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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:
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The PFI Standards and Technical
Bulletins version 2006/2007 on CD Rom is now available
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New Standards in progress;
ES-47 The Welding of Internally
Cladded Pipe
TB-10 PWHT of Integrally reinforced
branch connections
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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
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Thomas Montano - Local 412 - Albuquerque, NM
- Roger D. Morgan - Local 630 - West Palm beach, FL
- John Endicott - Local 290 - Tualatin, OR
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Kenneth Edwards - Local 211 - Houston, TX
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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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