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VOLUME 41 | APRIL 2013 ine for P gaz ipe a lin M e e r h s PIPELINERS T w m HALL of FAME NEWS w w o .p .c ipelinejobs MISTRAS Provides Cutting-Edge Look at Pipeline Radiography Pipeliner’s Reunion XXXIII “A Better Way to a Cleaner Environment” VALUE THROUGH PERFORMANCE BSRF® Priority 1 Silt-Saver Silt Fence w/Scrim & Green Band Travel Lane Wattle Priority 2 w/ Black Band For details on these and other quality Silt-Saver Products, visit our website at: www.siltsaver.com Dewatering Bag D.O.T. Assembly 1094 Culpepper Drive • Conyers, Georgia 30094 Phone: 770.388.7818 • Toll Free: 1.888.382.SILT (7458) • Fax: 770.388.7640 BSRF is a registered trademark of Silt-Saver, Inc. Registration Number 4055634. PIPELINERS HALL of FAME N E W S VOLUME 41 APRIL 2013 Published by STAFF H. M. “Ike” Stemmer Founder Universal News, Inc. Publisher Courtesy of Dan Dotson Tina Bostic President / Editor [email protected] 10 Mistras David Bostic Provides Cutting-Edge Look at Pipeline Radiography Vice President [email protected] Bridget Withoff 39 Pipeliners Reunion XXXIII Circulation Manager [email protected] Shannon Solko Raff Circulation DEPARTMENTS EVENT CALENDAR 5 Latest Job Reports Juan Fitzmaurice NAPCA Annual Convention Art Director 12 Proposed Projects & Updates Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa [email protected] Indian Wells, CA 43 Heard On The Line April 24 - 28, 2013 45 Sharing Pipeline Memories Ph: (713)276-5306 Advertising Representative www.napca.com Tina Bostic 830/935-3167 46 Pipeline Photos 52 Obituaries OTC - Offshore Technology Conference Editorial & Production Offices Reliant Energy Park Universal News, Inc. 56 Business Directory Houston, Texas P. O. 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Box 227, Fischer, Texas 78623, ph (800)790-5551, Disclaimer fax (325)202-2925 Subscriptions: (Payable in U.S. While readers of this publication receive the benefit of our comments, none of the information contained herein constitutes a recommendation from Funds Only) - First Class Mail - U.S. Only - $70 for 1 yr. us. Although we do our very best to provide the most accurate information available, the contents of this publication should be used as a guide and Canada/Mexico - $80 for 1 yr. - Foreign Air Mail - All not as official information. Countries - $110 for 1 yr. - A single copy is $10.00. Universal News, Inc, Pipeliners Hall of Fame News or any employee or representative of either organization can not be held responsible for the content, First Class Postage paid at Midland, Texas. accuracy, or timeliness of information contained in this publication. LATEST JOB REPORTS Rockford Corporation, ph (503)647-0224 is expected to Headquarters is Beech Bottom, West Virginia. Joe Par- get underway in mid-April 2013 with a contract for Enter- rish is superintendent. Work is expected to begin around prise Products to install 118 miles of 20-inch pipeline in April 1, 2013. Pickaway and Licking Counties, Ohio. Headquarters is in Lancaster, OH. Superintendent is Dickey Langston. Q3 Contracting, Inc., ph (651)224-2424 is expected to get underway around April 1, 2013 with a contract for Xcel Utility Services Authority, LLC, ph (734)481-0872 is ex- Energy to install 2,800 feet of 26-inch pipeline and remove pected to get underway around April 1, 2013 with a con- 2,400 feet of 26-inch pipeline in Dakota County, Minnesota. tract for Mid Ohio Construction to install 5,000 feet of 8-inch Headquarters is in Eagan, Minnesota. pipeline via directional drilling in Trumbull and Portage Counties, Ohio. Erv Yoder is superintendent. Doyle & Lang, LLC Latex Construction Company, ph Right-of-Way Clearing Equipment (770)760-0820 is expected to get underway around April 8, 2013 with a contract for Pied- mont Natural Gas to install 8.7 miles of 10- Stump inch pipeline in