Start Date: 5/29/2024 8:00 AM CDT
End Date: 5/29/2024 12:00 PM CDT
Venue Name: MCAKC Knowledge Center
Location:
10955 Lowell Ave
10th Floor
Overland Park, KS United States 66210
Organization Name:
MCA of Kansas City
Contact:
Ins and Outs of Pipe Welding and Brazing for Mechanical Contractors
Date: May 29, 2024
Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 AM
Breakfast: 7:30 AM to 8:00 AM
Location: MCAKC Knowledge Center
Contractors have certain responsibilities regarding the piping that they install as related to Code requirements and engineering specifications. Senior management and project managers need to be aware of these requirements, how to ensure they are met and the consequences of not meeting them.
Duration: 4 hours
Target Audience: Mechanical Contractor Management and their Project Managers
Outline
- How good do piping system welds really need to be?
- Codes applicable to piping and welding
- Customer specifications/contract issues
- Welding issues
- Taking advantage of welding technology
- Ensuring weld quality
- Dealing with the damned paperwork
- Brazing issues
- Ordinary Brazing
- NFPA-99 Brazing
- Inspection
- Fixed vs. Random examinations
- Death clauses
Instructor
Walter J. Sperko, P.E., is the President of Sperko Engineering Services, Inc., specializing in metal fabrication technology, including material selection, welding, heat treating, inspection, quality assurance, and failure analysis. With extensive experience in piping and pressure vessel fabrication, installation, maintenance, and repair, he has worked for various companies such as EBASCO Services, Inc., ITT Grinnell Industrial Piping, and Richmond Engineering.
Mr. Sperko is actively involved in various ASME and AWS committees, including serving as past-Chairman of ASME Standards Committee IX Welding, Brazing, and Fusing Qualification, and a member of several subgroups. He has published numerous articles in trade magazines and holds a BA and BS in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. He is a registered Professional Engineer in multiple states and holds five US patents.
FREE to employees of Signatory Contractors, Associate Members, Members of UA Local 533, and UA Local 8
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Cancellations for all MCAKC events must be received prior to the event by email to learn@mcakc.org or by phone at 913-948-9200. Cancellations received after this time will be assessed a $100 cancellation fee.
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$50 Event Duration: Up to 4 Hours
$100 Event Duration: Over 4 Hours (Should the event cover more than one day, this fee will apply for each day of event)
