The Wheatland Standard

Category: Steel Pipe

Avoiding Buy America Failures Across Steel Pipe & Tube Products

by Jim Hays on June 3, 2026

On federally funded construction projects, a single noncompliant steel product can unravel months of coordinated work. The risk is not limited to structural steel or major equipment—it runs through every product category on your material list, from electrical conduit and EMT to fire sprinkler pipe, fence framework, and...

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Know the Risks Associated with CPVC

by Nina Maiolo on July 1, 2025

If your customers knew the long-term risks associated with installing CPVC in fire sprinkler systems, do you think they would tell you to use it? The decision to install CPVC can carry significant risk and liability long after the installation is complete. If the CPVC in a fire sprinkler system fails, the installer could be liable —â€...

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Improvements Continue at Wheatland’s Council Avenue Plant

by Tim Feeney on March 10, 2016

We currently are at phase 5.5 of 6 phases of the project. We started up from our winter shutdown on January 4, 2016. During the shutdown we tied in additional capacity to our straightening, facing and testing operations. Since the start-up we have increased our finished tons per week by 17%. Additionally, our shipping capacity has improve...

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Wheatland Tube is NSF-61 compliant, are you?

by Jelani Rucker on January 17, 2014

Wheatland Tube recognizes the importance of being lead-free, as our standard pipe supply has been lead-free for over a decade. As of January 4, 2014, all manufacturers, distributors, plumbers and builders must be in compliance with the Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act, affecting all potable plumbing products sold or installed in the United S...

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