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American Welding Society Extraordinary Welding Awards Program

American Welding Society Extraordinary Welding Awards Program. The rewards of advanced welding achievements touch our lives daily. These technological marvels should be recognized and celebrated!. Extraordinary Welding Award Categories. Historical Welded Structure Award

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American Welding Society Extraordinary Welding Awards Program

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  1. American Welding SocietyExtraordinary Welding Awards Program The rewards of advanced welding achievements touch our lives daily. These technological marvels should be recognized and celebrated! www.aws.org/extraordinary or call (800) 443-9353

  2. Extraordinary Welding Award Categories • Historical Welded Structure Award • Outstanding Development In Welded Fabrication Award

  3. Structure Must Be 35 Years + Nominations Valid For Two Years Any AWS Member Can Make A Nomination Considered by Past Presidents Committee Historical Welded Structures

  4. Technological Advancements are Recognized Nominations Valid For One Year Any AWS Member Can Make a Nomination Considered by Past Presidents Committee Outstanding Development in Welded Fabrication Structures

  5. Past Recipients of Historical Welded Structure Award USS KIDD (DD-661) • Launched February 28, 1943. Known as the “Pirate of the Pacific. • Designated a Historical Welded Structure May 17, 2003 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

  6. Past Recipients of Historical Welded Structure Award USS Nautilus (SSN 571) • Keel laid by President Harry S. Truman - Electric Boat Shipyard, Groton, Connecticut June 14, 1952. • September 30, 1954, NAUTILUS is first commissioned nuclear powered ship in the U.S. Navy. • Designated a Historical Welded Structure August 11, 2001 in Groton, Connecticut.

  7. Past Recipients of Historical Welded Structure Award Hoover Dam-Penstock System • Constructed by Babcock & Wilcox in 1932. • Fabricated from 45,000 tons of steel and welded into 3 miles of pipe. • Designated a Historical Welded Structure December 3, 2002 - Barberton, Ohio.

  8. Past Recipients of Historical Welded Structure Award Sludwia Bridge - Poland • 1st all-welded bridge in the world! • Constructed in 1929. • All joints manual welded. • Designated a Historical Welded Structure - April 6, 1995 - Lowicz, Poland.

  9. Past Recipients of Historical Welded Structure Award Soviet Combat Tank- Russia • First produced in 1946 and production began in 1947. • It is still in use by over 55 countries, and can be found in most areas of the globe. • Designated a Historical Welded Structure September 21, 1995 - Kiev, Ukraine

  10. Past Recipients of Outstanding Development in Welded Fabrication Award Trans-Alaska Pipeline • 800 miles of pipeline completed May, 1977 by the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company. • 66,000 manual welds, 42,000 automatic double joint welds, moves 13 billion barrels of oil. • Designated a Outstanding Development in Welded Fabrication, November 16, 2002

  11. Past Recipients of Outstanding Development in Welded Fabrication Award Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 • Demonstrated unprecedented reliability in surpassing 4,000 flight test hours without a single in-flight shutdown or engine stall event • Two F119-PW-100 engines power the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, the U.S. Air Force's new stealth fighter. • Designated a Outstanding Development in Welded Fabrication, September 21, 2001 - East Hartford, Connecticut

  12. Past Recipients of Outstanding Development in Welded Fabrication Award Gateway Arch - St. Louis • The Gateway Arch towers 630 feet above the banks of the Mississippi River. • It is one of three firsts in the history of engineering in the U.S.A. • Designated a Outstanding Development in Welded Fabrication, July 23, 1998, St. Louis, Missouri.

  13. Past Recipients of Outstanding Development in Welded Fabrication Award External Tanks - NASA Space Shuttles • Largest & heaviest (when loaded) element of the space shuttle. It has 3 parts: forward liquid oxygen tank, unpressurized intertank (contains most of the electrical components) and the aft liquid hydrogen tank. • It is 153.8 feet long and has a diameter of 27.6 feet. • Designated a Outstanding Development in Welded Fabrication, June 16, 1998, Huntsville, Alabama.

  14. Past Recipients of Outstanding Development in Welded Fabrication Award Tokyo Tower • One of the world’s tallest free standing welded steel structures, weighing 4,000 metric tons. • Construction completed in 1985 by Takenaka Corporation at a cost of 2.8 billion. • Part of the “World Federation of Great Towers.” • Currently used as a broadcasting tower.

  15. Additional Recipients of Extraordinary Welding Award • USS Little Rock: Buffalo, New York • SS John Brown: Baltimore, Maryland • USS Missouri: Honolulu, Hawaii • USS Yorktown: Charleson, South Carolina • USS Intrepid: New York, New York • USS Lexington: Corpus Christi, Texas • USS the Sullivans: Buffalo, New York • SS Jeremiah O’Brien: San Francisco, California: September 21, 1995 • USS Stewart: Galveston, Texas: April 12, 2001 • USS Slater: Albany, New York: May 19, 2001 • USS Becuna: Groton, Connecticut: April 11, 2001 • USS Albacore: Portsmouth, New Hampshire: October 3, 2000 • SS American Victory: Tampa, Florida: December 13, 2000 • USS Harry S. Truman: Norfolk, Virginia: 1998 • Mr. Charlie: Morgan City, Louisiana • USS Alabama: Mobile, Alabama: October, 1996 • USS Drum: Puget Sounds, Washington: October 1996 • Sludwie River Bridge: Poland: April 6, 1995

  16. Recognize Welding Achievements Nominate A Welded Structure! • Recognize extraordinary welded structures in your section or district. • Make your community aware of the importance of welding to their daily lives. • Bring your section together for an award event.

  17. Submit Your Nomination Today! Send nominations to: Amy Nathan, Public Relations Manager, AWS Headquarters, 550 N.W. LeJeune Rd., Miami, FL 33126 Online: www.aws.org/awards Call: (800) 443-9353, ext.308

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