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The Steel Tank Institute/Steel Plate Fabricators Association (STI/SPFA) is pleased to announce Padungsilpa Engineering Co., Ltd. as the Top STI Permatank® Producer of the Decade. STI/SPFA Executive Vice President Wayne Geyer presented the decade award-winning plaque to Padungsilpa Engineering Co., Ltd. Managing Director Supara Sinsamudpadung in Thailand on February 7, 2020. The plaque was presented in a ceremony at the company's facilities with staff present.
Applications for the STI/SPFA Safety Awards are now being accepted. Learn more about the awards and access the application forms today! Deadline to submit an entry is Friday, March 13 by 5 p.m. Central Time.
Unfortunately, the STI/SPFA Annual Meeting planned for April 4-7 has been cancelled. Please contact Cindy Born at cborn@steeltank.com for more information.
The event will be held April 4-7 at the Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resort. The room block is open, be sure and reserve your room before it is too late.
Register today to secure your spot for education, networking, and recognition.
Visit the event site for more information and updates as they become available.
Entries are now being accepted for the STI/SPFA 2019 Steel Product Awards. Enter your submission today!
Deadlines for Steel Product Awards: Friday, February 14, 2020 at 5 pm Central time
One of STI/SPFA’s goals with our expert’s design tips is to point out important changes in the new edition of AWWA M11 and to provide background of why such revisions were made. Steel pipe systems have been designed, fabricated, and installed with decades of experience, achieving reliable and long-lasting operational service, while establishing proven safety factors that the engineering community has trusted. Steel pipe manufactured to AWWA standards are usually considered an engineered product and require a certain amount of engineering input to be functional for a water facility. This article will review Good Engineering Practice and how some design criteria has evolved from Good Engineering Practice.
The 2018 STI/SPFA Product Award winners were announced on July 20, 2019 at the Awards Dinner during the STI/SPFA Annual Meeting. Winners were recognized both during the dinner, and through a press release distributed after the event. You can also view the winners, and all entries, on the STI/SPFA website.
Registration is now open for the Emerging Leader Conference. This event will be held for two - 1/2 days on October 8th and 9th at Kennedy Tank & Manufacturing Co., Inc. in Indianapolis, Indiana.
STI/SPFA presented various awards during the STI/SPFA Quality Control Meeting in April. The presentation included awards for quality and achievement in welding simulation.
Registration is now open for the members-only 2019 STI/SPFA Annual Meeting July 20-23 at the Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch in Avon, Colorado.
How does water get into your underground storage tank?
All storage tank systems, both underground and aboveground, constructed of any material, and storing nearly any product—gasoline, diesel, residential and commercial heating oils, aviation jet fuel, and others—are susceptible to damage if water is allowed to accumulate. The potential for damage applies not only to the tank, but also to the entire storage system.
Today’s fuels are more susceptible to moisture separation and accumulation. Also, removing lead from gasoline and sulfur from diesel has had the side effect of allowing microbial growth to occur more readily, since lead and sulfur inhibit microbial activity.
Ethanol and biodiesel are important in today’s fueling network. But allowing water to remain in these storage systems can cause fuel separation, fuel degradation, and non-metallic equipment compatibility concerns.
For all these reasons, it’s more important than ever to conduct regular inspection and maintenance of your entire UST or AST fuel storage system.
INSTRUCTIONS
Download STI-SPFA’s handy new tank maintenance brochures. Using copier to print brochure, set paper size to 8 1/5 x 14 (legal), UNcheck "Fit to Page," check "Print Two-sided," and fold printed brochure in half twice (four panels).
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