Alliance for PE Pipe|45 - #44 HDPE expert Dave Stewart, formerly of Lago Vista, Texas, shares his perspective on the regional growth of HDPE and the lessons learned from more than two decades of real-world use.
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Published08 Sep 2026
Duration58:12
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#44 HDPE expert Dave Stewart, formerly of Lago Vista, Texas, shares his perspective on the regional growth of HDPE and the lessons learned from more than two decades of real-world use.
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08 Sep 2026
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#43 John Trimble (SECOR) on HDPE
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25 Jul 2026
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#42 10 Topics Industry Professionals Should Know
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13 May 2026
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#41 Inside Murphy Pipelines: Building HDPE Projects Through Education & Execution
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31 Mar 2026
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#40 Pipes Built for Data Centers: HDPE and PPR-CT
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29 Jan 2026
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#39 Horizontal Directional Drilling Explained (HDD): A Conversation with Jon Schumchyk
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12 Jan 2026
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#38 - A conversation with 2 Big Pipe Subject Matter Experts; Mike James ISCO industries VP and Matthew Danysh AGRU Americas Technical Engineer
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20 Sep 2025
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#37 Trenchless Tech Uncovered: A Conversation with David O’Sullivan of P.W. Trenchless
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23 Mar 2025
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#36 Join Peter Dyke and Richard Kolasa (WL Plastics) as they explore the world of HDPE in austere, marine environments
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22 Jan 2025
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#35 State of the Business from Showcase '24
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31 Dec 2024
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#34 Dave Stewart, who is a legend in the HDPE world given his HDPE adoption and municipal use in the Austin TX suburb Lago Vista, talks to the Alliances Dan Landy and Peter Dyke about HDPE pipeline inspection.
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22 Nov 2024
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#33 Brett Stone, Product Manager McElroy Manufacturing, talks evolution of tracked machines, the iSeries fusion machine debut in new machine sizes 412 and 618, DataLogger, Optimized Cooling, Guided Work Flow, iSeries cases and more.
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07 Sep 2024
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#32 Dan Landy, Alan Ambler PE and Peter Dyke sit around a table and talk common HDPE questions. If you are in the industry and you want to develop your standard responses to common municipal questions, this HDPE podcast is perfect for you. #fuseitorloseit
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09 May 2024
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#31 Plastics expert Dr. Chris DeArmitt talks plastics and their benefit to society.
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17 Apr 2024
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#30 Join PEA Engineer Dan Landy and Executive Director Peter Dyke as they interview Murphy Pipline's CMO Todd Grafenauer. Todd is the educational leader of Murphy and responsible for their social media and educational program.
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25 Feb 2024
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#29 Industry Leaders talk what is upcoming for '24
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16 Jan 2024
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#28 Join Peter Dyke as he conducts brief interviews with industry leaders to obtain their perspective of what is going on in the various HDPE markets today.
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25 Jul 2023
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#27 Join an expert panel and the Alliance in a discussion about cold weather fusion operations.
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15 Mar 2023
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#26 Join Peter Dyke (PE Alliance) and Jimmy Dang (Oro Loma SD) as they discuss the rollout and adoption of HDPE in his medium sized wastewater system. Lots of details and performance related conversation.
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21 Jun 2022
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#25 Dan Landy and Richard Kolasa interview PE Alliance Executive Director Peter Dyke
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26 Apr 2022
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#24 AMA Alliance Panel
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24 Mar 2022
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#23 PE Industry Leaders Talk Outlook 2022
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26 Dec 2021
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#22 Peter Dyke and Dan Landy discuss the latest PE Alliance capability and what to look for at the much anticipated PE Showcase '21.
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28 Nov 2021
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#21 Poly Podcast explores typical HDPE Questions and Issues with expert panelists: Richard Kolasa, Alan Ambler and Doug Keller.
