Practices by Discipline

This Practice describes the general requirements for implementing an Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station. This includes the design (components, configuration, safety, etc.), shipment, installation, inspection, testing, commissioning, operation, maintenance, and documentation for an onsite EV charging station. Although electric vehicles have been in existence since the late 1800’s, the technology of batteries, industrial manufacturing, and governmental regulations are rapidly evolving in this area. The information presented should help navigate these changes.

This Practice provides the detailed purchase descriptions for bronze and iron globe valve tag numbers included in PIP Piping Material Specifications (PMSs). This Practice also provides a cross reference for bronze and iron globe valve tag numbers to applicable PIP PMSs. Procurement of valves shall include the detailed purchase descriptions given in this Practice, along with the requirements in PIP PNSM0110 and the purchase order.

This Practice provides requirements for designing metallic pipeline systems within facilities as defined in ASME B31.8 Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems and ASME B31.4 Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquids and Slurries [hereinafter referred to as the Code(s)]. This Practice provides requirements for pipeline systems arrangement, design conditions, components, and joints. This Practice shall be used in conjunction with the Code(s). The requirements of this Practice may be more stringent than the Code(s) for the purpose of standardization and not because the Code(s) is considered unsafe. Pipeline systems designed in accordance with other piping codes are not included in this Practice.

This Practice provides guidance for the design and layout of process units and offsites. This guide should be used as a starting point for the development of plans, electronic models, and working drawings for process units and offsites. This Practice should be coordinated with the overall site and offsites layout for geotechnical, grading, zoning, building codes, life safety code, fire codes, other regulatory requirements, and owner’s and insurer’s risk assessment requirements.

This Practice describes procedures for shop qualification of manufacturers of shop-built pressure vessels, tanks, and heat exchangers in general accordance with the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Division 1 or 2. This Practice may also be used to qualify shops in accordance with foreign or other US codes, but the references given in this Practice are intended for ASME Code construction. This Practice does not include qualification of field-erected tank manufacturers.

This Practice provides the detailed purchase descriptions for carbon steel check valve tag numbers included in PIP Piping Material Specifications (PMSs). This Practice also provides a cross reference for carbon steel check valve tag numbers to applicable PIP PMSs. Procurement of valves shall include the detailed purchase descriptions given in this Practice, along with the requirements in PIP PNSM0110 and the purchase order.

This Practice provides fabrication and installation details for well pipes and other miscellaneous tank components. This Practice describes typical fabrication and installation requirements for well pipes, generally constructed of carbon steel, stainless steel, or aluminum components. These well pipes may be used for measuring levels and temperatures, for liquid inlet, for liquid pump-out, for recycle loops, and/or for content sampling in tanks. This Practice provides details for removable and nonremovable well pipe installations. This Practice also provides details for well pipe supports and other components. Unless otherwise noted, flanges refer to ASME B16.5.

This Practice provides guidelines for the selection, development, and application of Piping Material Specifications (PMSs) and applicable standards for the design of piping systems in the conveyance of gas, liquid, and vapor process and utility streams to ASME B31.3, Process Piping, and ASME B31.1, Power Piping, hereinafter referred to as the Code(s) for the process industry.

This Practice defines the process of initiation and development of cost estimates for projects to ensure consistency and predictability of delivered projects. It provides key elements of the estimating process to enable the project team to deliver an estimate of a quality sufficient to match the agreed expectations between owner and project team. The process outlined covers initiation through establishment of final approved estimate, which becomes the project baseline budget. The cost estimate for a capital project is critically important to all stakeholders. Owners rely on cost estimates to validate the viability of a project’s return on investments through economic analysis. Engineering and construction companies utilize the cost estimate for developing their proposals and negotiating, which are key to securing work and ensuring their profitability. This Practice does not address the subject of cost control of the baselined project budget. The terms “project estimating” and “cost estimating” are used interchangeably.

This Practice describes the requirements for the design, material selection, fabrication, installation, inspection, and testing of jacketed piping systems. This practice is not a substitute for competent engineering analysis and design based on specific requirements of each project. Engineering should work with an experienced jacketed piping vendor to validate proposed system design and fabrication details.

This Practice describes the requirements for certification and prequalification of the refractory materials used to construct refractory brick (firebrick) linings in equipment and piping. It specifies a basis for selection, purchase, and quality control of firebrick and mortar refractory materials prior to installation. This Practice describes material properties, testing, documentation, storage, packaging, and shipping requirements for refractory materials used to construct firebrick refractory linings in equipment and piping. This Practice includes dense firebrick, insulating firebrick (IFB), and refractory mortars.

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This Practice provides requirements for suppliers providing hygienic stainless steel diaphragm valves included in PIP Piping Line Class Material Specifications. For the purposes of this practice, “Hygienic,” Process,” or “Hygienic Process” refers to all Hygienic Processes for Food/Beverage/Consumer & Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) or other products requiring a clean design.

This Practice provides requirements for the construction of cylindrical, atmospheric and low-pressure, welded, shop-fabricated or field-erected dry bulk solids bins, hoppers, silos, and gravity blenders. This Practice describes requirements for design, materials, fabrication, examination, testing, and shipping for cylindrical shell, single-wall containers for dry bulk solids having internal design pressures not exceeding 103 kPa (15 psig) and/or full vacuum external pressure at the top of the container in its normal operating position. Containers may be welded, shop-fabricated or field-erected, and shall generally be designed in accordance with the philosophy and requirements of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Division 1, although inspections and marking are not required for these containers.

This Practice provides data forms and the associated instructions for specifying requirements for cylindrical, atmospheric and low-pressure, welded, shop-fabricated or field-fabricated dry bulk solids bins, hoppers, silos, and gravity blenders with internal design pressures not greater than 103 kPa (15 psig) and/or full vacuum external pressure at the top of the container in its normal operating position. Containers may be welded, shop-fabricated or field-fabricated, and generally in accordance with the philosophy and requirements of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Division 1. This Practice is used with PIP VECBI001 and PIP VESBI002 to specify requirements for the design and fabrication of bulk solids containers.