Learning Center

The Basics

• 100: Vocabualry, Concepts, & Gear
  A presentation for those new to HDPE or looking for a refresher on the basics of working with HDPE.
• 200: HDPE Installation Methods
  Discussion of new and rehabilitation methods including trencheless technologies.
• 300: Engineering Design
  Learn more about designing with PE including specifying your pipe and principles of designing using a fusible piping system

Installation Specific

• 1000: Above Ground Applications
  Durability and UV resistance make HDPE ideal for above ground applications. Learn more about how to install HDPE above ground.
• 1100: Open Cut Installation
  Topics covered include burial depths, bedding, and backfill as well as designing for deflection, crushing, and buckling.
• 1200: Pipe Bursting
  Extensive coverage into design criteria, application, and planning of your next pipe bursting project.
• 1300: HDD
  Discover the versatility of HDD and its demanding nature that lends these projects to be specified with HDPE.
• 1400: Big Pipe Takes Over Steel & Concrete
  54″ DR 11, no problem. Resin improvements have made 4″ wall thickness available and with that large diameter jobs are now mainstream.
• 1500 Utilizing Trenhless Technologies for Beginners
  An introduction to trenchless technologies discussing when each method is both feasible and cost effective.
• 1600: Rehab with Slipline / Compression Fit
  As infrastructure continues to age both sliplining and compression fit continue to gain traction as they take advantage of existing conduits

Operator / Field Training

• 2000: DataLogger 7
  Learn all about McElroy’s innovative DataLogging technology that generates fusion records and more to increase quality assurance on site.
• 2100: Electrofusion
  EF has its own set of installation steps and requirements to follow
• 2200: Cold Weather Fusion
  Whether you are fusing in cold temperatures or its raining outside, there are proper procedures to follow. This well received session covers Cold and inclement weather fusion operations require special care and proper training of construction inspectors is more complicated then understanding fusion procedures. Issues like controlling the fusion zone, use of tents, gouges, backfill and pressure testing need understanding. This class will help you talk to your customers contractors and owners alike about inclement weather fuion ops.
• 2300: Field Testing
  There are tried and true ways to confirm that the fusions being made on your job site are being done correctly. This session covers the proper procedure to effect a field test of a pipe string. Pressure, duration, make-up water and prechlorination will all be covered as will the side bend tester.
  
• 2400: Inspector Training
• 2500: HDPE Joining Methods (Butt Fusion, Electrofusion, Mechanical)

General Training

• 3000: What is a Water System?
  Alliance civil engineer Alan Ambler PE perfected this class for the webinar program and it has received excellent reviews. Understanding the major elements of system scan help you when you are trying to sell HDPE to both civil engineers and the municipality. Water sources, water transmission, water treatment water distribution, water disinfection, waste water collection, force mains and WW treatment are all covered.
  
• 3100: Municipal Case Studies
  The heart of HDPE adoption at the municipal level starts with the utility that uses it. Learn first hand from actual adoption stories, how and why cities have adopted the product and what they have learned along the way.
  
• 3200: HDPE v DIP
  Ductile Iron Pipe used to be the best pipe available for municipal water applications. Then came HDPE pipe. Learn from the experts how and why HDPE is the fastest growing conveyance pipe for water and wastewater. This talk has developed over the years to be the gold standard for differentiating the former number one and the future number one.
  
• 3300: HDPE v PVC
  PVC is the market leader in terms of volume of pipe sold each year.
  
• 3400: Markets Defined
  Unlike every other pipe type, HDPE serves 9+ markets. This presentation discusses the various reasons why HDPE is desirable for each.
  
• 3500: HDPE Repair
• 3600: HDPE Services

Technical

• 4100: Top 10 Resources
  If you are like us, there was a time when we needed to know where to look for information. Well, we have been there so we put together a list of the Resource Top Ten. Knowledge of these valuable resources will make you the go to HDPE expert in your organization. learn from the expert, what the resources are, why they are available and where to get them.
  
• 4200: Innovation of Resin
  HDPE resins have evolved significantly over the last three decades to the point where today’s resins are barely recognizable vs years ago. This session will covers wall thicknesses, bi modal resin, chlorine classification, density, slow crack growth and others.
  
• 4300: HDPE Standards
  Standards are central to our success as an industry. This popular session covers the standards that guide the manufacture and operation of HDPE related products. From the resin to the pipe to the products and finally to the installation, these standards make for a successful installation.