Mission

IPLOCA’s mission is to provide value to members through a forum for sharing ideas, engaging the industry and its stakeholders, facilitating business opportunities and promoting the highest standards in the pipeline industry.

Within the scope of this mission, the association’s objectives are as follows:

• To promote, foster and develop the science and practice of constructing onshore and offshore pipelines, and associated works. 
• To make membership of the Association a reasonable assurance of the skill, integrity, performance, and good faith of its Members.
• To maintain the standards of the contracting business for onshore and offshore pipelines and associated works at the highest professional level. 
• To promote safety and to develop methods for the reduction and elimination of accidents and injury to contractor’s employees in the industry, and all those engaged in, or affected by, operations and the work. 
• To promote the protection of the environment and contribute to social, cultural and environmental development. 
• To promote good and co-operative relationships amongst the Membership of the Association and between contractors, owners, operators, statutory and other organisations and the public generally. 
• To encourage efficiency amongst the Members, Associate Members and their employees.
• To seek correction of injurious, discriminatory or unfair business methods practised by or against the industry contractors as a whole. 
• To maintain and develop good relations with our Sister Associations as well as Associations allied to our industry and to play a leading role in the World Federation of Pipeline Industry Associations. 
• To follow the established Codes of Conduct set out by the industry and others with respect to working within a free and competitive market.