Session: CS-07-05 The Warren H. Bamford Memorial Symposium on Recent Developments in ASME Codes and Standards-5

Paper Number: 154715

154715 - What's New for 2025 in Asme Section Viii? 

Abstract: 

This technical presentation will focus on revisions to ASME Section VIII Division 1 and Division 2 that will be published with the 2025 Edition of the Code.  

Attendees will gain an understanding of the reorganization of Division 1, the manner in which Common Rules with Division 2 are used, technical revisions made to each Division and how the Committee considers changes to be made.

Attendees will recieve information on how to become involved with an ASME Committee and the amount of work that is involved with Committee membership.

Some key changes that will be reviewed include an overhaul of Division 1 Appendix 2 flange design rules and a revision to analysis methods of Part 5 in Division 2.  Attendees will also learn about the how the scope of each Division will be changing, including the elimination of the so-called six inch rule currently in Division 1, U-1(c)(2)(-i) as well as pressure vessels containing water under pressure currently in Division 1, U-1(c)(2)(-f).

The Committee has spent a large amount of time on rewriting difficult to understand passages in a manner that is easier to read, easier to comprehend, and easier to comply with.  These changes will be reviewed as well.

Attendees will leave the technical presentation with a better understanding of the content and layout of ASME Section VIII, Division 1 and Division 2.

Presenting Author: Steven Roberts Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc.

Presenting Author Biography: Steven Roberts, P.E., ASME Fellow, is a senior engineer with Shell based in Houston, TX. He provides technical assurance for the design and fabrication of mechanical static equipment and piping systems and is the current chair of ASME BPV Section VIII Standards Committee with his term concluding June 30, 2025. He also serves on a variety of other ASME committees including the Board on Pressure Technology Codes and Standards. Steven has been a member of the Post Construction Committees since 2002.
Steven is the recipient of the 2023 J. Hall Taylor Medal given annually by ASME.
Mr. Roberts is a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas and is also a Certified National Board Pressure Equipment Inspector, ASME Construction.

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