Oil and Chemical Plant Constructors' Association (OCPCA)

This collection contains: Advisory Panel papers re. merger with the EEF, 1966-1979; New Employers' Association Working Party, 1979; OCPA/NECEA amalgamation papers, 1983-1993; Accident Prevention Committee minutes and papers, 1977-1992; Advisory Panel minutes and papers, 1958-1969; Annual General Meetings, papers, 1977-1979; Client/OCPCA Liaison Committee, minutes, papers and correspondence, 1969-1982; Finance and General Purposes Committee, minutes, papers and correspondence, 1969-1994; Industrial Relations Committee, minutes, 1991-1994; Council minutes, 1974-1994; Training Committee, minutes and papers, 1970-1993; Training and Accident Prevention Committee, minutes, papers and correspondence, 1968-1970; Apprenticeships, papers and correspondence, 1976-1977; Contractors, minutes, papers and correspondence, 1978-1988; Drax Power Station completion, working party report, 1981; Erectors and Scaffolders, papers and correspondence, 1982-1986; Industrial Relations papers, 1972; Morecombe Bay and Rough projects, papers and correspondence, 1982-1984; National agreement negotiations, papers and correspondence, 1971-1981; National agreement negotiations and operation, papers, 1982-1984; National Economic Development Office (NEDO) and the Economic Development Committee (ECD) for the engineering industry, minutes, papers and correspondence, 1980-1987; National Joint Council for the Engineering Construction Industry, minutes, papers and correspondence, 1981-1991; Productivity and Work Measurement Committee, papers, 1967-1982; Site agreements and procedures, papers, 1957-1987; Training, reports and papers, 1970-1995; Wages, conditions and negotiations, papers and correspondence, 1964-1984; Welders pay conditions and training, papers and correspondence, 1967-1969; Worker Participation, papers, 1982-1983; Annual reports, 1958-1992; Association Newsletters, 1993;1994; external publications, 1967-1990s.

The Association was founded in December 1968. It succeeded the Advisory Panel for Oil Refinery and Chemical Plant Constructors, which had been founded in 1958. The Advisory Panel dissolved itself in 1969, having handed its work and assets over to the Association. On 1 April 1994, the Association merged with the National Engineering Construction Employers' Association to form the Engineering Construction Industry Association (ECIA).

This collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/

The archive was received in five deposits. Those of 1992, February 1994 and March 1994 by the OCPCA, and those of August and November 1996 by its successor organisation, the ECIA. Items can be linked to their deposit date by their document reference code. Documents included in the initial deposit start their document reference with MSS.91/OCP. The February 1994 and March 1994 deposits are referenced MSS.91/OCP/A and MSS.91/OCP/B respectively. Documents deposited in August 1996 carry the reference starting MSS.91.OCP/C, and those of November 1996, MSS.91/OCP/D.

Link to full catalogue: https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/OCP

The related records of the Refractory Users' Federation (MSS.91), the Coke Oven Contractors' Association (MSS.91/CO), the National Engineering Construction Employers' Association (MSS.91/NECEA) and the Engineering Construction Industry Association (MSS.91/ECIA) are also held at the Centre.