Full Issue (17 MB) - Pile Driving Contractors Association

Member Profile
IP&S is a supplier of pipe services to a nationwide network of
brokers and dealers of steel pipe, who supply similar products
to projects on the West Coast. IP&S is known for delivering
complete products to the job site that are fabricated to
the required specifications, on time. No job is too big or too
small. Services offered include cutting, welding, coating, and
delivery. They also supply custom rolled and welded pipe.
When a general contractor recently needed to procure
10,000 of 12 ¾ OD-inch x 1-inch pipe piling, for a bridge construction
in Bakersfield, and it had to be “Made in America”
they went to Independent. “We were able to receive the pipe
by rail and offer the logistics to weld to length and deliver the
Supplier of new and used
steel pipe since 1982.
We fabricate to length, coat and
deliver nationwide any type of steel pile.
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long piles to the project, saving the customer from fabricating
on the jobsite .”
Independent has supplied falsework to many highway
projects. One in particular was a bridge transition in southern
California. The general had never used tubular steel for falsework.
Due to a longer lead time, IP&S was able to procure the
20-foot pipe in Indonesia at a significant cost savings for the
client. The supports were then fabricated to length with base
plates and delivered to the jobsite as a complete product.
In recent years, companies have become increasingly
aware of how their industry affects the environment.
Independent Pipe and Steel has been a leader in recycling
used pipe for the past 25 years.
“We were green before going green became popular,” said
Haupt. “I find the used pipe market both challenging and
rewarding. The challenge is in educating our customers that
used or surplus pipe is an effective and economical solution
to many of their project needs. The reward is the fact that we
are able to take a product and instead of scrapping the item,
recondition it, and make it usable for alternate applications,
allowing us to pass along great savings to our customers. Not
only is it good for the client, it’s also good for the environment”
When the Seattle Mariners were building their new
ballpark, IP&S was in the process of recycling 100,000 feet
of 24-inch pipe, which was surplus from a major west coast
pipeline project. The pipe had foam insulation with a metal
wrap. They were able to remove and recycle the jacket, and
dispose of the foam. Some of the pipe was then shipped by
rail to Seattle to supply the foundation piling for the Mariners
Ball Park.
Independent has also taken pipe from the North Slope
of Alaska, reconditioned it and supplied it to a client to be
used as support bracing for a container crane. The crane was
being shipped from Long Beach to Florida by barge. The pipe
was used to secure the crane to the barge and to support it for
transportation during hurricane season.
Their location in the heart of California oil country provides
them with access to a large supply of used and surplus
casing ,tubing and drill pipe. The smaller sizes have allowed
them to supply slope retention and micropiling projects on
the West Coast.
As for the future, they see a tough economic climate
ahead that will bring new challenges as well as opportunities
to the pile driving industry. “ We will succeed as we have in
the past through innovation and superior service.”
Independent Pipe and Steel is a proud member of the
National Association of Steel Pipe Distributors and the Pile
Driver Contractors Association. In addition, the company is
a member of the local
Chamber of Commerce and the owners have given their
time and support, serving on various foundation boards in
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