PDC: SPED Meeting Oct 9, 2008 Hess Club Houston

SPED Meeting Oct 9, 2008 Hess Club Houston

Posted by Piper on Friday October 10, 2008 @ 11:02
Story submitted by RCHandy

Last night Mr. David Smith a Project Engineer with Piping Technology & Products Inc was the guest speaker at the Society of Piping Engineers and Designers meeting. The topic, "Power Plant Pipe Support Design: Lessons Learned" was informative and well received by the Houston piping community. David shared lessons learned, common pitfalls, and innovative solutions that he has encountered throughout his career.

SPED Meeting Oct 9, 2008 Hess Club Houston | Press Releases | 5 comments

SPED Meeting Oct 9, 2008 Hess Club Houston ( Score: 0, / )

by Piper on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:58:02 -0400

I thought twice about approving this submission, but there *is* a Press Releases section...

Abuse of the section won't be tolerated.

Paul

SPED Meeting Oct 9, 2008 Hess Club Houston ( Score: 0, / )

by yar_nl on Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:31:41 -0400

Hi Paul,

I clicked on the link press releases but all that came up is the same story. Was there anymore news about "Power Plant Pipe Support Design: Lessons Learned"?

Raymond

Re: SPED Meeting Oct 9, 2008 Hess Club Houston ( Score: 0, / )

by Piper on Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:22:21 -0400

Apparently not, more information would be better. Perhaps the original submitter could elaborate.

Paul

Re: SPED Meeting Oct 9, 2008 Hess Club Houston ( Score: 0, / )

by RCHandy on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:42:29 -0400

Raymond,

The presentation was not heavy on the technical side; more or less a presentation of field problems that could have been avoided with proper design practices and/or resulted from meeting construction deadlines. The presentation was a little too heavy (in my opinion) on discussing the capabilities of the presenters employer. But, that is almost always a problem with letting a supplier speak at a technical forum. Fortunately, the gathering brought together like minded individuals and was a good learning experience for the dozen Cubs present. The lasagna was good too.

Last spring, WFI provided an excellent, non-supplier oriented discussion of actual failure that met the B31.1 design code; a presentation worthy of a detailed post. If there is interest I can see if an outline (or the .ppt) is available for distribution.

Regards,

Robin

Re: SPED Meeting Oct 9, 2008 Hess Club Houston ( Score: 5, / )

by yar_nl on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:23:32 -0500

Robin,

I am interested in the detailed post of the WFI presentation. Sorry that I did not reply earlier.

Regards,

Raymond