January 2017 Vol. 1

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Breaking News – PE100+ Association Launches Online Assistant for Trenchless Pressure Pipe Installation
http://www.pe100plus.com/PE-Pipes/No-Dig-technical-Guide/r1098.html

Next Generation HDPE Pipes – Steel Reinforced Plastic (SRPE) Pipe
http://www.plastream.com/

Publication on Field Failure Mechanisms of HDPE Pipe [PDF]
http://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/BQo4a4XQUbR3gjJ

Reay Service Seeking Polywelder for HDPE Pipeline Construction
https://www.seek.com.au/job/32453799

East Coast Pipeline (ECP) Claim a a Weld Repair Rate of Less than 0.1% for Polyethylene Pipe (10 Times Lower than that for Steel Pipe Welds)
http://eastcoastpipeline.com.au/quality.htm

$30M Southern Suburbs Rising Main Piping Project Announced
https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/25059/SthrnSubsRisingMain-Proj-Update-Dec-2016-FINAL.pdf

HDPE Welders with TracStar Experience Needed
https://www.seek.com.au/job/32574693

Production Manager – HDPE Pipe Extrusion – World 1st Technology Required in Brisbane
https://www.seek.com.au/job/32566557

Upcoming Courses – Introduction To HDPE Pipelines And Fittings – Brisbane 12th April 2017
http://www.piped.com.au/events/hdpefittings-bris-04-17/

Dunstans contracted by John Holland to Complete the Design and Installation of a AU$6 Billion Horizontal Dewatering System in Melbourne
https://www.trenchless-australasia.com/2017/01/09/drilling-dewatering-project-delivery/

HDPE Pipe Crew Maintenance Labourers with Electrofusion Experience Required in Ipswich Region
https://www.seek.com.au/job/32579943

Poly Electrofusion Fittings information made simple by Matrix Piping
http://www.matrixpiping.com.au/pages/electro-fusion

HDPE Pipelayers Wanted in Ipswich Region
https://www.seek.com.au/job/32579204

Reece Announces Pipe and Pipe Component Pricing Increases
http://www.reece.com.au/outlet/2017/jan/main-price-changes-january

Ultrasonic Phased-Array for Detection of Planar Flaws in High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Butt-Fusion Joints
http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=2590555

Effect of Defects on the Burst Failure of Butt Fusion Welded Polyethylene Pipes
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12206-016-0403-3

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