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Angle Guards and Handrails Fabrication Details
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Pipe Guards and Handrails Fabrication Details
​This Practice provides requirements and details for fabrication of pipe guards for walking and working surfaces and pipe guards with pipe handrails for standard stairs used for access and egress in industrial facilities.
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Standard Stairs Fabrication Details
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Document Metadata Requirements
This Practice provides the minimum metadata requirements for technical document exchange.
This Practice establishes the definitions and interpretations for document metadata.
Metadata definitions and interpretations specific to transmittal letters are defined in PIP DMDDC002.
Companies may adopt the Practice for internal use. That is, a company's document-management system may also use the defined metadata identifiers in documents held in the system.
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Design and Fabrication of Liquid-Immersed Substation Power Transformers 750 kVA and Above, Three Phase
​This Practice describes the requirements for design, manufacture, inspection, testing, and shipping of three-phase, liquid-immersed power transformers with a rating of 750 kVA and above.
Technical Correction
Application of Coatings to Concrete
​This Practice provides requirements to contractors for the application of coatings to concrete. This Practice describes the minimum requirements for surface preparation, coatings application, and coatings selection for concrete surfaces.
Technical Revision
Installation of Flexible, Removable/Reusable Insulation Covers for Hot Insulation Service
​This Practice provides requirements for the installer of flexible, removable/reusable insulation covers for hot service insulation systems. This Practice describes the minimum requirements for materials, fabrication, and installation of flexible, removable/reusable hot service insulation covers, ambient to 538°C (1000°F).
Reaffirmation with Editorial Revision
Design and Fabrication of High-Resistance Grounding System (2.4kV to 15kV)
​This Practice describes the minimum requirements for design, fabrication, testing, and documentation of three-phase, high-resistance grounding systems for use on medium voltage delta or wye systems installed in nonclassified areas.
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Blast Resistant Doors, Frames and Related Hardware Specification
​This Practice provides supplier with requirements for design, materials, fabrication, finishes, delivery, and installation of blast resistant doors, frames, related hardware, and accessories. This Practice does not include requirements for field-applied finish painting.
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Augered Cast-in-Place Piles Design Guide
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Fiberglass Tank and Vessel Design Guidelines
​This Practice provides guidelines and describes the design criteria and fiberglass construction methods permitted in ASME/ANSI RTP-1 and Code Section X for fiberglass tanks and vessels. This Practice provides guidance regarding the applications of fiberglass resins and corrosion veil materials and the associated cure systems. This Practice provides guidance regarding site inspections and for the design provisions needed to properly install fiberglass equipment at the site.
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Project Data Sheet
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Plant Site Data Sheet
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Specification for Mixers and Agitators
​This Practice describes the minimum requirements for permanently mounted, top-, bottom-, and side-entering mixers and agitators installed in pressurized or unpressurized vessels, with or without mechanical seals. This Practice does not cover requirements for portable and clamp-on light duty mixers or agitators, in-line mixers, jet-type mixers, or high-speed dispersers.
This Practice includes 2 data forms.
Technical Revision
Instrumentation Metadata Requirements
​This Practice provides a data modeling framework and defined field identifiers for establishing structured electronic information for process instruments. This Practice provides standardized instrumentation data element labels and associated field identifiers based on common usage, such that instrumentation data can be readily uploaded into various electronic databases. This Practice promotes accurate, timely input of instrument requirements as instrumentation is specified for purchase. Leveraging electronic data management capabilities, the standardized data can be mapped to smart design and maintenance management database systems for ready retrieval and visualization of instrumentation data. This Practice enables single source input which provides the following benefits:
a. Eliminates duplication of effort for operations and project teams
b. Reduces the cycle time for operations readiness during equipment commissioning
c. Enhances the use of instrument information in daily facility operations, maintenance, and other administration uses
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Structural and Miscellaneous Steel Fabrication Specification
This Practice provides requirements for materials, connections, detailing, fabricating, galvanizing, and delivery of structural and miscellaneous steel. Structural and miscellaneous steel are as defined in ANSI/AISC 303-16 - Code of Standard Practice for Steel Buildings and Bridges.
This Practice does not include requirements that may be applicable for structures that require special seismic detailing.
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Structural and Miscellaneous Steel Erection Specification
​This Practice provides requirements for receipt, handling, erection, assembly, and field inspection of structural and miscellaneous steel. Structural and miscellaneous steel are as defined in ANSI/AISC 303-16 - Code of Standard Practice for Steel Buildings and Bridges.
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External Coating System Selection Criteria (Universally Applicable)
​This Practice describes the criteria for the selection of industrial coating systems for insulated and uninsulated substrates of structural steel, equipment, vessels, tanks, and piping. This Practice does not include criteria for the selection of industrial coating systems for internal linings, underground substrates, maintenance coating, architectural coatings, or color selection.
Technical Revision
Hot Service Insulation Materials and Installation Specification
This Practice provides requirements for materials and installation of hot service insulation systems on the external surfaces of piping and equipment, ambient to 649°C (1200°F).
This Practice describes requirements for hot service insulation materials and accessories, storage and handling of materials, insulation application, extent of insulation, and documentation.
Comment: Use of this Practice for contractual purposes requires the purchaser to make specific choices and to assemble additional supporting documents. Listing of or reference to supporting documents within this Practice does not imply suitability for specific designs.Complete Revision
Guidelines for Selecting Hygienic Instrumentation
​This Practice provides guidelines for selecting instrumentation used in hygienic process applications such as food and pharmaceutical facilities. This Practice includes all types of hygienic instrumentation. Non-hygienic instrumentation is not covered (e.g., black and gray utilities).
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