or universities,
etc.
The intent is not to take away from ISO 9712 but to use the training and experience
requirements of the standard as the primary building block for an improved NDTtechnician. The new document ISO 25107 – Guidelines for NDT Training Syllabuses
will also help in this respect. If we want non-destructive testing to be a truly recognised
profession we must raise the knowledge level of the future generation beyond theminimum requirements of a standard.
Douglas J MarshallA

Canada promotes harmonisation of ISO 9712

n agreement has been signed between the Canadian Institute for NDE, Mr Douglas
J Marshall, Managing Director and the NDE Institute of Trinidad Ltd, Mr Sonny
James, Director.
Under the agreement, the NDE Institute of Trinidad Ltd will comply with the Canadian
Institute for NDE’s quality management system for personnel training and examinations
Continued on page 2

9th European Conference on
NDT (ECNDT)
Welcoming message from Dr J M Farley,
President, The European Federation of NonDestructive Testing (EFNDT)heEuropean
NDT
community is anticipating an excellent European
Conference in Berlin in 2006,
organised by the German NDTSociety, DGZfP.
Co-operation in Europe in NDTbegan over 27 years ago at a DGZfP
national conference in Mainz in 1978.
Professor Kopineck organised a meetingof European experts, which led to theorganisation of this series of European
conferences and the foundation of theEuropean Council for NDT and then our
European Federation for NDT.
We can be confident of a conference
which will be excellent in all key matters– technical programme, exhibition, venue,
attendance – and we can be sure it will beenjoyable as well.
See you there!
Mike Farley, President of EFNDT

T

T

Message from the
ECNDT organisers

he European NDTConferenceisplaying a key rolein the information on
the development andadvancement of NDTwithin Europe and around Jörg Völker,
ECNDT President
the world.
Take
your
chance (right) andto extend your NDT Dr Rainer Link,
network, renew or create ECNDT Secretary
new friendships with yourcolleagues, and exchange your ideas.
The ECNDT is the largest gathering of
NDT experts within Europe.
The ECNDT is presenting the forefront of
NDT Technology.
The ECNDT is the NDT event in 2006.

The Official Journal of the International Committee for Non-Destructive TestingICNDT Journal

European Research Projecton guided waves

Publisher: 				

The International Committee for Non-Destructive Testing (ICNDT)Secretariat: The Canadian Institute for NDE (CINDE), 135 Fennell Avenue,
Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3T2, Canada. Tel: +1 (905) 387-1655; Fax: +1 (905)574-6080; E-mail: s.bond@cinde.ca

Editor:		

Giuseppe Nardoni, Italian Society for Non-Destructive Testing andMonitoring Diagnostics (AIPnD), via A Foresti, 5, 25127 Brescia, Italy. Tel:
+39 030 373 9173; Fax: +39 030 373 9176; E-mail: aipnd@numerica.it

Production Editors: David Gilbert, The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT).
Tel: +44 1604 630124; Fax: +44 1604 231489 E-mail: david.gilbert@
bindt.org
				Sergio Ghia, AIPnD
E-mail: ghia@icndt.org

Production:		

Pauline Thomas, BINDT.

Your new ICNDTJournal is available
for downloading fromwww.icndt.org

Published three times per year.
Editorial contributions are welcomed.
Articles should be sent to the Publisher at the above address.

The EC is supporting a three-year
research programme on guided
waves for two distinct applications:ultrasoniccondition
q Long-range
monitoring of engineering assets(LRUCM);q Riser test – development of a guided
long-range ultrasonic inspection system
for the examination of offshore subsea
risers, steel catenary risers and flowlines.
The project involves many small NDT
service companies, NDT equipment
producers and other companies in the oil& gas area and, for the first time, several
European NDT societies.

Views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the International Committee for
Non-Destructive Testing.
No liability is accepted whatsoever for errors or omissions.
ICNDT Member Societies are authorised to distribute this newsletter and/or its contents, however
permission should be obtained for reproduction of individual articles and extracts.

The next ICNDT Journal will be published in March 2007. Material
should be sent to the Publisher at the above address by 15 January 2007

Peter Mudge (Plant Integrity) presenting
details on guided waves to people involvedin the project

Canada promotes harmonisation of ISO 9712

Sonny James (left), Director of the NDE
Institute of Trinidad, with Doug Marshall andthe ICNDT flag and journal, after the signingof the agreement

Trinidad is moving forwardContinued from page 1
that
have
been
designedanddeveloped to fulfil
therequirementsof ISO 9712:2005
and all referenced
documents within.
Trinidadwill
harmonise
their
NDT
Certification
programmeasanauthorised
test centre under
National Resources
Canada.
NaturalResources
Canada(NRCan)manages
Canada’s nationwide
programmeforthecertification
Students at the NDE Institute of Trinidadofindividuals
performing
nonStandard ISO 9712:2005 and European
destructive testing. The NDT Certifying
Standard EN 473:2000.
Agency of NRCan is an independent body
Mr James’s main goal is to standardisethat certifies individuals according toand promote NDT education and
the National Standard of Canada, CAN/
technology throughout the Caribbean and
CGSB-48.9712-2006 ‘Qualification and
Latin America. As the Managing Director of
Certification of Non-Destructive Testing
CINDE and ICNDT Chairman, Mr Marshall
Personnel’. The National Standard andis pleased to see Trinidad moving forward
the NRCan certification procedure comply
with respect to world harmonisation ofwith the requirements of International
ISO 9712.

