A few bad apples often spoil the barrel, and that’s exactly why I’m sending out this industry call to action to protect the NASSCO Pipeline Assessment Certification Program (PACP), the North American standard for pipeline defect coding.These bad apples are typically contractors who bid a PACP-trained person for a rehabilitation project, but then, when the project actually begins, replace the person originally presented with someone who lacks PACP certification. This switcheroo ultimately gives the contractor more money for the job but puts the project at risk. It’s abuse of PACP certification. As an industry, we have a common goal to
