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Complementing a 20,000 Square Foot Fabrication Shop with a 5 acre lay down yard,

Industrial Piping Systems, Inc. has recently reorganized the shop equipment layout to streamline production. A roller system was installed outside directly in line with the 50’ long CL-124 Computer Controlled Pipe Cutting Machine located inside of the fabrication shop. This has reduced our pipe handling cost by 40%, one man offloads the pipe, places on rollers, then it is fed into the cutting machine. The pipe is cut to length, and then fed into the new automatic welding station.

While some clients will still benefit from both shop fabrication and field installation, SHOP FABRICATION is our main focus. Over the past several months Local UA contractors and clients have seen the benefit utilizing IPS fabrication shop and expertise. Over 20,000 man hours on shop fabrication alone.

Why use IPS? Simple, we have the space, equipment and the know how to perform any size project side by side with other projects in a controlled environment. That relates to a major cost savings to owner and contractors.

Here are just a couple of cost savings to consider.

• Controlled environment (no rain, snow, extreme heat or cold)
• No waiting for hot work permits
• No temporary weld tent needed
• Reduces equipment and wasted consumables on site
• No crane and operator sitting around during welding
• No job stoppage during NDE testing

Simply send us your drawing and NDE requirements, paint or no paint spec, delivery date and your done.

October 2005, IPS was off to Washington, D.C. to receive a prestigious award. At the completion of 2004, 174,645 work hours were tallied up on a ConocoPhillips Wood River Refinery project with zero recordable injuries. The NMAPC awarded IPS along with ConocoPhillips and the Southwestern Illinois Building Trades Council with a Certificate of Merit in Category B.  ‘Safety First’ proves positive results.

IPS has joined the General Presidents’ Project Maintenance Agreement for all work performed at ConocoPhillips Wood River Refinery.

Owner Dennis Puhl has been selected to join ConocoPhillips along with the Building Trades and three other contractors to the WWR GPPMA Tripartite Committee. This committee meets once monthly to discuss and improve ways for Owners, Unions and Contractors to work more efficiently together.

IPS Senior Project Manager Tom Castello expands customer base by adding Solutia in Sauget, IL and Air Products in Granite City, IL. Solutia put IPS and Tom to the test with several crucial steam outages with a shortened window of completion. Utilizing our fabrication shop, and careful planning, we were able to reduce field labor and successfully complete those projects ahead of schedule and under budget, passing those savings on to Solutia.

July, 2006, storms ripped through the St. Louis area, damaging a large section of the ConocoPhillips Wood River Refinery in Illinois. IPS was called for the repairs. Late Sunday night we expanded our labor force to 80 craft personnel. Working around the clock, both in the field and in our fab shop. we piped up temporary cooling towers so the refinery could go back on line. After six days of grueling temperatures and long days, we had ConocoPhillips back up and running.