ICNDT Journal Vol 7 No 5 September 2006

17TH WCNDTI

An invitation to the 17th WCNDT, Shanghai, China, 2008t was in Rome 2000, at the 15th World Conference on
Non-Destructive Testing, when China was awarded the honourof hosting the 17th WCNDT to be held 27 to 31 August 2008.
Thanks to all the ICNDT members, as this is the first time that we,
the Chinese Society for Non-Destructive Testing, has hosted sucha grand event, world-wide NDT conference and exhibition. We
must do our best to manage it well to return our sincere gratitude
for the great support we have been given.
The 17th WCNDT and exhibition will be held in Shanghai
Exhibition Center (SEC), a centre designed to facilitate important
political, economic, science & technology and cultural activities.
Architecturally, the SEC is blessed with a unique characteristic.
With its magnificent and elegant Russian styles and exquisitely
graceful decorations, SEC was awarded in 1989 the title of oneof ‘Shanghai’s Ten Best Architectures in the period of 19491989’. In 1999, it was again ranked among ‘Shanghai’s ten classicarchitectures with Gold Medals during the 50th Anniversary of thefounding of the PRC’.
SEC is situated in the centre of Shanghai where you will findaccommodating transport facilities to every part of Shanghai.
There are various grades of hotels nearby and it will be easy fordelegates to choose one suitable.
As both the conference and the exhibition will be held in thesame location, it will be very convenient for the delegates to attend
the conference as well as visit the exhibition.
As well as the conference activities, NDT branch societies havebeen invited to hold NDT technical exchanges in Shanghai, andindividuals from our neighbouring areas will be present to visit theexhibition.
With the reform and opening-up policy, more and more
foreign enterprises have entered into the Chinese market. The
Chinese government is now showing more concern with regards
to the quality of products and more attention is being focussed
on the development
of NDT in China.
Currently,
there
are
approximately
200,000 individuals
engaged in NDT workin China. So we hopeanyone who knows
NDT well, or plansto open the market
in China, attends thisgrand event.
Youwill definitely find it worth the journey.
For further information on the 17th WCNDT, please visit our
website at: www.17wcndt.com
The conference and exhibition secretariat is located at 99
Handan Road, Shanghai, China, 200437.
Contacts: Mr Xu Yongchang, Mrs Zhu Yaqing and Ms Wang
Yingyun. Tel/Fax: +86-21-65550277; e-mail: chsndt2008@163.
com, chsndt@public2.sta.net.cn

Welcome to China, welcome to Shanghai.
Let the world understand China’s non-destructive testing; let China’s non-destructive testing
move toward the world.

ICNDT Journal Vol 7 No 5 September 2006

Contact:
L Dick – ljdick@ndt.co.nz
O-Y Kwon – okwon@inha.ac.kr

Regional Report
ASIA-PACIFICTThe 12th APCNDT Conference

he 12th APCNDT Conference is now just months away andby the time you read this report, the 130 abstracts and poster
sessions will be loaded onto the website. The daunting taskof shortening this list to give a wide spread of topics and to fit
within the programme constraints has fallen on the few, rather
than the masses.
The website continues to be updated regularly with new
information, including registration forms, Conference hotels,
partners programmes, keynote speaker profiles and the draft
programme topic-by-topic across the five days.
We are very pleased to announce that ‘SGS Group Ltd’(worldwide inspection company) has stepped up to become our
premier sponsor. SGS is the name you will see emblazoned acrossthe America’s Cup Yacht ‘Alinghi’ and the company has also
already been very supportive in our efforts to host the 12th APCNDT.
This further contribution only enhances their commitment to theupholding of standards around the world.
In addition to our main keynote speaker, Dr Baldev Raj of India,
we are very proud to have the JSNDI sponsor another keynote
speaker, in Dr Shiro Kubo of Japan.
Looking at the programme, you will see the pre-Conference
meetings of IAEA (2-4 November) followed by the ICNDT’s
Policy & General Purposes Committee meeting, which will beheld on Sunday 5 November, so the world leaders in the NDT
profession will be present for the remainder of the week to enjoy
the conference and assist in the IAEA workshops.

Also, come and meet the Japanese delegation, who will behosting the 13th APCNDT in 2009.
Visit the website: www.
apcndt2006.com, where
you will also find any andall information, contact
details and sponsorshippackages. There are stillsponsorship opportunities
available.
Our premier and majorsponsors’ contact details
are available for thesecompanies through their‘logos’ on our website,or by contacting theconference organisers.
So, get involved in‘Your Conference’ andthe IAEA/ICNDT sessions
in the week of the
12th APCNDT Conference, 2-10 November 2006, in Auckland,
New Zealand.
Les Dick
President APCNDTICNDT Journal Vol 7 No 5 September 2006

