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Piping Design, Analysis and Fabrication
17-19 November 2008
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Larry A. Loziuk, P.E.; President, Piping Technology Consultants, Inc.

Larry A. Loziuk, P.E. is President of Piping Technology Consultants, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in the design, analysis and trouble shooting of piping systems. During his thirtyone year career, he worked for a number of large Consulting Engineering firms including Duke Engineering & Services, ABB Impell, Sargent & Lundy, and GDS Associates. Mr. Loziuk served as the Chairman of the ASME Working Group on Fiberglass Pipe and was a member of ASME Section III Subgroup on Design and ASME QME Working Group on Dynamic Restraints, and is a member of ASME Subcommittee B31.9. He holds six patents related to WEAR™ (Wire Energy Absorbing Rope) Pipe Restraint.

Walter J. Sperko, P.E.; President, Sperko Engineering Services, Inc.

Walter J. Sperko, P.E. founded Sperko Engineering Services, Inc. in 1981. He has extensive experience in welding engineering, metallurgical engineering, design, failure analysis, and quality assurance. Mr. Sperko’s industrial experience primarily involves piping, pressure vessels, storage tanks and structural steel.

Mr. Sperko worked for Ebasco Services in the Materials Engineering and QA group, for ITT Grinnell Industrial Piping as manager of Piping Fabrication Technology and Standards, and for Richmond Engineering Company as Corporate Welding Engineer and branch plant Quality Control Manager. He is a member of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Subcommittee IX, Welding and Brazing Qualifications and several of its subgroups: Subgroup on Materials, Fabrication and Examination of Subcommittee III, Nuclear Components; Chairman of ASME Subcommittee B31.9, Building Services Piping; the American Welding Society Committee D-10, Welding of Piping and Tubing and a member of the B31 Standards Committee and Chairman of the US TAG to ISO TC 44. He holds four U.S. patents and has published articles in the Welding Journal, Welding Design and Fabrication and The Fabricator, and co-authored the Piping Design Section of the Standard Handbook of Plant Engineering.