Check the standards you are supposed to adhere to in your project for the pipes.

Remember that imported equipment might come with different flange drilling than what your pipe flanges have.

There are a number of different flange and pipe standards, make sure you allow for this in the designs. Most standards (such as ANSI, BS, AS, PN etc) are not interchangeable.

The details you give your design team need to match the right standard. You could be ordering a pump with a AS2129 Table D flange, but your designers might assume the project is using a British standard, or ISO standard because other equipment is listed as matching those specs.

It is easy to overlook this. In fact if you aren’t careful you will only realise when your installation team calls to tell you that the pumps and pipes don’t match. Then you waste time and money working out a solution.

While on this topic, make sure you understand the differences between the standards dimensions and also the faces of the flanges they describe (e.g. flat faces, raised face, etc).

Most suppliers of pipes will have a page showing sizes, flanges, drilling, and comparisons in their catalogue.

Early planning and checking can save a lot of time later in the project.

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An important lesson I have learned if you are on the design side of the project.

Make the specifications clear.

Unclear or contradictory specifications just end up leading to having to continually answer request for clarifications, and can also lead to contractors making extra claims for variations because  of different interpretations of the specs.

If you refer to standards, make sure to check that the standard you refer to is the current/newest one. If you specify an old standard (easy to do if you are using your organisations standard specifications) you could be specifying that the contractor do the project in a way that does not meet new requirements. This may mean they will claim for extra costs to cover changes to meet the newest standards or that the resultant product doesn’t perform to expected requirements.

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