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January 2, 2015
Hiring Announcement
It is with great pleasure that I announce that Hing Chan has joined Bryan Hauger Consulting in the position of an Associate Consultant.
Hing recently retired from Formosa Plastics where he worked on product development of polyethylene material for durable applications, complaint resolutions and product stewardship. Prior to joining Formosa, Hing had a long and distinguished career with Phillips Petroleum Company and Chevron Phillips Chemical Company.
For more about Hing's consulting interests, please check out his webpage at http://www.bryanhaugerconsulting.com/hing-chan.html
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January 5, 2015
The long awaited new Final Rule is Published. It is 21 pages long!
In today’s Federal Register, "PHMSA is amending the Federal pipeline safety regulations to incorporate by reference new, updated or reaffirmed editions of the voluntary consensus standards that are applicable to pipelines subject to the requirements of the Federal pipeline safety regulations. This final rule also makes non-substantive editorial corrections clarifying regulatory language in certain provisions". This final rule is effective March 6, 2015. This is an important reference for plastic gas pipe consultants.
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January 8, 2015
New European Commission Trade Barriers on Chinese Glass Fibers Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1379/2014 was published on December 16th, 2014. Votes were taken by EU Member States to support new anti-dumping duties up to 25-30% on imports from Chinese producers just after thanksgiving. My reading suggests that similar duties had been previously imposed in the past. The regulation is also full of interesting marketing information on glass fiber use in Europe and producers in China.
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2014.367.01.0022.01.ENG
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January 12, 2015
Bryan Hauger Consulting Now on Twitter - My handle is @bryancalling. Follow me for even more from Bryan Hauger Consulting.
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January 13, 2015
Bryan Hauger Consulting selected to present at the Polyolefins Conference 2015
The preliminary conference program is now available and Bryan’s presentation titled “Recent Trends in Polyolefin Pipe Technology and Markets” will be part of a session titled “Polyolefins in Durable Applications”. Bryan’s presentation will start at 230 PM on February 24th. I am now planning travel for the Polyolefins Conference Houston. So if you will be attending that meeting and would like to have a discussion, then please contact me.
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January 14, 2015
Quick and Helpful Composite Tensile Testing Advice
I found this article because the author is giving a seminar. If the article is any indication, the upcoming seminar by Dr. Daniel O. Adams is sure to be a great education to anyone who can attend. The discussion of the special considerations one must make when conducting a simple tensile test on unidirectional composite materials are well explained and complete. I doubt I can make it to the February seminar in Los Angeles. But I wish I could.
http://www.compositesworld.com/articles/tensile-testing-of-composites-simple-in-concept-difficult-in-practice
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January 18, 2015
Plastic Pipe and ANTEC® 2015 Preliminary Program
I wanted to inform the plastic pipe community about the upcoming sessions and great papers focused on pipe during ANTEC® 2015. Three sessions are of particular interest to those in the plastic piping industry; Monday afternoon, Tuesday morning, and Wednesday morning. On Monday afternoon, check out the M34 session titled “Investigations of Materials and Test Methods for Plastic Pipe Systems”. On Tuesday morning, the session of interest is T12 titled “Plastics in Building and Construction”. On Wednesday morning, you won’t want to miss the very popular W6 session which is jointly hosted by Failure Analysis and Prevention & Plastic Pipes and Fittings. You can check for the preliminary program on the SPE website now.
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January 30, 2015
Maryland Sinkhole Nearly Swallows Two Cars.
The annual ritual begins. In the spring, thawing and freezing finish off pipes that should have been replaced years ago. In this case, a 90 year old pipe failed. The story doesn’t say it, but a 90 year old pipe means it was definitely not a plastic pipe. Check out number of breaks in area. Why does the public tolerate this performance from the water utility?
January 2, 2015
Hiring Announcement
It is with great pleasure that I announce that Hing Chan has joined Bryan Hauger Consulting in the position of an Associate Consultant.
Hing recently retired from Formosa Plastics where he worked on product development of polyethylene material for durable applications, complaint resolutions and product stewardship. Prior to joining Formosa, Hing had a long and distinguished career with Phillips Petroleum Company and Chevron Phillips Chemical Company.
For more about Hing's consulting interests, please check out his webpage at http://www.bryanhaugerconsulting.com/hing-chan.html
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January 5, 2015
The long awaited new Final Rule is Published. It is 21 pages long!
In today’s Federal Register, "PHMSA is amending the Federal pipeline safety regulations to incorporate by reference new, updated or reaffirmed editions of the voluntary consensus standards that are applicable to pipelines subject to the requirements of the Federal pipeline safety regulations. This final rule also makes non-substantive editorial corrections clarifying regulatory language in certain provisions". This final rule is effective March 6, 2015. This is an important reference for plastic gas pipe consultants.
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January 8, 2015
New European Commission Trade Barriers on Chinese Glass Fibers Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1379/2014 was published on December 16th, 2014. Votes were taken by EU Member States to support new anti-dumping duties up to 25-30% on imports from Chinese producers just after thanksgiving. My reading suggests that similar duties had been previously imposed in the past. The regulation is also full of interesting marketing information on glass fiber use in Europe and producers in China.
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2014.367.01.0022.01.ENG
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January 12, 2015
Bryan Hauger Consulting Now on Twitter - My handle is @bryancalling. Follow me for even more from Bryan Hauger Consulting.
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January 13, 2015
Bryan Hauger Consulting selected to present at the Polyolefins Conference 2015
The preliminary conference program is now available and Bryan’s presentation titled “Recent Trends in Polyolefin Pipe Technology and Markets” will be part of a session titled “Polyolefins in Durable Applications”. Bryan’s presentation will start at 230 PM on February 24th. I am now planning travel for the Polyolefins Conference Houston. So if you will be attending that meeting and would like to have a discussion, then please contact me.
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January 14, 2015
Quick and Helpful Composite Tensile Testing Advice
I found this article because the author is giving a seminar. If the article is any indication, the upcoming seminar by Dr. Daniel O. Adams is sure to be a great education to anyone who can attend. The discussion of the special considerations one must make when conducting a simple tensile test on unidirectional composite materials are well explained and complete. I doubt I can make it to the February seminar in Los Angeles. But I wish I could.
http://www.compositesworld.com/articles/tensile-testing-of-composites-simple-in-concept-difficult-in-practice
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January 18, 2015
Plastic Pipe and ANTEC® 2015 Preliminary Program
I wanted to inform the plastic pipe community about the upcoming sessions and great papers focused on pipe during ANTEC® 2015. Three sessions are of particular interest to those in the plastic piping industry; Monday afternoon, Tuesday morning, and Wednesday morning. On Monday afternoon, check out the M34 session titled “Investigations of Materials and Test Methods for Plastic Pipe Systems”. On Tuesday morning, the session of interest is T12 titled “Plastics in Building and Construction”. On Wednesday morning, you won’t want to miss the very popular W6 session which is jointly hosted by Failure Analysis and Prevention & Plastic Pipes and Fittings. You can check for the preliminary program on the SPE website now.
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January 30, 2015
Maryland Sinkhole Nearly Swallows Two Cars.
The annual ritual begins. In the spring, thawing and freezing finish off pipes that should have been replaced years ago. In this case, a 90 year old pipe failed. The story doesn’t say it, but a 90 year old pipe means it was definitely not a plastic pipe. Check out number of breaks in area. Why does the public tolerate this performance from the water utility?
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