Contact:
E Romero – informacion@aend.org
V Krstelj – vjera.krstelj@fsb.hr

Regional Report
EUROPE

6th Reporting Conference of Ukrainian Society for NDT
On 11 April 2006, the Reporting Conference of the UkrainianSociety for Non-Destructive Testing and Technical Diagnostics
was held in Kiev. One hundred delegates with the right of voting
were present in the conference hall of the E O Paton Electric
Welding Institute of NASU, where the Conference was held. These
were representatives of the collective members of the Society andBoard Members, as well as other invited specialists, among whichwere representatives of related societies from Russia and Belarus.
The Programme of the Reporting Conference included thefollowing issues:
q report from the President of USNDT on the activities of USNDTBoard during the period of 2003-2005;
q discussion of the report;
q summing up the results of the Second Professional Competitionof USNDT and presenting awards to the winners;
q presenting the USNDT award for the best specialists of Ukraine
in the field of NDT and TD to the laureates;
q election of the President, Board, Revision Commission of
USNDT for the period of 2006-2008;
q approval of resolutions of the 6th Reporting Conference of
USNDT.
In the report from Prof V Troitskiy, President of USNDT, thefollowing main achievements of Society Board and Secretariat
over the reporting period were mentioned:q holding the Second Professional Competition of USNDT for
determination and popularisation of achievements of the best
scientists, specialists, labour collectives, laboratories, firms,
enterprises and organisations working in the field of NDT&TD;
q improvement of the system of USNDT personnel certificationand its acceptance by the Russian Society for NDT&TD in
keeping with the requirements of DST R 51000.9-97 and Rulesof the System of Voluntary Certification;
q work on introducing in Ukraine new national standards in thefield of non-destructive testing, harmonised with the European
standards;
q development of the code document SOU-N MPE
40.1.17.302:2005 ‘Ultrasonic Testing of Welded Joints ofElements of Boilers, Pipelines and Vessels’;
q USNDT participation in the European Research Project ‘Long
Range Ultrasonic Condition Monitoring of Engineering Assets(LRUCM)’;q co-operation with foreign societies and organisations on NDT;
q support of USNDT site on the internet;
q regular publication of USNDT Information Bulletin ‘NDTInform’ and information support of scientific-technical journal‘Technical Diagnostics and NDT’;q preparing and conducting
the 5th National ScientificTechnical Conference ‘NonDestructive Testing andTechnical Diagnostics’;
q conducting
annualconferences, seminars andexhibitions on NDT and TD
in Ukraine;q organising
preparationofpresentations
andparticipation of US NDTTD
delegation in the 16th
World Conference on NDTin Montreal.
This was followed by Prof V Troitskiy making asumming up the results of presentation on the activity of thetheSecondProfessional Ukrainian Society for NDT
Competition of USNDT, whichwasconducted
between
10.2005-03.2006 for determination and popularisation of theachievements of the best scientists, specialists, labour collectives,
laboratories, firms, enterprises and organisations, working in the
NDT&TD field, in the following areas and forms of professional
activity:q scientific and technology developments;
q manufacturers of NDT&TD means;q best laboratories, firms, enterprises and organisations;q training and certification centres on NDT, working in the system of
USNDT certification;q scientific-technical publications in journals and book editions;q young scientists and specialists;
q students and post-graduates.

President of USNDT Prof V Troitskiy (centre) and Vice-Presidents of
USNDT Prof O Karpash (right) and A Mozgovoy (left)

Rewarding the winners of the Second Professional Competition of
USNDT

ICNDT Journal Vol 7 No 5 September 2006

The awards were presented to 47 laureates of USNDT award
for the best in Ukraine specialists in the field of NDT&TD.
Elections of the President and Board of the Society for the next
three-year period were conducted in the Conference meeting. Prof
V Troitskiy, Dr of Sci (Eng), Department Head of the E O Paton
Electric Welding Institute of NASU, was unanimously re-elected
the President of USNDT for the period of 2006-2008.
The Conference was concluded by passing the Resolutions,which outlined the main objectives of USNDT for the next
period.
Andrey Shekero, Scientific Secretary of USNDTEUROPEN

5th National Scientific-Technical Conference and Exhibition‘Non-Destructive Testing and Technical Diagnostics’

DT specialists came once more to the sunny city of Kiev,
the capital of Ukraine, to the 5th National ScientificTechnical Conference and Exhibition ‘Non-Destructive
Testing and Technical Diagnostics’, to share their achievements
and discuss the problems in the field of NDT and TD.
The Conference was organised by the Ukrainian Society for
NDT (USNDT) together with the National Academy of Sciencesof Ukraine (NASU), E O Paton Electric Welding Institute of NASU,
Gospotrebstandard Ukrainy, Gopromrognadzor of the Ministryof Emergencies of Ukraine, DK ‘Ukrtransgas’ of NAK ‘Naftogas
Ukrainy’ with the support of ICNDT and EFNDT.
The Conference was held from 10-14 April 2006 at theE O Paton Electric Welding Institute of NASU (Plenary sessions),
and KievExpoPlaza Exhibition Center (meetings of scientificsections).
More than 400 specialists and approximately 190 organisations
and enterprises participated in the Conference.
More than 100 papers were submitted to this Conference,
their subjects dealing with the problems of ultrasonic, acoustic
emission, magnetic, eddy current, penetrant, radiography, optical,
thermal methods of NDT, thickness testing, monitoring thetechnical condition and evaluation of the residual life of plants inVisitors to the Exhibition near the stand of the E O Paton Electric
Welding InstituteParticipants in the eddy current and magnetic session

operation, standardisation, certification and metrological support
in the field of NDT and TD and other problems.
The Conference was opened by Prof L Lobanov, Academicianof NASU, Deputy Director of the E O Paton Electric Welding
Institute of NASU, who congratulated everybody at the start of theConference and wished successful work to the participants. Then
presentations on the activity of the Societies for Non-Destructive
Testing and Technical Diagnostics of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus
Republic were made by Prof V Troitskiy, President of USNDT, Prof
Yu Fedosenko, Executive Director of RSNDTTD, and S Popoudina,
Executive Director of BANTDTD, respectively.
Then 11 scientific papers were presented, and Conference
sponsors and participants made speeches in the plenary session.
The following sessions were held at the Conference:q theory and practice of physical testing methods of welded
structures, materials and products;
q monitoring of the technical condition and evaluation of theresidual life of plants in operation;
q non-destructive testing and technical diagnostics in oil and gas
industry;q issues of standardisation and certification in NDT and technicaldiagnostics;
q non-destructive testing and technical diagnostics in aviation.
An exhibition of instruments, materials and means for
NDT and TD was held in parallel with the Conference at EC‘KievExpoPlaza’.
About 30 companies from Ukraine and Russia presented theirdevelopments, as well as equipment for monitoring and diagnosticsof the leading foreign companies.
Reporting-Election Conference of the Ukrainian Society
for NDT was traditionally held within the framework of the 5th
National Conference. In this Conference. the Society Board
made a report about the activities conducted over the three-year
period: diplomas were presented to the winners and laureatesof the Second Professional Competition of USNDT, which was
conducted to determine and popularise the achievements of thebest scientists, specialists, labour collectives, laboratories, firms,
enterprises and organisations, active in the field of NDT&TD in
Ukraine; the best specialists in Ukraine, who made a significant
contribution to development of NDT&TD in our country, received
awards; President (Prof V Troitskiy), Vice-Presidents (Prof O
Karpash and A Mozgovoj), Scientific Secretary (A Shekero) and
USNDT Board Members were elected; and the main objectives of
the Society for the next three years were determined.

