Drainage Installation Training

All the basics to understand proper installation of corrugated plastic pipe

as presented in Chapter 9 of the PPI Drainage Handbook.

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This course is designed to provide industry guidance on installation of corrugated plastic pipe (CPP) used in drainage applications. In this course you will learn about each phase of the drainage construction process from material delivery through post installation inspection. The content of this course in based on Chapter 9, “Installation and Construction Procedures”, from the PPI Drainage Handbook. To learn more about this publication, including how to get your copy, click the Drainage Handbook tab under References.


Course Curriculum


  Introduction
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  Module One - Inspection, Handling, and Storage
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  Module Two - Trench Excavation
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Your Instructor


Dan Currence
Dan Currence

Daniel Currence holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He began is career in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineers Corps and also has experiences as an environmental consulting engineer while working for Parsons Corporation.

Dan has over 20 years of direct involvement with the corrugated plastic pipe industry, having worked as a supervising field engineer for Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. for 15 years.

He joined the Plastics Pipe Institute in (PPI) 2013 where he is currently the Director of Engineering for the Drainage Division of PPI.

Dan actively represents the corrugate plastic pipe industry on the ASTM F17 Committee on Plastic Pipes, with the AASHTO Subcommittee on Materials, on Transportation Research Board Standing Committee for Culverts & Hydraulic Structures, and is a member of NCHRP Review Panels for culvert research.


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