FUTURE MEETING DATES:

• 2008 PFI (Executive & Engineering Subcommittee) & PFI/UA Fall Meeting - September 14-16, 2008, at the Westin Resort & Spa, in Mont-Tremblant, QC, Canada
• 2009 PFI & PFI/UA Annual Meeting - March 19-24, 2009 - at the Double Tree Grand Resort in Key West, FL
• 2009 PFI (Executive & Engineering Subcommittee) & PFI/UA Fall Meeting - September 20-22, 2009, in Chicago, IL
• 2010 PFI & PFI/UA Annual Meeting - March 4-9, 2010 - Tucson or Scottsdale , AZ

ENGINEERING COMMITTEE:

• The PFI Standards and Technical Bulletins version 2006/2007 on CD Rom is now available 

• New Standards in progress; 

  ES-47 The Welding of Internally Cladded Pipe

  TB-10 PWHT of Integrally reinforced branch connections

• Standards being revised or re-affirmed; 

  ES-24 Pipe Bending Methods

  ES-45 Recommended practices for Post weld heat treatment

  ES-30 & ES-25 could be replaced by ES-48 Random Non-destructive Examination

  ES-39 Fabricating Tolerances for Grooved Piping Systems

  ES-46 Bar Coding

   

APPOINTED OFFICERS for 2007/2008:

• Chairman and : Gordon Tunberg (ACCO Engineered Systems, San Diego, CA)
• Vice-Chairman and Program & Meeting: Steve Brunett (John E Green, Nashville, TN)
• Treasurer and Budget Committee Chairman: Mark Habermann (NewMech Companies, St. Paul, MN)
• Membership Committee Chairman: Michael Cables (Kinetic Systems, Union City, CA)
• Labor Relations Committee Chairman: George Stuller (Industrial Power Systems, Toledo, OH)
• Editorial Committee Chairman: Robert Nardei (Nardei Fabricators, Calgary, AB, Canada)
• Nominating Committee Chairman: Gary Nichols (McAbee Construction, Tuscaloosa, AL)
• By-Laws Committee Chairman: John Panetti (Team Industries, Kaukauna, WI)
• Engineering Committee Chairman: Tim Monday (Team Industries, Kaukauna, WI)
• Industrial Health & Safety Committee Chairman: Richard Stadelman (Team Industries, Kaukauna, WI)

APPOINTED UA REPRESENTATIVES for 2007/2008:

• Steve Kelly, Assistant General President and Chairman of the United Association Labor Relations Committee
• Thomas Montano - Local 412 - Albuquerque, NM
• Roger D. Morgan - Local 630 - West Palm beach, FL
• John Endicott - Local 290 - Tualatin, OR
• Kenneth Edwards - Local 211 - Houston, TX
• James Hogarth - Local 46 - Scarborough, ON, Canada

PFI ON THE ROAD:

• PFI will be present as exhibitor at "The North American Pipe Trades Training Conference & Exposition (NAPT) 2007" from June 17-22, 2007, held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  Come and visit us at the PFI booth.
• PFI will be present as exhibitor at "The North American Pipe Trades Training Conference & Exposition (NAPT) 2005" from June 26 to July 1, 2005, at the Westin Diplomat Resort in Hollywood, FL.  Come and visit us at the PFI booth.
• PFI co-sponsored the Pipe Fabricating 2005 Conference held in Appleton, Wisconsin, last April 5-6, 2005.  Guy Fortin, Executive Director was invited to say a few words and Tim Monday, PFI Engineering Committee Chairman presented a paper on "PFI standards: protecting your firm from contract disputes and cost overruns"
• PFI, represented by Guy Fortin, Executive Director, attended the Local 400 Plumbers and Steamfitters Apprenticeship Programs 6th Annual Graduation Dinner held in Kimberly, WI on April 7th 2005. The program is a great success at Local 400. This year, certificates were presented to 10 Fabricator Graduates, 16 Plumber Graduates and 46 Steamfitter Graduates.

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