During the ultrasonic and acoustic emission testing session

Viktor Tsechal, Member of USNDT BoardICNDT Journal Vol 7 No 5 September 2006

EUROPET

The International Conference of the Slovenian Society of
Non-Destructive Testing

he Slovenian Society of Non-Destructive Testing organised
the 8th International NDT Conference in Portoroz from 1 to 3
September 2005. The venue was the very popular sea resort
at the Coast of the Northern Adriatic. All the activities were held in
Hotel Metropol, which offers numerous conference rooms.
At the Conference titled ‘Application of Contemporary NonDestructive Testing in Engineering’, 75 papers, ie 50 lectures and
25 posters, were presented. Seven papers were invited papers:
1. B B Djordjevic
NDE for prognostic structural characterisation.
2 O Paris, et alStudy of phased array techniques for concrete inspection.
3 R Grimberg, et al
Ultrasonic and visual examination of wood based products.
4 I N Prassianakis
The contribution of non-destructive testing for the development
and survival of a society from the antiquity to nowadays.
5 B Acosta, et alStudies of radiation embrittlement of model alloys bythermoelectric measurements and positron annihilation
spectroscopy.
6 A Savin, et al
Non-destructive examination of fuel channels in PHWR nuclear
power plants.
7 P Mazal, et al
Advanced acoustic emission signal treatment in the area of
mechanical cyclic loading.
All the papers were reviewed by the international scientificcommittee stated in the Conference Proceedings.

All the papers were published in the Conference Proceedings
issued both as a hard copy (474 pages) and on a CD.
Some selected papers are going to be published also in the‘International Journal of Materials and Product Technology’ andin a new journal titled ‘International Journal of Microstructure andMaterials Properties’.
The Conference lectures were accompanied by an exhibition
with the participation of manufacturers and agents of various NDTequipment, ie:Team Trade D. O. O.
Kamnik, Slovenija.
Hamamatsu Photonics Italia s.r.l., Italy.
RWE Power International, England.
Everest International, GmbH, Germany.
Niton Europe GmbH, Germany.
Corrocont Ltd, Hungary.
The Conference was financially supported by the Ministryof Higher Education, Science and Technology, TEAM Trade,
GE Inspection Technologies, the Ironworks ACRONI, andQ TECHNA.
Proceedings – book and CD may be ordered at a price of
70 EUR from:Slovensko dructvo za NDT (Slovenian Society for NDT)
President: Prof Dr Janez Grum
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Askerceva 6
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel: + 386 1 477 1203; Fax: + 386 1 477 1225
E-mail: janez.grum@fs.uni-lj.si

Meetings at ECNDTICNDT Executive Committee – Saturday, 23 September – 10.00 h
DGZfP (Headquarters), Max-Planck-Straße 6, 12489 Berlin
ICNDT Full Delegation – Sunday, 24 September – 10.00 h – ESTREL Hall A
EFNDT meeting – Friday, 29 September – 14.00 h – ECC Room ‘Paris’
National Aerospace NDT Board (NA NDT) – Friday, 29 September – 14.00 h – ECC Room 5
EFNDT Working Group 1 – Saturday, 30 September – 10.00 h – ECC Room ‘Paris’

ICNDT Journal Vol 7 No 5 September 2006

Contact:
J Conte – abende@abende.org.br
W Holliday – wholliday@asnt.org

Regional Report
PAN-AMERICA

ASNT holds industry focused eventsA

SNT strives to serve the NDT community with conferencesthat provide a forum for stakeholders to focus on
specific challenges, method applications, and evolving
technologies. In May, 117 attendees and 14 exhibitors participatedin the second In-Service Inspection of Aircraft Conference held in
Wichita, Kansas, USA. Hosted by ASNT’s Air Capital Section andchaired by ASNT board member Bob Potter of the Metal Finishing
Company, the successful event included sessions on reliabilityof emerging technologies for subsurface crack detection, ageing
aircraft, new momentum in phased array design for aviation
applications and in situ non-destructive testing of aircraft. The
Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) served asco-sponsor. The programme was designed to share the advancesand role that NDT and ASNT have in contributing to the aerospaceindustry.
During June, the Society premiered the Automotive Industry
Advancements with NDT Topical Conference in Birmingham,
Alabama, USA. Birmingham is a vital centre for automotive
manufacturing in the United States. The event brought together
manufacturers and suppliers who discussed non-destructive testing
technology advancements in the automotive industry. ASNT
member, Mark Davis of Davis NDE, Inc served as programmechair and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory co-sponsoredthe programme. With 64 attendees and 13 exhibitors, the firsttime event included sessions ranging from structural resonanceas an automated NDT to wireless and mechanics-free system for
ultrasonic and eddy current scanning and evaluation of damage
process in catalytic converter mat by acoustic emission. Participantscommented that they look forward to a second automotive topicalwhich ASNT hopes to schedule for 2008.
ASNT’s ninth successful annual Digital Imaging Conference
took place in July with more than 250 participants. Topical chair
Bob Feole, Feole Technologies and technical programme chair
Fred Morro, Fujifilm NDT Systems, once again put together apremier radiography event which focused on real-time radioscopy
and digital imaging. Topics covered digital RT for boiler tubes,

underwater pipeline inspection using automated gammagraphy,
digital RT for nuclear fuels inspection, computed tomography andreal-time X-ray systems.
A fourth conference, the 2006 NDE Conference on Civil
Engineering – The 7th Structural Materials Technology (SMT): NDE/NDT for Highways and Bridges, will be taking place as this issueof the ICNDT Journal goes to press. A joint conference being heldwith the 6th International Symposium on NDT in Civil Engineering(NDT-CE), the unique event brings together researchers, industry
leaders, academicians and practitioners concerned with conditionassessment and non-destructive evaluation of civil infrastructure.
Programme chairs Glenn Washer, University of Missouri-Columbia,
and Imad Al-Qadi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
have brought together over 100 papers for presentation and a
keynote address, 35 Years of NDE of Concrete – a UK Perspective
given by John Bungey from the University of Liverpool.
Visit www.asnt.org for programme details for ASNT’s 2006 Fall
Conference and Quality Testing Show in Houston, Texas, USA,23-27 October.

