BVAA Comment Articles

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Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: ‘Build it and they will come’?

As can be seen from the photograph, clearly the resident birds at Bartlett Towers haven’t quite grasped the concept of this oft-misquoted phrase...
Valve User Issue 90

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Service

For some, ‘in Service’ might be a phrase they only recognise from say an ancestor’s trade, and carries something of a stigma.  ...
Valve User Issue 89

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: 20 years balancing optimism with realism

LinkedIn reminded me the other week that I’d reached my 20th anniversary working for the BVAA.  I’ll admit it was very heartwarming &...
Valve User Issue 88

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: RAAC and Ruin?

One of the joys of my job has been observing the career paths and development of people, particularly the ones I met relatively early in their career,...
Valve User Issue 87

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Under Pressure

This issue of Valveuser is being distributed at three completely different exhibitions, namely SPE Offshore Europe, UK Metals Expo and of course Hydro...
Valve User Issue 86

AI – Pie in the Sky?

I was chatting recently with one of our Future Leader delegates, who was regaling me with their experience of using an artificial intelligence chatbot...
Valve User Issue 85

German Weddings

Some 30 years ago when I first started to mix regularly with some very busy German colleagues, I noticed how often they cited a phrase about ‘no...
Valve User Issue 84

Adaptability is key!

BVAA are Industry Partners to the ChemUK show and we are delighted to be exhibiting again on the 10th/11th May at the NEC.  BVAA’s attenda...
Valve User Issue 83

Comment by BVAA Director Rob Bartlett: Hotting Up

Spring and autumn are traditionally breathless times for the Association, with a plethora of activities, events and exhibitions that often risk overwh...
Valve User Issue 82

Comment by BVAA Director Rob Bartlett: ‘The best BVAA Team you’ve ever had.’

‘The best BVAA Team you’ve ever had.’   This was the title of a recent letter that I sent to our members, and I stand by every...
Valve User Issue 81

Comment by BVAA Director Rob Bartlett: Success is best when it’s shared

As we come to the end of another busy year here at the BVAA, I do find it remarkable that the situation we find ourselves in right now is so much diff...
Valve User Issue 80

Comment by BVAA Director Rob Bartlett: It’s great to be back!

At last, we get to exhibit again at Valve World Expo! After postponements due to Covid 19, and a great deal of uncertainty (and assuming no last-minu...
Valve User Issue 79

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Exceptional Service

Like many, I experienced the most profound sense of loss when the news came through about the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.  My rea...
Valve User Issue 78

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: We’re busy and getting busier!

On my recent return from a few weeks’ annual leave in France, our ’30-minute team catch-up meeting’ to fill me in on progress during...
Valve User Issue 77

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Under Pressure?

As a young greenhorn new to the trade association world, I once got drawn into a conversation where some members’ technical representatives were...
Valve User Issue 76

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Throttling up!

Is it the glorious sunshine? Is it the newfound air of freedom we’re all feeling after two years of lockdown? Or is it perhaps the proverbial te...
Valve User Issue 75

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Life is like a camera…

The quote continues ‘…just focus on what’s important. Capture the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don’t...
Valve User Issue 71

Massive thank you to Emerson

We were bestowed with another fantastic donation from Emerson at our recent desktop exhibition at Fluor. They donated their new TopWorx™ HART 7. T...
Valve User Issue 51

Fabulous donation from Rotork

Thank you to the team at Rotork for donating three fantastic gearboxes comprising a modular two stage planetary gearbox, a bevel gearbox (HOB3) and a ...
Valve User Issue 51

Offshore Europe 2019

SPE Offshore Europe was held from 3rd – 6th September in the brand-new P&J Live events facility which offered 48.000sqm of exhibition space. The event...
Valve User Issue 51

Are we there yet?: Comment By BVAA Director Rob Bartlett

For anyone who has had kids, this phrase will usually trigger adrenaline and quicken your pulse just a tad. It’s a perpetual question, uttered fro...
Valve User Issue 51

Determining Value

A short while ago myself and some senior members of the BVAA had an exploratory chat with a very large company on the potential for them to consider...
Valve User Issue 50

Same Old Chestnut!

BVAA recently organised a dinner at the Houses of Parliament, with the express intent of getting a serious conversation going on the British Valve ind...
Valve User Issue 49

‘State of the Association’: Comment By BVAA Director Rob Bartlett

A few years ago, the BVAA closed down its old ‘Executive Committee,’ and in doing so also changed the format of our Annual meetings from our somewhat ...
Valve User Issue 48

Comment By BVAA Director Rob Bartlett: Recognition!

I have the best job in the World! Why? Simple really. Aside from the incredible diversity of our work here at the BVAA, I also get to meet such a w...
Valve User Issue 47



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