Brunswick and New Hanover Counties, North Carolina. Bobby Pardue is Grinders superintendent. Nationwide Abercrombie Pipeline Services, LLC, ph Sales & Rentals (406)522-7340 is expected to get underway Ph: (989) 435-9864 in early April 2013 with a contract for Barnard Fax (989) 435-4311 Pipeline, Inc. to install 2.5 miles of 16-inch 2520 Glidden Road pipeline in Sutter County, California. Head- Beaverton, MI 48612 quarters is in Woodland, CA. Superintendent is John Grife. Terra Restoration Services, LLC, ph Mowers (318)982-0290 is expected to get underway in early April 2013 with a contract for Lou Tex Nationwide Contractors, Inc. for seeding and restoration on 104 miles of 16-inch pipeline right-of-way Sales & Rentals in Covington, Jefferson Davis, Marion and Walthall Counties, Mississippi and Wash- See the complete line ington, St. Tammany and St. Charles Par- of attachments at: ishes, Louisiana. Headquarters is in Sandy www.langtool.com Hook, Mississippi. Brannon Dyess is super- Contact us at: intendent. [email protected] Snelson Companies, Inc., ph (360)856- 6511 is expected to get underway in early April 2013 with a contract for TransCanada to perform an anomaly dig on a 42-inch pipe- line in Whitman County, Washington. Super- Rock intendent is John Kennedy. Grinders Sheehan Pipe Line Construction, ph Nationwide (918)747-3471 has been awarded a con- Sales & Rentals tract by Enterprise Liquids Pipeline LLC to install 44.5 miles of 20-inch pipeline and as- sociated fabrication in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Brooke County, West Virginia and Jefferson and Harrison Counties, Ohio. Indicate 23 on Reader Information Card April 2013 | www.pipelinejobs.com 5 LATEST JOB REPORTS U. S. Pipeline, Inc., ph (281)531-6100 has been awarded take up and re-lay approximately 3.45 miles of 26-inch and a contract by Williams-Transco to take up and re-lay 2,000 24-inch pipelines in Franklin, Fairfield, Licking, Muskingum feet of 24-inch pipeline and install 3.2 miles of 42-inch pipe- and Noble Counties, Ohio. Headquarters is in Zanesville, line in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Headquarters is Brod- OH. Superintendent is Doug Gregory. Start date unknown. headsville, PA. Start date is unknown. Price Gregory International, Inc., ph (713)780-7500 has Schmid Pipeline Construction, Inc., ph (920)387-9997 been awarded a contract by Piedmont Natural Gas/URS was expected to get underway in late March 2013 with Corp. to unload and rack 20 miles of 12-inch pipe in Wayne a contract for XTO Energy / Mountain Gathering to install County, North Carolina. Superintendent is Terry McDaniel. approximately 3.4 miles of 12-inch pipeline and approxi- Start date is unknown. mately 3.22 miles of 16-inch pipeline in Butler County, Pennsylvania. Headquarters is in Callery, PA. Tony Layrock Phillips & Jordan, Inc., ph (828)479-3371 was expected to is superintendent. get underway in late March 2013 with a contract for the fell- ing of timber on approximately 5,000 feet of 30-inch pipeline Right-of-Way Clearing & Maintenance, Inc., ph (724)836- right-of-way in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Superinten- 2730 was expected to get underway in late March 2013 with dent is Mark Smith. a contract for Sheehan Pipe Line Construction Co. for clear- ing of approximately 44 miles of 20-inch pipeline right-of- Oz Directional Drilling, ph (480)306-6570 was expected to way in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Brooke County, get underway in mid to late March 2013 with a contract for West Virginia and Jefferson and Harrison Counties, Ohio. Flint Energy Services to install 4,300 feet of 16-inch pipe- Superintendent is Richard H. Brown. line via directional drilling in Marion County, West Virginia. Headquarters is in Bridgeport, WV. 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