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07 Oct 2021
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#20 The PE Alliance announces the latest edition of the Poly Podcast sponsored by WL Plastics. Ron Abbott of CP Chem talks with our Peter Dyke about plastic recycling and breakthrough technology his team has been working on in the lab.
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07 Sep 2021
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#19 Two of McElroy's leaders, Brett Stone and Vince King who share their insights of Innovation at McElroy Manufacturing and the future of butt fusion.
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09 Jun 2021
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#18 Join Peter Dyke as he enjoys a lively conversation with trenchless HDPE legend, Andy Mayer. Andy has led the way for pipe bursting and HDD with HDPE for the last 20 years. After cutting his teeth with trenchless in the UK he brought his knowledge to t
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07 May 2021
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#17 In a departure from the usual format, 3 marine related interview shorts combine to present how HDPE and marine applications come together to provide the same sort of benefits seen in pipelines. ISCO's marine products, a large diameter outfall install
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27 Apr 2021
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#16 Chip McElroy, President of McElroy Manufacturing and Peter Dyke sit down to discuss the evolution of HDPE resin, butt fusion equipment and how McElroy manages through the wild market swings.
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07 Apr 2021
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#15 - Two veterans of HDPE use, Josh VanDiver runs the wastewater utility for Redding CA and shares significant use insights. The second guest is Holly Link, recently retired from Colorado Springs Utilities where she was the resident HDPE expert.
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25 Mar 2021
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#14 - The PE Alliance welcomes two veteran HDPE municipal users to the Podcast. Many lessons learned and interesting facts and stories from 2 engineers: Eric Shaffer (Duluth MN) and Richard Brand (East Windsor NJ).
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04 Mar 2021
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#13 - From his base in central Illinois, Core & Main's David Mosier is making an impact and has a unique perspective into what resonates in the Heartland.
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03 Feb 2021
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#12 - The role of the engineer in specifying HDPE is crucial. Alan Ambler is one of those engineers and offers unique insights into the process that we go through. Join us as we get to know Alan better and learn from him about HDPE and the engineer.
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21 Jan 2021
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#11 - David Fink, PPI president, sits down with Podcast host Peter Dyke for a conversation on all things HDPE, David's career, issues in the PE world and more.
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02 Dec 2020
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#10 - Jimmy Kirchdorfer, CEO of ISCO Industries talks conception of the PE Alliance, PE market dynamics and the importance of shared vision.
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19 Nov 2020
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#9 - Join Peter Dyke and WL Plastic's Dusty Langston (VP Engineering) as the two men discuss HDPE markets, the material science behind the resin, historic PE failure mechanisms and other interesting PE topics.
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04 Nov 2020
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#8 - Peter Dyke sits down with Mike James (ISCO) about large diameter HDPE projects and the growth of HDPE for use in transmission and raw water projects.
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21 Oct 2020
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#7 - Engaging conversation with leading engineer... The Alliance hosts PE expert Stephen Boros (Pipeline Plastics) to get his perspective on pipe, the PE market and his work with PPI.
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07 Oct 2020
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#6 - Collins Orton, pipe bursting legend and dynamic speaker, talks development of the revolutionary installation method.
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16 Sep 2020
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#5 - Industry icon Harvey Svetlik talks Europe use, history of HDPE, his many experiences and what the future holds.
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02 Sep 2020
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#4 - Engaging and super smart Tech Services Engineer Connor Bush (Performance Pipe) sits down with Peter Dyke to talk civil engineering and HDPE.
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19 Aug 2020
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#3 - A Leader from McElroy: Jim Johnston
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05 Aug 2020
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#2 - Join Host Peter Dyke as he interviews MIT trained chemical engineer Doug Keller who shares his perspective on the 4710 resin, evolution of the various markets and what the future holds for advancements in the product.
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22 Jul 2020
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#1 - Peter Dyke interviews Richard Kolasa, an engineer with member WL Plastics. Richard is the Alliance's most prolific teacher of the Engineer's Talk and shares his unique and learned opinions about the direction of the North American water market.