Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities

Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities

Consulting Work and Training


IAMU’s Gas Services Department offers its members a full range of services. The Department has three full-time staff members to serve gas utilities in everything from employee training to construction needs.

Training

  • Operator Qualification (OQ) training – written and hands-on
  • Contractor training
  • Monthly gas training
  • Welding qualifications
  • Fire department emergency response training
  • Operator Qualification (OQ) program
  • Operating and Maintenance (O&M) program
  • Mutual aid
  • Integrity management program

View current schedule of IAMU training events for gas utility operators.

  • Annual inspections:
  • Regulator and relief valves
  • Corrosion survey by NACE qualified individuals
  • Leak surveys (distribution and transmission)
  • Valve maintenance

Construction

  • Design work: pressure regulating metering stations and distribution systems
  • Construction installation inspection and documentation
  • Mapping
  • Mutual aid emergency repairs
  • Repair/replace existing services
  • Install new services
  • Meter installation
  • Line stopping and tapping 2” – 8”
  • Butt fusion, mechanical couplings and electrofusion
  • Welding
  • System uprating

“No job too big or too small, we can do it all!”

IAMU Gas Services Staff and their qualifications certificates

View some of IAMU’s latest gas projects

 

Contact – Gas Services
David Hraha, Program Director, 515-289-1999
Rudy Parcel, Gas Services Coordinator, 515-971-7281
Rod Parcel, Gas Services Specialist, 515-291-7727

Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities

 

To support and strengthen Iowa's municipal utilities