Vaughn addressing the class

Hands-on inspection

Potter addressing the class at the In-Service Inspection of Aircraft
Conference

Future ICNDT meetings
ICNDT & PGP – Berlin, September 2006
PGP Committee – Auckland, November 2006
PGP Committee – Argentina, October 2007
ICNDT & PGP Committee – Beijing, August 2008

ISO 9712-2005
The new ISO 9712-2005 is now
available in either electronic or
hard copy format
Visit the ISO website at www.iso.org

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PAN-AMERICA

Argentina: Accreditation of the NDT Personnel Certification BodyOn 17 April, the national accreditation body, the Organismo
Argentino de Acreditacion (OAA), gave to the national
standards body, the Instituto Argentino de NormalizacionyCertificacion(IRAM),
theaccreditation under
ISO-9712 for the
NDT
personnel
certification system.
AAENDEhas
contributedtothat objective in
different
ways,
and has a special
agreement
with

IRAM to support thesystem, that implies
economical benefits
for its members.
Toannounce
this notice to thecommunity, IRAM and
AAENDE
organiseda meeting at IRAM
facilities.
Atthatmeeting the first three
new certificates sinceaccreditation
were
presented.

.
			IV Pan-American Conference
for NDT Argentina
22-26 October 2007
Hotel Panamericano – Buenos Aires
This conference is organised by
the Pan-American Committee
for NDT, which brings together
associations that develop related
activities in the American
continent fostering NDT activities
in the region, and promoting the
Pan-American Conference for
NDT. Jointly, two major events
will take place: the ISO TC-135
and ICNDT PGP meetings.
Participants
We are expecting the presenceofmanagers,
supervisors,
engineers, technicians, and
NDT inspectors and researchers,
workingwithequipment
inspection, equipment and structure integrity, welding
and also quality control, from fields as diverse as:
q Gas and petroleum and petrochemical industries
q Electric power generation (hydraulic, thermal,
nuclear and others)q Steel industry
q Automotive industry
q Aerospace industry
q Nuclear industry
q Rendering service companies
q Maintenance and inspection of different industries
q Universities and R&D Centres
q Art & Heritage Curators
Exhibition Hall
It is foreseen an Exhibition Hall will create a forum forthe companies to promote their products and services,while visitors will have a unique opportunity to accessthe latest technologies, source new contacts, meetindustry colleagues, keep up-to-date, and see hands-on
demonstrations.
Social Programme
Buenos Aires 2007 will be a good opportunity to see
one of the most European of all Latin American cities.
Visit us at: http://www.aaende.org.ar
E-mail: info@aaende.org.ar; Tel: 0054-11-67727429/7257; Fax: 0054-11-6772-7426/7355
Organised by:
CONVENTURE- INDEXPORT MESSE FRANKFURT S.A.

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Fax: +213 2 361 850

Argentina

AAENDE – Asociación Argentina
de Ensayos No Destructivos y
Estructurales

Av General Paz 1499 - San
Tel: +54 11 6772 7429
Martin Pcia, Buenos Aires 1650. Fax: +54 11 6772 7355

http://www.aaende.
org.ar/info@aaende.org.ar

M

Australia

AINDT – Australian Institute for
Non-Destructive Testing

PO Box 19, 3052 Melbourne,
Victoria 3052

Tel: +61 3 9326 7266
Fax: +61 3 9326 7272

http://www.aindt.
com.au/;info@aindt.com.au

M

Austria

OGfZP – Austrian Society for
Non-Destructive Testing

Krugerstrasse 16, Wien A-1015

Tel: +61 3 9326 7266
Fax: +61 3 9326 7272

http://www.oegfzp.at/

office@oegfzp.at

M

Bangladesh

BSNDT – Bangladesh Society for NDT

c/o NDTDivision, Atomic
Energy Centre, 4 Kazi Nazrul
Islam Avenue, Ramna, Dhaka1000

Tel: +880 2 509 498
Fax: +880 2 861 3051
(att BSNDT)

bsndt@dhaka.net

M

BelarusBelorussian Association for NDT and
Technical Diagnostic

Akademitcheskaia Str 16, Minsk
220072

Tel: +375 17 220 1341
Fax: +375 17 220 1341

zaloha@mail.ru

MBelgium

Belgian Association of NDTAllee de la Cense Rouge 15,
Angleur-Liege B-4031

Tel: +32 4 3655 892
Fax: +32 4 3656 615

http://www.bant.be/

info@bant.beM

Bosnia andHerzegovina

Bosnian and Herzegovinan Society
for NDT

Tvomicka 3, Sarajevo-Ilidza,
BiH 71000

Tel: +387 71 543 370
Fax: +387 71 543 370

BrazilAPENDE – Associação Brasileira de
Ensaios Não Destrutivos

Rua Guapiacu, 5 Vila
Clementino, Sao Paulo-SP
04024-020

Tel: +55 11 5586 3199
Fax: +55 11 5581 1164

http://www.abende.
org.br/abende@abende.org.br

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Bulgaria

BG S NDT – Bulgarian Society for
NDT

Acad G Bonchev St, bl 4, Sofia
1113

Tel: +359 2 73 35 217
Fax: +359 2 70 20 56

nntdd@imbm.bas.bg

M

Canada

CINDE – Canadian Institute for NDE

135 Fennel Ave West, Hamilton Tel: +11 905 387 1655
L8N 3T2
Fax: +11 905 574 6080

www.cinde.ca

d.marshall@cinde.ca

M

China, The
People’sRepublic of

ChSNDT – The Chinese Society for
NDT

100 Huihe Road, Shanghai
200437

http://www.chsndt.
com/

chsndt@public2.sta.
net.cnM

Colombia

Instituto Colombiano de Normativa
Tecnicas y Certification

Carrera 37 No 52-95, Santafe de Tel: +57 1 315 0377;
Bogota, D.C.
Fax: +57 1 222
1435/315 2968

