Emergency Inspection at Large Industrial Facility - When a major steel producer in North America experienced a recirculating water pipeline rupture, PPIC was on-site working with the client to assess the situation within a few hours from the initial call. The 48” lined cylinder pipe (LCP) was vital for plant operations to continue without production interruptions. PPIC mobilized a field crew and executed an inspection the following day using a robotic PipeCrawler™ RFTC unit. The results of the condition assessment will help the client plan any additional repair and replace programs.

EPA Trials in Louisville a Success - During the weeks of July 13th and 20th, 2009, PPIC worked with the U.S. EPA, Battelle, and Louisville Water Company to demonstrate two state-of-the-art pipeline inspection technologies on a 2,500-ft long, 24-inch in diameter cast iron pipe under EPA’s Aging Water Infrastructure Research Program. Overall the demonstrations were successful and the PPIC guests were pleased with the results. Stay tuned for a full EPA report to be released later this year.

Halifax PipeDiver™ Trials Validated - In July 2009, PPIC validated four pipes identified as distressed during a PipeDiver™ inspection. These four pipes were removed from the ground so that a complete inspection of the prestressing wires could occur. This involved removing the mortar and examining each wire wrap for breaks, and comparing the number and positions of breaks to the RFTC results. In all cases, wire break positions matched the predicted locations.

Jeff Rice Hired as New Client Manager – Mid Atlantic Region - PPIC is pleased to announce the addition of Mr. Jeffrey R. Rice to the North American sales team. Jeff joins PPIC with extensive background in sales and sales management in the water and wastewater industry. Jeff has been in sales related roles since 1985 and will cover the mid Atlantic region.

To serve the needs of this burgeoning city, El Paso Water Utilities (EPWU) operates over 2,200 miles of water transmission mains. Read about how PPIC conducted a non-destructive evaluation of this LCP line with the PipeCrawler™ tool.

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PipeScanner™ is the first and only condition assessment tool that works from the outer surface of a prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP) using Remote Field Transformer Coupling (RFTC) technology. The PipeScanner™ solution offers a significant cost savings as the pipeline can be examined from the outer surface, eliminating the need for de-watering.

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PPIC will be an exhibitor at the ASCE Pipelines Conference in San Diego on August 15-19 at booths #303 and #305. We will be featuring our PipeDiver™ and Sahara® leak detection technology and we look forward to seeing you there.

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