RE: Piping on TV [bcc][faked-from]

A bit on unique things that have to be used in modifications and repairs, such as hot taps and underwater work (for platforms, etc.). There is quite a bit or WOW! factor there, too.

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From: Paul Bowers [mailto:pbowers@pipingdesign.com] Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 6:16 AM
To: <a href="/group/PipingDesign/post?postID=63YXRAWVdbKS5BGDgEA7ldQDy6qyezLFgOX9tj-IgEb5VQLfT_za_ySMid3cFXDbtFeap_3NU7PncbtSYGjzlRWG">PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com</a> Subject: [PipingDesign] Piping on TV [bcc][faked-from]

On cable TV in Canada we have a few engineering-related television programs. Some of the recent ones I've seen:

• the chunnel
• offshore platforms
• tall buildings
• virtual reality for engineering
• big machines
• city underground (lots of piping)

What would be really neat would be a program all about piping. Could it fill a whole hour and still be interesting? I'm betting yes, if good graphics could be used.

Of interest to a targetted TV audience might be:

• what is piping design (quite a few hundreds of years of history here)
• refineries and other facilities (what does all that stuff do?)
• pigs and stoppling methods
• the role of piping in everyday life (plumbing)
• really complicated CAD models and animated walk-throughs (cool)
• review and understanding of the safety standards used (99.999% of facilities do not explode)
• examples of huge pipes/valves used in the past (wow factor)
• study of past failures (must be said)
• suggest more

Any more ideas? The cable television world is looking for material and this would seem to be a no-brainer.

Paul
Piping Design Central

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