IRVING, TX \u2013 May 8, 2025 \u2013 The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) announced today that Mike Casavant has joined the association as the new\u00a0Chair of the Hydrostatic Stress Board (HSB), a technical-based group of voluntary industry experts.\u00a0 Formed nearly 70 years ago, the HSB develops, writes and provides the policies and recommendations for minimum strength characteristics for plastic pipe used in North America in gas, municipal water, wastewater, sewer industrial water plus building and construction system projects.\u00a0 Listing of a product in the HSB program does not require PPI membership as the program is a service to the entire plastics industry that is hosted and managed by PPI.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMike brings more than two decades of technical leadership and innovation to his new role with us,\u201d stated David M. Fink, president PPI. \u00a0\u201cHis background is in product and process optimization, data acquisition systems, and PEX piping technology as well as direct involvement with the\u00a0PPI\u00a0HSB, serving on numerous committees and task groups.\u00a0 His knowledge coupled with already being part of PPI for many years will well serve our association and the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n
From 2019 to 2024, Casavant played a leadership role within\u00a0PPI, serving as the chair of both the Technical Committee and the Technical Steering Committee.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI see the HSB as playing a pivotal role in protecting consumers and manufacturers, which is more and more important as globalization of pipe continues to increase,\u201d Casavant stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to make sure that the end users, the specifying engineers, the municipalities \u2014 \u00a0anyone using these products knows that there is an industry-wide, peer-reviewed standard to be met, and that they can feel comfortable that the products they are purchasing have gone through the rigorous process that the HSB provides.\u201d<\/p>\n
Casavant is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, holds several patents and has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry from the University of Alberta.<\/p>\n
Founded in 1950 and now with nearly 200 members, PPI has five divisions:\u00a0 Building & Construction, Energy Piping Systems, Drainage, Municipal & Industrial, plus Power & Construction.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0More information can be found at www.plasticpipe.org<\/a> Hydrostatic Stress Board tab or by scanning<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n About PPI<\/u><\/em><\/strong>: The post Plastics Pipe Institute Announces New Head of its Hydrostatic Stress Board<\/a> first appeared on Informed Infrastructure<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" IRVING, TX \u2013 May 8, 2025 \u2013 The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) announced today […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5550"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5551,"href":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5550\/revisions\/5551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mywatchseries.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) is the major North American trade association representing the plastic pipe industry and is dedicated to promoting plastic as the materials of choice for pipe and conduit applications.\u00a0 PPI is the premier technical, engineering and industry knowledge resource publishing data for use in the development and design of plastic pipe and conduit systems.\u00a0 Additionally, PPI collaborates with industry organizations that set standards for manufacturing practices and installation methods.<\/em><\/p>\n