cliente@icontec.org.co

M

Costa Rica

National Committee for NDT

c/o Inst Tec Costa Rica,
Apartado 159, Cartago

Tel: +506 552 5333
Fax: +506 551 5348

Jmunoz@itcr.ac.cr

Croatia

CrSNDT – Croatian Society of NDT

c/o FSB Zagreb - Ivana Lucica
1, Zagreb 10000

Tel: +385 1 615 7129
Fax: +385 1 615 7129

http://www.fsb.
hr/crsndt/

crsndt@fsb.hr

M

Czech
Republic

Czech Society for NDT

c/o Brno University ofTechnology, Technickà 2, Brno
CZ 616 69

Tel: +420 5 4114 3229
Fax: +420 5 4114 3231

http://www.cndt.cz/

cndt@cndt.cz

MDenmark

The Danish Society for NDT

c/o Yxlon International AS –PO Box 1869, Halfdansgade 8,
Copehagen DK2300

Tel: +45 32 54 15 40
Fax: +45 32 54 99 60

EcuadorESPOL – Escuela Politecnica delLitoralPO Box 09-01-5863, Guayaquil

Tel: +593 422 80231
Fax: +593 422 89 649

Egypt

Egyptian Society for Industrial
Inspection

3a Moaskar Romany Street,
Rushdy, Alexandria

Tel: +203 546 4888
Fax: +203 545 4299

FinlandFinnish NDT Committee

PO Box 44, Helsinki FIN-00811

Tel: +358 10 521 6339
Fax: +358 10 521 6339

FranceCOFREND

1 Rue Gaston Boissier, Paris
Cedex 15, F-75724

Tel: +33 144 19 76 18
Fax: +33 144 19 75 04

Germany

DGZfP – German Society for
Non-Destructive Testing

Max Plank Strasse, 6, Berlin
D-12489

GreeceHellenic Society of NDT

Hungary

Tel: +86 21 654 40 277
Fax: +86 21 654 40 277

Zergougmourad@
Hotmail.com

M

Juha.Sillanpaa@
inspecta.fi

M

http://www.cofrend.
com/

cofrend@cofrend.asso.fr

M

Tel: +49 30 678 07-0
Fax: +49 30 678 07 109

http://www.dgzfp.de/

mail@dgzfp.de

M

PO Box 64066, Zografou,
Athens Hellas 15710

Tel: +301 772 1312
Fax: +301 772 13 02

http://www.hsnt.gr/

prasian@central.ntua.gr

M

Hungarian Organisation of NDT– Scientific Society of MechanicalEngineers – NDT section

Budapest I I - FO UCTA
68 Hungary - PO Box 433,
Budapest H-1027

Tel: +36 1 202 0656
Fax: +36 1 202 0252

http://www.marovisz.
hu/mail.gte@mtesz.hu

M

India

Indian Society for NDT

Nungambakkam High Road
E-1, II Floor, JP Towers,
Chennai 600 034

Tel: +91 44 826 5984
Fax: +91 44 827 7121

http://www.isnt.org/

secy@icnt.org

M

IrelandIIWEI – Irish Institute of Welding &Engineering Inspection

c/o Enterprise Ireland,
Glasnevin, Dublin 9

Tel: +353 1 808 2272
Fax: +353 1 857 0452

http://www.iiwei.org/

michael.prendergast@enterprise-ireland.com

M

IsraelIsraeli National Society for NDT

5 Eliau Shamir St, Mishmar
Hashiva 50297

Tel: +972 3 960 55 59
Fax: +972 3 960 41 60

israndt@netvision.net.il

M

Italy

AIPnD – Italian Society for NDT

via Foresti, 5, Brescia 25127

Tel: +39 030 37 39 173
Fax: +39 030 37 39 176

http://www.aipnd.it/

aipnd@numerica.it

M

Japan

JSNDI – The Japanese Society for
Non-Destructive Inspection

MBR99, 4th Fl , 67 KandaSakumagashi, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 101- 0026

Tel: +81 3 5821 5105
Fax: +81 3 3863 6524

http://wwwsoc.nii.
ac.jp/jsndi/

acd@jsndi.or.jp

M

Kenya

KNDT – Non-Destructive TestingSociety of Kenya

Secretariat Office, Macharios
Road, PO Box 11873, Nairobi

Tel: +254 2 54 1500
Fax: +254 2 54 01 17

Korea

KSNT – Korean Society for NDT1473 -10, Seocho-3Dong,
Seocho-Ku, Seoul 137-868

Tel: +82 02 583 7564
Fax: +82 02 582 2743

LatviaLatvian Society for NDT

23 Klijanu Str., LV Rega 1012
Kaunas University ofTechnology, Studentu 50,
Kaunas 3031

Lithuania

10materials@roadsnet.
go.ke
http://ksnt.or.kr/

ksnt@urltel.co.kr

M

Tel: +371 737 0391
Fax: +371 782 0303

kval@latnet.lv

M

Tel: +370 7 351 162
Fax: +370 7 451 489

Rymantas.Kazys@tef.
ktu.lt

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DIRECTORY OF SOCIETIESCountry

Name

Address

Tel and Fax

HomepageE-mailMemberMalaysia

MSNT – Malaysian Society for NDT

c/o Malaysian Inst for Nuclear
Technology Research (MINT)
KA Jang, Bangi Seleangor
43000

Tel: +60 3 892 82908
Fax: +60 3 825 0907

MexicoIMENDE – Instituto Mexicano De
Ensayos No Destructivos A.C.

