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SOCIETY OF PIPING ENGINEERS AND DESIGNERS

“Promoting Excellence and Quality in Piping Design”

SPED MEETING IN CHICAGO hosted by ECE design

SPED Chicago Chapter Kickoff

Tuesday June 11

6-8PM

ECE Design Training Center

411 Business Center Drive, Suite 101

Mount Prospect IL 60056

Speaker: William G. Beazley, “Career Advancement in Piping Design”

Meeting is complimentary.  All area pipers are invited to attend.

Chicago Chapter Sign-In, To fill it out, visit CLICK HERE

SPED Edmonton Chapter Kickoff

Tuesday, June 18 6-8 PM
Topic: Pipe Support Issues for Albertan Oil Sands Applications.

Hosted by:

UNIFIED ALLOYS
8835 50th Avenue
Edmonton AB Canada T6E 5H4
www.unifiedalloys.com

Attendance is complementary, light refreshments. All Pipers welcome!

Edmonton Chapter Sign-In. To fill it out, visit Edmonton Chapter Sign-In docs.google.com

HOUSTON CHAPTER MEETING

Calling all houston-area pipers and engineers!

THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2013

6:30PM – 7:30PM Meeting

At Sherlock’s Baker Street Pub & Grill

10001 Westheimer Road #2840 Houston, TX 77042 (713) 977-1857 (map)

Houston, Texas

SPED Members and Houston Area Pipers

Houston area pipers are welcome!

Check the event calendar at spedweb.com for all chapter meeting dates.

PPD CERTIFIED PIPERS – RENEW YOUR CERTIFICATION FIRST!

If you renew your certification, your SPED Membership is free of charge.  There is no need to pay both renewal fees.  PPD Certification renewal is $90/annual or $50/annual for employees of PPD 100% Club Member companies (see website for a list of members).  SPED Membership is $70/annual for professionals, $20/annual for students and unemployed pipers or $100/annual for International pipers.

Calgary annual general business MEETING

THURSDAY, June 13, 2013
at The Belfry Gastro House in Downtown Calgary

Door Prizes!

This event is complimentary to all SPED Members
Area pipers are also invited to attend.  Cost is $10 for non-SPED Members.

Please visit http://calgary.spedweb.com/first-official-sped-calgary-agbm-13-june-2013/  for your invitation location directions, agenda details and registration information.

Keynote Speaker: Bruce Fraser, Piping Design Manager for AMEC is our keynote speaker presenting a comparison between mining and SAGD and describing the mining process from shovel to product line, hydro-transport, extraction, froth and tailings.

Presentation on Everything 3D by AVEVA’s principal consultant, Ian Piggott

A Light supper will be served compliments of SPED

The nomination period for SPED Calgary Chapter Board of Directors Officials is now closed. Thirty days hence the SPED Calgary Chapter Board Of Directors officials nominees will be elected to their volunteer official roles at this meeting.

MARK YOUR CALENDAr!
2013 Annual general business MEETING

November 21, 2013
at the Norris Conference Center
816 Town and Country Blvd, Houston, TX 77024

This year, the keynote speaker is John O’Brien, Focus Area Manager – Facilities, Operations & Reliability, Chevron in Houston, Texas.