INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
LOCAL 112

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Who we are:
The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 112 is the nation's newest local.  It was formed in 2006 from the International Union of Operating Engineers oldest local (Local 2b).  We are over 1100 members strong and growing.  Last year this local had a growth rate more than 20 percent in membership.  This is the highest union growth rate in the country at this time.  We are not slowing down.  We are looking for new members to satisfy a booming demand for personnel in the industries we serve.  We train and provide Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) personnel to contractors seeking members to fill NDT inspector positions in the oil and gas industry.

LOCAL 112 IS EXPANDING THE TRAINING CENTER

The Board of Trustees have approved the construction of an expansion to our training center. The new facility will be located at the Anderson, IN site. It will be approximately 5000 square feet.

There will be two new classrooms, a shooting vault, film processing room, and restrooms in the new building. We will be using the new facility to deliver training in radiography and digital radiography.

We are expecting construction to begin early in 2010.

We have been approved for purchasing a new digital radiography system. The photo below is the CR system we are expecting to purchase early in 2010. Local 112 is also expecting to purchase a DR system in 2010 as well.

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Gaylon Lenard Uses Ultrasonics To Inspect A Pipe

Thank you William Woods for the photo and report

This plant skelps big rolls of steel into spiral seamed pipe, welds them, cuts them into 24.38 meter lengths, faces them, hydrotests them, and sends them to an automated ultrasaonic tester.

These are not phased array, but a series of conventional probes, and with each indication, a spot of paint is sprayed near the weld.

The pipe then comes to the MUT area, and we test the seam at the spots. Most spots are geometric readings, but we test so many spots during a shift, we are very likely to see some porosity, lack of fusion, and slag every day.

It is great experience. Defects confirmed by MUT may be corrected by grinding the OD and/or ID, or otherwise may be reapired, but usually if grinding does not remedy the defect, they are just cut off to salvage as much prime pipe as possible.

We may get 1-3 spots per pipe. sometimes we get 10 to 200 spots. We process anywhere from 12-30 pipes per shift.

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BET YOU DID NOT KNOW THIS

Randall Hughes, Local 112 business agent, holds the Tennessee state record for Bighead Carp

This fish weighs 92lbs 10oz. and was caught at Reelfoot Lake on March 23, 2008

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PIPELINE INSPECTION AT ITS BEST

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A DAY OF PIPELINING ON THE MEP PROJECT

Thanks to Mark Deegan for the great shots.

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HELLO FROM Decatur, IL.

These photos were taken the day before Hurricane Ike blew through as a tropical depression and two days after when we returned to work.. We are in Decatur, Illinois working on REX East pipeline, 42 inch. Kyle Pinkston calibrates the AUT Instrument while Doug Foster sets the band on the front side, and Brian Kilhoffer stands ready on the backside. Thanks William Woods for the great photos.

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HELLO FROM BRIGHTON, COLORADO.

Thanks Rick Guinn for the picture of our members working on the High Plains Expansion Project.

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