Engineering, design, construction, maintenance, quality assurance, inspection and manufacturing personnel who work with process piping (e.g., in the chemical, petroleum, plastic processing, pulp and paper, and bioprocessing fields) will find it a time-saving means to broaden and update their knowledge of piping.
"This course was well organized and well presented. It was clear that Don was extremely knowledgable on the subject matter and was able to relate the material to his own experience and the experiences of the students.
I enjoyed this course and learned a ton of information directly applicable to my position, I would absolutely recommend it to the others in similar roles."
- Field Facilities EIT
"Great course, very informative and good class examples. I would recommend this to Engineers that have some exposure to the topic prior to attending the course so they can relate to content. For me this was an extremely relatable course."
- Operations Engineer
"The course was really well done. I've learnt a lot and am excited to implement my learnings at work.
I liked that there were times when we would work through/with the code itself; doing calculations and steps that we would actually do while working."
- Mechanical EIT - Refinery
"Overall course was very informative and provided great insight to ASME B31.3 piping design.
Knowledgeable instructor as well as good breakdown of the different sections pertaining to the course."
- Project Engineer
"Informative and thorough in terms of subject material. Very detailed workbook and supplemental information provided."
- Project Engineer
"Good course to get an introduction for piping design and fabrication. More in-depth look at B31.3 would require more time. I treated this as a refresher for myself as I use B31.3 often for my role.
General pace and getting me engaged with the worksheet provided. The layout was good and was kept simple so it was easy to understand."
- Piping Design Engineer-in-Training
"The course was perfectly balanced for people having different engineering backgrounds. It included the basics concept of some of the chapters as a refresher which i felt was good. Overall, i had a very positive experience throughout the duration of the course."
- EIT Process & Technical Safety
"The course provided us with the great details of the piping requirement of the oil & gas industry. It gives the overall idea about design, material selection, flange, gasket and bolting selection with consideration of safety and Alberta specifications. The instructor
gives us great knowledge from his experience which gave me more understanding.
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- EIT Process & Technical Safety
"Good content and summary of the code in a series of presentations. Instructor was knowledgeable and happy to answer our questions."
- Process Reliability Engineer-in-Training
"I was impressed by how well the course content was related to applications in Albert. I expected the delivery to be very generic, but lots of the content was tailored specifically to service requirements in Alberta. I found this especially helpful for learning the ABSA requirements, but also for understanding the relation to CSA Z62 and where the spec breaks might be."
- Facilities EIT
"The course met my expectations and I would recommend it."
- Loss Prevention Engineer
"Really enjoyed the material and information."
- EIT - Facilities
"The material is very dry. I cannot think of a solution to this problem. I would recommend the course with that in mind."
- Natural Gas EIT
"I recommend this course. The course is presenting a piping standard. That's hard to make super interesting."
- Completions
"Special topics section was well done. The course as a whole was well presented. Instructor was obviously very knowledgable."
- Operations Engineer
"It met my expectations."
- Drilling Engineer
"There is a lot of material to cover. The instructor is very knowledgable and it was good to see and talk to an expert on the subject."
- Refinery EIT
"Very applicable to my role."
- Mechanical Engineer
"The course material was at an appropriate level of detail and covered a good variety of topics.
I liked that we didn't get too far into the details and instead focused more on where information could be found within the code."
- Anon.
"Good course, it provided good overview of B31.3. Seemed very practical for my role.
Well organized. Instructor was very knowledgable."
- EIT
"Course was good. Instructor was experienced and knowledgable. "
- EIT
"Very informative, information provided is extremely beneficial to my work.
Good coverage of topics (piping, fittings, material, valves etc.), and the information presented has been pruned to just the right level of detail.
Don is extremely knowledgable and is able to provide "real-world" examples to the codes."
- Facilities EIT
"The instructor is extremely knowledgable on the subject matter and did a great job helping us to understand the code. I will continue to reference the binder throughout my rotations."
- EIT
"Knowledgable Instructor. Excellent course book and supplemental book."
- Sr. Mechanical Engineer
"Good course, provided me with a better understanding of the code. Like the use of supplemental materials and exercises."
- Operations EIT
"The instructor is very knowledgable and professional. He makes sure to clarify any confusion."
- Anon.
"Good high level look at the code. Would recommend."
- Plant Engineer
"Overall I enjoyed the course and found the information useful and informative."
- Process Engineer
"It is good. Thank you for the course."
- EIT - New Grad
"Lots of content was very unfamiliar to me, but taught well given time constraints."
- Production EIT
"Content was very good. Notes and book are awesome. Videos and case study were awesome. "
- EIT New Grad
"The course does a good job of covering the major topics of B31.3 and explain its scope quite well.
Good balance of covering what the code "says" and industry experience/ case studies."
- Operations EIT
"Course contains a lot of material. Will be valuable to reference in future work. Structure ad pace was good.
The supplemental workbook has very valuable information in it."
- EIT
"I really enjoyed the quality and topics covered in this course. The course cleared up a lot of concepts for me. Having a basic understanding of the code before the course was beneficial."
- Engineer - in - training
"Don is very knowledgable with over 30 years in industry. Really appreciate his laid back teaching style. Content is very inclusive. Great instructor (good humour)."
- EIT
"A huge amount of very well presented and practical knowledge. Some more class room interaction and engagement would have been nice as the material can get a little dry."
- Drilling Engineer in Training
"Good overview of the requirements of B31.3 Codes and Standards.
Good Organization of Material Presented
Good set of exercises to reinforce topics covered
Good to include additional topics."
- Project E-I-T
"Found it really valuable and useful for my role, and future roles. Liked the instructor.
Awesome review of special topics that we requested. Instructor had fantastic experience and was able to provide real examples to support points made in the code.
Good use of video case studies.
Valve selection workshop was great.
Instructor has a great sense of humour."
- Projects EIT
"Really emphasized the importance of engineering judgment. No pressure, easy to ask questions."
- Engineer-in-training
"Very thorough and detailed. The notes were very thorough and good to look back on. I felt the most engaged when we were doing practice problems or "pop quizzes" to test our knowledge."
- Anon.
"It was a good overview of the piping code."
- Completions Engineer-in-Training
"Very informative. Good class notes and a knowledgeable instructor. Content was practical and course notes were easy to follow."
- Ethanol Plant EIT
"I found the course to be good. It was more focus on design, but was able to get some good technical
information out of the course that will help a lot in my position."
- Sr. Supervisor
"This was a good course to understand the needs for engineering's involvements in designing and
ordering the correct fittings."
- Sr. Supervisor Terminal Operations
"The course was good and had many important points and topics. I learned a lot.
The course has the right amount of breaks and had a good sequence of topics. The topics were not always exciting but were important which made it easy to pay attention. The instructor was knowledgeable and could answer almost all of the questions"
- New Grad
"Thorough review of the code, touching on what's important and how to commonly interpret clauses.
Presentation was a little dry, but i'm not sure there's any way to spice up the material. Good jokes though."
- EIT
"The course was good, while it might not be exciting the content is applicable. The instructor, Don, was good, engaged and interested in the material.
The workbook was a nice addition, allowing for application of material, and Don was good at explaining it."
- EIT
