Tag Archive: Plastics Pipe Institute

Vision Directional Drilling
Record-number of Conduit Runs Pulled as Single Shot Using HDD

The underground installation of 24 runs of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) conduit pulled as one piece was named the Pr...

Atlantic City wastewater system
Atlantic City Not Playing Games with its Wastewater System

Beautiful beaches punctuate the New Jersey coastline, but while sand is welcomed and appreciated along the ocean’s...

Figure 1 Drill Rig Setup and Related Distances
Guidelines for Use of Compact HDD for Placement of HDPE...

A new set of guidelines for the us e of compact horizontal directional drilling (compact HDD) has been developed by the ...

Plastics Pipe Institute - PPI
Douglas Keller Appointed PPI Board of Directors Chair

Douglas Keller, technical lead – Americas for Equistar Chemical’s Pipe Resins, recently began his two-year t...

PPI Project of The Year Trenchless
Plastics Pipe Institute Announces Projects, Members of the Year

The Plastics Pipe Institute Inc. (PPI) announced the winners of its Projects of the Year and Members of the Year during ...

PPI HDPE Bounty
PPI Places $200 Bounty on Old Exhumed HDPE Conduit

The Power & Communications Division (PCD) of the Plastics Pipe Institute Inc. (PPI) is offering a $200 bounty for ex...

PPI Conduit Design Calculator
PPI Releases Free HDPE HDD Conduit Design Calculator

The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI), has released a new, free software tool that aids in determining the most approp...

concrete pipe
2020 Trenchless Technology Pipe Selection Guide

Trenchless Technology once again contacted pipe associations and manufacturers of the eight pipes typically used in tren...

Oil Patch HDPE Pipe
PHMSA Publishes Long-Awaited Plastic Pipe Final Rule

In November, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA...

Oil Patch HDPE Pipe
PPI Issues Advisory for Substandard Plastic Pipe

The Plastics Pipe Institute Inc. (PPI) issued a warning about substandard high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe that doe...

PPI Announces Board Transitions

The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI), the major North American trade association representing all segments of the pla...

Plastics Pipe Institute (PPI) Honors Project, Member of the Year...

The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) recently awarded its annual Projects and Members of the Year awards at its annua...

Plastics Pipe Institute Announces 2015 Board of Directors

Patrick Collings, of Lane Enterprises, was named chairman of the board for the Plastics Pipe Institute at the trade asso...