Ruben M Campos 2651, Villade Cortes, Mexico D.F. C.P.
03535

Tel: +52 555 696 0771
Fax: +52 555 696 0771

Moldova

ATND – Moldavian Society on NDT& Technical Diagnostics

20 Meshterul Manole St,
Kishinev, MD-2028-Moldova

Tel: +3732 472 145
Fax: +3732 473 528

Mongolia

MSNDT – Mongolian Society for
NDT

MTU Campus-2, Room X302,
Sukhbaatar Duureg, P.O.B.
46/943, Ulaan Baatar

Tel: +976 9919 2343
Fax: +976 1 324121

Netherlands

KINT – Dutch Quality Surveillanceand NDT Society

Krimkade 20, Voorschoten
2251 KA.

Tel: +31 715 601 085
Fax: +31 715 611 426

http://www.kint.nl/

info@kint.nl

M

New Zealand

NZNDTA – New ZealandNondestructive Testing Association

PO Box 854, Blenheim

Tel: +64 3 570 5858
Fax: +64 3 570 5854

http://www.
apcndt2006.com/

ljdick@ndt.co.nz

Mnassir@mint.gov.myMhttp://www.imende.
com/

agarciacueto@imende.
com

M

http://www.ndt.md/

nercont@meganet.md

M

B.TUMEN@MTU.Edu.
MN

Nigeria

Nigerian Society for NDTGammatec, Port Harcourt

Tel: +234 846 11027

martessien@yahoo.com

M

NorwayNSNDT – Norwegian Society for
NDT

PO Box 100, Billingstad
N-1376

Tel: +47 66 98 12 00
Fax: +47 66 98 23 33

http://www.ndt.no/secretariat@ndt.noM

Pakistan

PASNT – Pakistan Society for NDT

c/o National Centre for NDT(NCNDT), SES Directorate,
PO Box 1781, Islamabad

Tel: +92 51 444 6127
Fax: +92 51 444 4126

http://www.paec.gov. ncndt@isb.comsats.
pk/ncndt/ncndt-index. net.pk
htm

MPhilippine

PSNDT – Philippine Society for NDT

c/o Philippine Nuclear Research Tel: +0632 920-8815
Institute, Commonwealth
Fax: +0632 920-1646
Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City

ajmateo@pnri.dosf.
gov.phPolandPTBNiDT SIMP – Polish Societyof Nondestructive Testing andTechnical Diagnostic – Polish
Society of Mechanical Engineers andTechnicians

Swietokrzyska 14A, PL 00-050
Warsaw

Tel: +48 22 826 45 55
Fax: +48 22 826 03 54

simp@simp.pl(gracjanw@neostrada.pl

Romania

ARoENd – Romanian Association
for NDT

7 Soldanulu7i St, Bl. 137,
SC.A, AP.4, Sector 4, Bucharest
42042

Tel: +401 312 8220
Fax: +401 332 5843

http://www.aroend.ro/ adrian_stanciu@
aroend.ro

M

RussiaRSNTTD – The Russian Society for
NDT and Technical Diagnostic

Structure 1, Bld. 35 Usacheva
Street, Moscow T 119048

Tel: +70 495 245 5656
Fax: +70 495 246 8888

http://www.rsnttd.ru/

spektr@co.ru

MSerbiaSerbian Society for NDT

Grcica Milenka 67, Beograd
11000

Tel: +381 11 2419 255
Fax: +381 11 402 849

http://www.sdibr.
org.yusdibr@sdibr.org.yu

Singapore

Singapore Welding Society

151 North Buona Vista Road,
Tel: +6779 7706
Phase Z.Ro Technopreneur Park Fax: +6464 0186
Block C, #02 – 03 Singapore
139347

http://www.sws.org.sg

askwheng@ntu.edu.sg

M

Slovakia

Slovak Society for Nondestructive
Testing

Racianska str 71, Bratislava SK
832 59Tel: +421 2 49246556
Fax: +421 2 49246860

gabriska.pavel@
stonline.sk

M

Slovenia

SSNDT – Slovenian Society for NDT

Askerceva 6, Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering,
University of Ljubljana,
Ljubljana 1000

Tel: +386 1 477 1203
Fax: +386 1 477 1225

janez.grum@fs.uni.lj.si

MSouth Africa

South African Institute for NDTPO Box 76068, Lynnwood
Ridge 0040

Tel: +27 11 719-5717
Fax: +27 12 807-3829

http://www.saint.
org.zasaint@acenet.co.za

M

Spain

Associacion Espanola de END

Calle Bocangel, 28 - 2° izda,
Madrid E-28028

Tel: +34 91 361 25 85
Fax: +34 91 361 47 61

http://www.aend.org

informacion@aend.org

M

Sri Lanka

SNDT – Society for Non Destructive
Testing, Sri Lanka

c/o Atomic Energy Authority- 343, Lanka Tractors Ltd
Bldg, 60/460 Baseline Road,
Orugodawatta

