Common use of Process Piping Clause in Contracts

Process Piping. Piping systems for purposes other than comfort heating, comfort cooling, and comfort refrigeration systems: 1. May be fabricated on the job site or in the shop, except piping two inches (2”) and under shall be done on the job site. Where the word “shop” is used in this Section 4(b) it shall be defined as the shop of the direct Employer, or a pipe fabricating shop under agreement with the United Association or one of its local unions. A pipe fabricating shop is further defined as one that by reason of a collective bargaining agreement or by reason of company policy, pays its Journeymen Pipe Fitters and their Apprentices performing such shop fabrication, a wage rate at least equal to the building and construction trade’s wage rate established for building and construction work in the geographical area in which the shop is located. 2. Process Piping TWO INCHES (2”) and under – The Employer may petition the Joint Arbitration Board in writing for exception to the job-site fabrication requirement. Upon receipt of such request for exception, the Joint Arbitration Board may, after due consideration and in its sole judgment and discretion, waive the requirement of job site fabrication as it relates to fabrication of process piping and provided such off-site fabrication shall be performed by the Employer at any site within the Territorial Jurisdiction. Under no circumstances shall the Employer proceed with the fabrication without the written approval of the Joint Arbitration Board.