Plastics Pipe Institute honors industry projects and members

Irving, Tex. — May 27, 2021 - The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) announced the winners of its Projects and Members of the Year program during its annual membership meeting, which was held virtually on May 12, 2021. 

For more than ten years, the association’s members have selected a Project of the Year and a Member of the Year for each of the five PPI divisions - Building & Construction, Drainage, Energy Piping Systems, Municipal & Industrial and Power & Communications.  PPI is the major North American trade association representing the plastic pipe industry. 

The association said that this year it received the most submissions, and that it was also the first year in a decade of the program’s existence to have multiple project winners in two divisions. The winning project for drainage concerned a new stormwater drainage system for a new soccer complex in Haiti.

PPI members also recognized a Member of the Year in each division for outstanding support and contributions to the association and the industry.

PPI Drainage Division Project of the Year

Project Living Hope Soccer Complex – Camp Marie, Haiti

PPI Member Company:  Pacific Corrugated Pipe Company, Hubbard, OR

Project Living Hope, a charitable organization, has a vision to create a social center in rural Haiti supporting underprivileged youth in the area.  This includes creating a massive sports facility with soccer fields, a housing complex, a vocational center and a large community hall.  After the drainage requirements were identified for the soccer field, it was determined that the low material and installation costs associated with corrugated high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe provided the best solution compared to other piping alternatives, and allowed the Project Living Hope to complete the soccer field drainage improvements in its entirety, rather than in phases. 

Some 1,500 linear feet of Pacific Corrugated HDPE pipe was used in diameters ranging from six to 36 inches.  Without this drainage system, the fields of Camp Marie would have standing water following storms that would take a week of clear weather to dry.  Now, rainwater is effectively diverted, leaving the soccer fields clear and available for daily use.

PPI Drainage Division Member of the Year

• Joe Babcanec, P.E. Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., Hilliard, OH

About PPI:

The 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.  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.  Additionally, PPI collaborates with industry organizations that set standards for manufacturing practices and installation methods.

SOURCE: The Plastics Pipe Institute