Tel: +94-1-533427-8
Fax: +94-1-533448

srlaea@slt.lk

M

SwedenSwedish Society for NDT

c/o NDT Training, Center
AB- Regattagatan 23, Vasteras
S-723 48

Tel: +46 21 164 440
Fax: +46 21 164 444

http://www.
ndtsweden.com/

claes.eriksson@ndttraining.se

M

Switzerland

SGZP

c/o Schweiz. Verein fürSchweisstechnik/St Alban
Rheinweg 222, Basel CH-4052

Tel: +61 317 84 84
Fax: +61 317 84 80

http://www.sgzp.ch/w.schmid@fh-aargau.ch

M

TaiwanSNTCT – Nondestructive TestingSociety of China-Taipei

130, Kee- Lung Rd, Sec 3
Taipei, Taiwan

Tel: +886 2 2363 0815
Fax: +886 2 2366 0732

http://wwwsnt.org.tw/

sntct@snt.org.tw

M

Tunisia

COTEND – Commission Nationale
Pour Les Controles Non-Destructifs

c/o Cetime, Ksar Said, BP 121,
Tunis Cedex 1080

Tel: +216 (1) 547 809
Fax: +216 (1) 546 637

cetime@ati.tn

M

TurkeyChamber of Metallurgical Engineers

Hatay Sokak No 10/9, Kizilay,
Ankara 6650

Tel: +90 312 425 4160
Fax: +90 312 418 9343

oda@metalurji.org.tr

UkraineUSNDT – Ukrainian Society for
Non-Destructive Testing

Bozhenko 11, Kiev 03680

Tel: +380 44 287 2666
Fax: +380 44 289 9482

http://www.usndt.
com.ua/usndt@ukr.net

M

UnitedKingdom

BINDT – British Institute of
Non-Destructive Testing

1 Spencer Parade,
Northampton, EnglandNN1 5AA

Tel: +44 1604 630124
Fax: +44 1604 231489

http://www.bindt.org/

info@bindt.org

M

Uruguay

AENDUR – Asociaciòn Uruguaya de
Ensayos No Destructivos

Plaza Independencia, 812 piso
2, Montevideo 11100

Tel: +5982 901 20 48
Fax: +5982 902 1681

aendur@adinet.com.uy

M

USA

ASNT – The American Society For
NDT

1711 Arlingate Lane – PO Box
28518, Columbus 43228-0518

Tel: +1 614 274 6003
Fax: +1 614 274 6899

http://www.asnt.org/

wholliday@asnt.org

M

Venezuela

Associacion Venezolana de Ensayos
No Destructivos

Apartado P 47533, Caracas
1041

Tel: +58 2 6933 970
Fax: +58 2 6933 323

http://asovend.org.ve/

ASOVEND@fnmail.com

Vietnam

VANDT – Vietnam Association for
NDT

46 Nguyen Van Ngoc, Ba Dinh,
Hanoi

Tel: +84 4 7661 796
Fax: +84 4 7663258

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vandt@iop.ncst.ac.vn

11CALENDAR OF NDT EVENTS
Month

Date

Venue

12-14

Stratford-upon-Avon
UK

18-19

Stuttgart
Germany

Conference on Damage in
Composite Materials – Simulation
and Nondestructive Testing

cdcm06@isd.uni-stuttgart.dewww.cdcm06.de

25-29

BerlinGermany

9th European Conference on NDT(ECNDT)

mail@ecndt2006.info
www.ecndt2006.info

23-27

HoustonUSA

ASNT Fall Conference and Quality
Testing Show

conferences@asnt.org
www.asnt.org

24-27

São Paulo
BrazilSeminars - II Forum on New NDTTechnologies

abende@abende.org.br
www.abende.org.br

5-10

Auckland
New Zealand12th Asia Pacific Conference on
Non-Destructive Testing 2006

www.apcndt2006.com

28 Nov– 1 Dec

Kiev
Ukraine

Exhibition ‘Patterns, Standards andInstruments’silova@iec-expo.com.ua
www.tech-expo.com.ua/eng/pz

29-30

Porto Alegre

II Mercosur Meeting on NDT and
Inspection

abende@abende.org.br
www.abende.org.br

February
2007

19-24

Slavske (Lviv region)
Ukraine12th International ScientificTechnical Conference andExhibition ‘LEOTEST-2007’

leotest@org.lviv.net
www.usndt.com.ua

March
2007

26-30

Orlando, Florida
USA

16th ASNT Annual Research
Symposium

www.asnt.org

September
2006

October
2006

NovemberDecember
2006

NDT 2006: 45th Annual
Conference of BINDT

Contact
conf@bindt.org
www.bindt.org

2-4

Stuttgart
Germany

4th International Conference:
Emerging Technologies in
Non-Destructive Testing andTechnology Transfer and Business
Partnership Event (ETNDT 4)

11-14

Harrogate
UK

Second World Congress on
Engineering Asset Management andFourth International Conference on
Condition Monitoring

daniel.grove@bindt.org
www.wceam-cm2007.org

25-27

Lyon
FranceInternational Symposium on Digital
Industrial Radiology and Computed
Tomography

valerie.kaftandjian@insa-lyon.fr
www.dir2007.com

17-20

Glasgow
ScotlandNDT 2007 Conference andMaterials Testing 2007 Exhibition

conf@bindt.org
www.bindt.org

11-14

ChariaCrete

4th International Conference of theHellenic Society for NDT

hsnt@hsnt.gr
www.hsnt.gr

22-26

Buenos Aires
Argentina

4th Pan-American Conferenceon Non-Destructive Testing(PANNDT)

November
2007

12-16

Las Vegas
USA

ASNT Fall Conference and Quality
Testing Show

www.asnt.org

August2008

26-30

ShanghaiChina

17th World Conference on NDT

chsndt@public2.sta.net.cn
chsndt2008@163.com
www.17wcndt.com

Durban, South Africa

18th World Conference on NDTamanda.vdwesthuizen@andtc.com

April
2007

June
2007

September
2007

October
2007

2012

12

Event

mbourlau@vub.ac.bewww.etech-ndt.eu.org

info@aaende.org.ar
www.aaende.org.ar

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